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Podcast Equipment

Rødecaster Pro 2 Review: A Powerful Audio Production Device for Podcasters and Content Creators

Podcasters and other content creators understand the difficulties of capturing clear audio. You need the right environment, workflow, and tools. The equipment can add up quickly.  RØDE addressed this problem with the RODECaster Pro, a unique audio mixing deck with a focus on podcasting. You can record multiple people, add audio enhancements, and even background ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 10 min read
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Content Creation

How to Start a YouTube Channel in 2026

Starting a YouTube channel has never been easier, or more competitive. With over two billion monthly users watching a billion hours of video daily, YouTube remains the second-largest search engine after Google. That means opportunity still exists for creators who bring value, clarity, and consistency. But here’s the reality: there are now over 160 million ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 15 min read
Content Creation

YouTube Beats Out Spotify Podcast Listenership Platform in the US. Now What?

It’s no surprise that YouTube quietly edged out Spotify to become the largest podcast consumption platform in the US. At least for now. Lots of podcasters struggle with discoverability and with YouTube as the world’s second largest search engine, why wouldn’t you want to have your audio sent to that platform? With Facebook shutting down ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
Private Podcasting

Offer Podcast Content As A Part of Your LifterLMS Online Course

For online course creators, one of the best ways to market your business and scale your audience is to provide unique value adds that attract new students and keep current students engaged. Today, we're excited to announce that Castos' Podcasting Plugin for WordPress, Seriously Simple Podcasting, now integrates directly with LifterLMS, the industry-leading course software ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
Start an Internal Company Podcast
Private Podcasting

How to Start an Internal Company Podcast

Are you looking to start an internal company podcast? Want to know the decisions, tools, and steps you must take to start your own corporate podcast? An internal company podcast is just a private podcast designed for internal communications. It isn’t available to the general public. The private podcast feed isn’t listed anywhere online. It’s ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 12 min read
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Private Podcasting

How to Launch an Internal Company Podcast

You've created the first episode of your private company podcast (sometimes called a corporate podcast) and you're happy with the result. Now you're wondering how to share it; how to turn your coworkers into listeners. If you want your internal company podcast to be successful, you need a launch plan.  One of the major benefits ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 14 min read
How to Grow Podcast Listeners
Podcast Promotion

How to Grow Podcast Listeners: 16 Strategies to Grow Your Podcast Audience

You’ve launched your podcast and produced a few episodes. Now you’re wondering how to grow podcast listeners. Every podcaster turns their attention to this problem at some point.  Except in a few viral cases (which you can’t depend on), there’s no shortcut here. You need reliable steps to grow your listener count. Then you need ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 19 min read
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Launching Podcast

How to Make Your First $100 Podcasting

As a podcaster, it's no secret that you want to use your show to make money. You love the medium, you love the work, and you love your audience, but at some point you want the show to compensate you for all of your effort. Earning Joe Rogan levels of cash takes time, but that ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 8 min read
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Podcast Promotion

How to Write an Engaging Twitter Thread (for Podcasters and Other Creators)

Between text, images, videos, polls, and GIFs, there are lots of ways to create content for your Twitter followers. But sometimes Twitter’s 280-character limit just isn’t enough. Sometimes you want to tell a longer story. Well, you can! Despite Twitter’s limitations, you can write as much as you like by using a Twitter thread. This ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 10 min read
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Development

Better Episode Rankings with Our New Yoast SEO Integration

It’s always been difficult to rank podcasts well on Google and other search engines. This is because search engines like Google can only read text. It doesn’t have any way of knowing what’s said in your episode, so it doesn’t know which terms to rank it for.  You can fight this problem a bit by ... Read more

Dennis Hammer
Dennis Hammer · · 5 min read