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.

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Free Podcast Transcripts, For All

Today the entire Castos team is thrilled to announce that free podcast transcripts are now available to all customers. This project, we dubbed "Transcripts For All" internally, is something we've been wanting to provide to the podcasting community for a long time. But until recently, it has been technologically and financially infeasible to offer. But ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
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Introducing Castos Commerce: Listener Donations For Your Podcast

As creators, we all dream of better ways to monetize our podcasts without only relying on the traditional advertising model as the only way to make money podcasting. And the answer for many of us is through direct listener donations to support our podcasts. But doing this for a podcast has been clunky and not ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read
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Connect Mastodon, Tiktok, and Goodpods To Your Podcast

It's no surprise that the way some of the fastest-growing brands have grown is via social media. Whether that means Twitter, Instagram, or more recent additions to the social media landscape like Tiktok or Mastodon, having a presence on social media for your show is a must. And today, more than ever, with multi-billion dollar ... Read more

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Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read