Craig Hewitt

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Craig Hewitt

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.

Podcast Production

Podcast Editing: Polish Your Episodes in 10 Steps

Looking for advice on how to edit your podcast properly? Podcast editing can be intimidating, but with some practice, you can produce high quality content on your own.  Poor podcast audio quality is a true nightmare. Hisses, noises, and overall poor podcast production will diminish the content and the authority of the show itself.  That’s ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 13 min read
Podcast Promotion

How to Promote Your Podcast on Instagram

Did you know that Instagram has officially reached 2.4 billion monthly users? And out of that billion, more than 500 million users visit the platform and scroll through their feed every day—making it an ideal platform to set up a small business, market a service, or in your case, promote a podcast. Just think about it. When ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 9 min read
Podcast Promotion

How to Transcribe a Podcast Fast (Step-by-Step Guide)

If you’re spending the time and energy creating podcast episodes, it’s important to make your content as accessible and discoverable as possible. You can add a ton of value to each episode with a transcript. Here's how to transcribe a podcast. What is a Podcast Transcript? A podcast transcript is a word-for-word account of an episode's ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 11 min read
Customizing your podcast subscribe links
Development

Customizing Your Podcast Subscribe Links

At the time of writing this article the most popular feature requested by our users is the ability to add more subscribe links. We love feedback like this, and we're in the process of updating the Castos app and the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin to support this. However, it is currently possible to make changes ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
PH033: Rebekah Bek of Ahrefs
Episodes

PH033: Rebekah Bek of Ahrefs

Rebekah Bek is a marketer for Ahrefs, an SEO toolkit that helps optimize your website for best SEO results. We are discussing an experiment that Ahrefs has been running for a little over a year now with podcast sponsorship. Previously on this show, we have discussed sponsorship from the show creators’ side of the deal. ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH032: Jeff Large of Come Alive Creative
Episodes

PH032: Jeff Large of Come Alive Creative

Jeff Large is the owner of Come Alive Creative, a digital media agency that has made the pivot into podcast production. Jeff tells me about his business and why he feels podcasting has a bright future. He explains the services he and his team provide and how he can help podcasters find the right fit ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
Seriously Simple Podcasting -version 1.19.18 release
Development

Seriously Simple Podcasting -version 1.19.18 release

Today we released version 1.19.18 of our Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin, which includes a few smaller updates and one big change. In the past, if you wanted to migrate your podcast from another hosting platform (or any external RSS feed really) into your WordPress site, you would have had to contact us to import your ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH031: Jason Resnick of Ask Rezz and Live in the Feast
Episodes

PH031: Jason Resnick of Ask Rezz and Live in the Feast

The host of Ask Rezz and Live in the Feast, Jason Resnick joins me for today’s episode. Jason is a superstar in regards to email marketing. He shares some of his secrets about reaching and growing his audience. He also announces a big change in his podcasting format and how he plans to move toward ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH030: Charles Perry of Release Notes Podcast
Episodes

PH030: Charles Perry of Release Notes Podcast

Charles Perry is the co-host of the Release Notes podcast. He is a software service developer who discusses the web development world with his co-host Joe. Release Notes originally focused on IOS topics but the show has evolved with Charles and Joe’s career growth. Charles tells me about how his audience responded to the gradual ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read