Podcasting Guides & Resources

The dream of podcast monetization sounds simple enough…

Create, create, create! Build an audience! Then, the sponsors will come!

At that point, you’ll enjoy a healthy income from the long line of partners eager to get in front of your audience.

Right?

Unfortunately, not really. [Read more…] about How Podcasters Can Create and Sell Profitable Online Courses

All podcasters have experienced it: an interview with a guest for their podcast that ends up being a big flop.

The guest was boring, they rambled all over the place, they focused on pitching their own product, or they had horrible sound quality.

Not only does the interview end up being a waste of time, but they have to break the news to the other person that their interview won’t air.

Preventing this from happening requires some preparation work, but once a podcaster has a process for it, they’ll be able to have great guest segments everytime they interview someone.

Here are steps you can take to make sure each guest is a home run: [Read more…] about How To Screen Guests For Your Podcast

Spotify has started to take podcasting seriously and has quickly become one of the top directories to find your favorite shows.

Because many people already use (and swear by) Spotify for music, and because they already have many integrations with home speakers (Sonos comes to mind), it’s a natural extension to add podcasting.

It’s an easy way to offer additional content and reach a broader audience.

They also are looking to take the Netflix approach and produce original content that is only available on their platform.

You want to get on Spotify because they are quickly growing and already the number 2 place for podcast downloads – although still far behind Apple Podcasts.

They are also coming out with an API that will allow hosting companies to display Spotify-specific playback statistics.

Spotify has partnered with podcast hosting companies so you will want to follow specific steps (shown below) for your hosting company so that they can submit your podcast to Spotify on your behalf.

Below are Spotify’s recommend platforms as well as how to get on Spotify if you’re not hosted with one of them: [Read more…] about How To Submit Your Podcast To Spotify (On Every Platform)

Do you want to start a podcast?

Perfect! You’re absolutely in the right place…

Starting a podcast isn’t difficult, but there are a number of steps you’ll need to go through in order to put it out to the world.

We’ll walk you through every step of the process, including:

• Topic ideas
• Podcast format
• Equipment selection
• Audio editing
• Submission to iTunes

And much more…

Podcasting is a much less crowded and competitive space than blogging, making now the perfect time to get started.

There are just over 500K podcasts, but over 440 million blogs!

Let’s get started: [Read more…] about How To Start A Podcast: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide (2018 Edition)

The secret is out, podcasting is here to stay.

Not just as a form of hobby, but as a vehicle for business. But business implies the generation of revenue, and revenue generation requires —at least at some point— a monetization strategy.

That’s where a vast majority of podcasters are getting things wrong.

In this article we’re going to explain why traditional advertising and sponsorship is the wrong monetization strategy for 95% of podcasters, and why you should be replacing it with a custom membership model. [Read more…] about Stop Trying To Monetize Your Podcast With Ads!