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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.
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
Today I talk with Srinivas Rao of the Unmistakable Creative. We talk about the Unmistakable Creative podcast, hobbies versus jobs, podcasting ambitions, Srinivas’ book “An Audience of One”, his new book pitch, continuously producing content, when you should edit your own content, advice for new podcasters, how you build your own audience, formulas for success, ... Read more
Many of us have recently upgraded to the newest Mac OS release, Catalina, and with it have experienced issues with our beloved, and long-time recommended audio recording/editing tool, Audacity. This leaves us looking for an Audacity alternative for our editing needs. First, a bit of background: Audacity is an open source, cross platform (meaning it ... Read more
In this article, we're going over the benefits of consistently publishing podcast episodes. We're breaking down why it's so important to stick to a schedule and how reliably releasing new content will help set your listener's expectations. If you're unsure how consistently publishing a podcast supports growth, stick around for our top four reasons why ... Read more
You've spent time researching, recording, editing, and publishing an engaging podcast episode that your listeners can't get enough of. Your hard work is paying off, the number of episode listens are increasing but what if there was another way to squeeze even more juice out of the post? Repurposing podcast content is the perfect strategy ... Read more
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
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