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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.
Podcasting is traditionally thought of as a one-way medium. But in reality, you as a host are likely creating conversations on the other side of your listeners headphones that never make it to the air. To tap into these discussions, including audience participation in your podcast is a unique way to further engage your audience ... Read more
Veteran and new podcasters would all agree producing a show is time consuming so many have looked podcast outsourcing options to help manage their workloads. The reasons hosts decide to delegate tasks are varied. Things like wanting a polished sound but lacking audio editing experience, wanting to focus energy on the content creation, and trying ... Read more
Today during our webinar, we talk about creating awesome content. Podcasting is becoming competitive and because of that, it is important to create good quality podcasts (audio and other technical aspects). However, you can get away with small technical flubs if you have great quality content. We talk about curating awesome content via your passion ... Read more
Welcome back to Castos Office Hours, our weekly podcast webinar focused on answering your most pressing questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we’re covering it all! In this edition we started out talking through seven tips to creating standout content. It's a topic we don't take lightly as it's ... Read more
Today during our webinar, we’re focusing on audience engagement. We talk about five strategies you can use to help engage your podcast’s audience like FB groups and live meetups. We also go over some good practices to make audience engagement a little easier and community groups. Lastly, we go over a few worries and possible ... Read more
Looking to submit your podcast to Stitcher? You're in the right place. Stitcher is a large podcasting directory that works as a search engine and a mobile app. It’s a popular choice among Android listeners. This means adding your podcast to Stitcher helps you reach people who don’t use Apple products. Stitcher is unique because ... Read more
Are you struggling to come up with a good podcast name? Looking for ideas and inspiration on what to call your show? A podcast name is often the first indication about who you are and what the show is about. For that reason, your show's name should be descriptive and creative, giving potential listeners a ... Read more
"How does podcasting work?" is a question all new hosts stumble through in the beginning stages of setting up their show. To help visually answer this query in six steps, we designed an infographic perfect for rookie podcasters. It describes how a podcast travels from being an audio file on a computer to being featured ... Read more
Choosing a podcast host is an essential decision as you prepare to launch a show. Ensuring the software can support your current and future needs from the start will allow you to grow your show without worrying about switching providers later on. In this article, we'll give you five pieces of criteria to consider when ... Read more
When you think about podcasts for podcasters, your mind enters some sort of meta imploding loop impossible to break away from. Just think, it’s a podcast, hosted by a podcaster, for podcasters, discussing tips and best practices for podcasting. And on and on it goes. That said, podcasting is similar to other jobs and hobbies ... Read more
Welcome back to Castos Office Hours, our weekly podcast webinar focused on answering your most pressing questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we’re covering it all! In this edition, our CEO, Craig, walked us through five different strategies to engage with an audience outside of your podcast. We talked ... Read more
Today during our webinar, we talk about audio editing in an easy and not-time-consuming-type of way. We focus on Audacity (which is both free and cross-platform). Specifically, we talk about using markers to help make editing easier, setting loudness levels, having separate tracks for each person speaking, and exporting to an MP3 (versus any other ... Read more
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