Author

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.

Private Podcasting

Done-For-You Podcast Editing, Marketing, and Publishing with Castos Productions

Editing your recordings, writing show notes, designing episode-specific imagery, creating audiograms – the amount of work that it takes after you click "stop recording" but before a new episode actually goes live can sometimes seem endless. However, all of this work, from audio editing to creating marketing assets for new episodes is vital to the ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Jan 4, 2022 · 5 min read

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Podcast Monetization

A Better Way to Monetize Your Podcast

When most people consider how to make money from their podcast they think of two main solutions: 1) ads and 2) Patreon. Ads work but they annoy your listeners, they’re easily skippable, and it’s hard to make a ton of money from them unless you have millions of listeners. Patreon is the other solution people ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Dec 15, 2021 · 2 min read

Development

Introducing Single Sign-On (SSO) Support

For many organizations, it's essential to have a defined system by which they can manage access that their employees have to 3rd party tools they use every day. Especially in the remote world, most companies find themselves in these days this level of internal security is paramount. For many companies, this means using a Single ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Dec 2, 2021 · 1 min read

Development

Automate Your Private Podcast With Castos' ConvertKit Integration

Connecting the tools you use online has always been a key part of creating a seamless customer experience. Not just for you, but to give your audience personalized messaging when engaging with your brand. The ability for information from your website, email tool, shopping cart, and even internal communications tools has never been more important. ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Oct 25, 2021 · 4 min read

Private Podcasting

Asynchronous learning with audio and private podcast feeds

A major drawback when buying into complex hosted solutions for employee learning and enablement is the overwhelming feature set the software includes. Organizations turning to full-blown Learning Management Systems (LMS) should look to private podcasting tools for their asynchronous learning needs.  From a cost perspective, complex education solutions will charge you for features you’re most ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Oct 19, 2021 · 5 min read

Private Podcasting

Happy International Podcast Day!

September 30 is International Podcast Day. No, you won’t find a section of cards at your local stationery shop to celebrate it. And all the humble podcasters in the world aren’t waiting by their mailboxes for the gifts to roll in.  But there ARE some things you can do to support your favorite podcasts (and ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Sep 30, 2021 · 4 min read

Development

Introducing Podcast 2.0 Support

Podcasting has evolved significantly in the past few years. With more and more podcasters coming into this medium from a wide variety of backgrounds and industries, the need to expand the existing functionality of the RSS feed has become apparent. Being able to relay more information about your podcast directly within the RSS feed creates ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Sep 13, 2021 · 5 min read

Development

Introducing the Castos Playlist Player

Including your podcast on your own website is one of the main tenants of "Owning Your Content" that we so strongly believe in here at Castos. And while many of us have individual pages on our website for each episode, we often times want a single place that listeners can come to check out a ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Aug 12, 2021 · 2 min read

Logic Accessibility

Accessibility is Simply Logical

Castos is a Podcast hosting and analytics platform and we want to make podcasts easy and accessible to everyone – the podcasters as well as to their audiences.  Oftentimes software companies don’t really consider how much they include or exclude certain people with the way their software works. Twenty percent of the population is disabled, ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Jul 19, 2021 · 27 min read

Development

Castos Mobile App For Private Podcasting

Private Podcasting is taking the podcast industry by storm. Whether it's for internal use for companies to better connect with their employees, or those with online courses, membership sites, and communities to offer exclusive content only to those members, private podcasts are everywhere. But one question that always comes up when discussing private podcasting with ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Jul 12, 2021 · 2 min read

Development

Streamline Your Podcast Production With Alitu

When it comes to being successful with your podcast there are few roadblocks that can stand in podcasters' way more than the difficulty that comes with editing and producing your podcast. A lot of the magic of creating a great-sounding podcast comes in post-production. But learning to become proficient in podcast editing software like Hindenburg, ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Jun 14, 2021 · 4 min read

Podcast Promotion

How to Get More Podcast Reviews to Grow Your Audience

Podcast reviews are genuine opinions from past listeners. New listeners rely on them to decide whether your show is worth their time. They give your podcast social proof and credibility, so new listeners don’t have to take your word that your podcast is great— they have other listeners vouching for it. However, with the Apple ... Read more

Craig Hewitt · Jun 2, 2021 · 10 min read