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Craig Hewitt is the founder and CEO of Castos, a podcast hosting platform serving 40,000+ brands. He's produced over 500 podcast episodes, helped launch 10,000+ shows, and has been in the podcasting industry since 2015. Craig has been featured in tech, startup, and podcasting publications like Startups For The Rest Of Us, PodNews, Mixergy, and dozens of other popular podcasts and YouTube channels. He also has spoken and sponsored Podcast Movement, the premier conference for podcasters. He is a supporter of PodcastIndex and the Podcasting 2.0 tag set.
Today we release two exciting new additions to the Castos platform: new data points in your Castos analytics dashboard, and the integration of the Headliner audiogram tool. These additional data points are in response to hearing you, our customers, loud and clear when you say: More Data, We Want More Data Better, more accurate, and ... Read more
Are you wondering whether to create a private podcast? Wondering what tools do you need to get started? Creating a private podcast is a popular way to distribute information to employees, members, or a specific list of people. While traditional podcasts are available to the general public, a password-protected RSS feed grants access only to ... Read more
One of the hallmarks of the Castos platform is giving you the option to publish your podcast content wherever you'd like. Specifically, this means you can publish new podcasts and their respective episodes: If you choose the latter, where you will manage your podcast via WordPress with the help of our Seriously Simple Podcasting ... Read more
Have you ever wondered if you should upload a podcast to YouTube? Growing a podcast boils down to this: put your stuff anywhere your audience will see it. Yes, it would be great if everyone flocked to your website to listen to your episodes. But that isn’t how the web works. If you want a ... Read more
If you've wondered how to start a podcast, you’re in the right place! In this article, we'll show why now is the perfect time to take a show from dream to reality and the 6 steps it'll take to get you there. What's in This Guide Grow Your Audience with Castos Try Castos for free ... Read more
The Castos team is full of podcasters. Some produce a show about WordPress and its community and others talk about their journey as an entrepreneur. It's a no brainer that the people behind the product that champions podcasting on your own terms are doing just that. Being on both sides of the industry, as content ... Read more
Want to know how start a podcast on Spotify? Spotify is a popular hosting platform for podcasters these days due to their heavy investment in the podcasting space and free hosting plans. While many podcasters enjoy the no-cost hosting of their show, free tools often lack the important features and services that paid tools offer. ... Read more
Today, we released two exciting updates to the Castos platform: enhanced podcast landing pages and an even better onboarding experience. These updates are a result of wanting to give our customers more control over their content from the get-go. We're committed to helping you podcast on you own terms and for us, that means being ... Read more
If you're looking to learn how to promote a podcast and grow a listenership, you're in the right place! You likely got into podcasting with the goal of sparking a conversation around a topic you're passionate about. Cultivating a community of listeners from around the world who share your interests, who value your point of ... Read more
On today’s episode of Podcast Hackers, Joe Casabona joins me to talk about how he sells courses through his podcast. We also talk about his history in development as an educator, how to create and sell a course, breaking down modules and lessons, finding your target audience, how a podcast audience can change, the importance ... Read more
When you think of optimizing your podcast for SEO, things that come to mind are likely keywords, how to target them, or strong content strategies. But, most people don’t associate podcasts with search engine optimizations and are missing some key growth opportunities. In this post, we'll teach you SEO for podcasts, including some podcast SEO ... Read more
On today’s episode, I’m chatting with Nathan Wrigley of WPBuilds about how he transition from podcasting as a hobby to podcasting as a full-time job. We talk about how WPBuilds has changed over the months, making the decision to making podcasting his full-time job, niche podcasts, the big surprises in podcasting full-time, what he does ... Read more
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