The people behind great podcasts Welcome to second edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world! The Life of Letters Podcasts is a show for stationery lovers, pen pals, letter writers and anyone who loves slow living and analogue creativity. ... Read more
The people behind great podcasts This is the first edition of our Creator Spotlight series, where we highlight the people behind the podcasts and the thoughtful work they’re bringing into the world. First up is Janel and Anna from the Strange Birds and their podcast Flying the Coop! Some podcasts are built to teach you ... Read more
Your microphone is the one piece of gear that can make or break your entire show. Seriously: people will put up with a lot, but muffled, echoey, or tinny audio? They’re gone in under a minute. No fancy editing trick in the world can save a bad recording. The good news? You don't need to ... Read more
How to Screen Record on iPhone: Complete Guide for Podcast Creators Most podcasters focus exclusively on audio, but your iPhone's screen recording feature can be a secret weapon for growing your audience with video content. Here's the thing: podcast creators often struggle to create engaging video content for social media promotion, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes looks, ... Read more
The podcast advertising market exceeded $4 billion in 2025, growing by nearly 33% year-over-year. And here's what most podcasters don't realize: you don't need millions of downloads to start earning from podcast ads. Traditional ad networks will tell you that you need 10,000 or even 20,000 downloads per episode before you can monetize. But the ... Read more
Distribution is the name of the game when it comes to any kind of content, and podcasting is no different. We all want easy, and ideally automated, ways to share our content everywhere our audience is already hanging out. To help with this, we've built beautiful, responsive players and Playlist Players to allow you to ... Read more
Most coaches and consultants believe they need to be everywhere online, posting daily on social media, writing weekly blogs, and constantly networking, just to build authority and attract clients. But this scattered approach creates a serious problem: your expertise gets diluted across crowded platforms where prospects scroll past without truly understanding what makes you different. ... Read more
Running a successful podcast while managing multiple subscriber platforms can feel like juggling flaming torches. If you're using Ghost for your website and newsletter management but hosting your podcast on Castos, you've probably found yourself manually transferring subscriber information between platforms...a time-consuming process that's prone to errors. What if you could automate this entirely? Today's ... Read more
Hybrid Podcasting sits in that sweet spot between public and private content, offering a "freemium" model similar to what you see with platforms like Substack. You provide your regular public content while offering exclusive Subscriber Benefits to your most engaged fans, creating deeper, more profitable connections with your audience. We look at Hybrid Podcasting as ... Read more
We're thrilled to announce that all Castos customers can now offer exclusive Subscriber Benefits to listeners directly through Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. In this guide, we'll show you how to get started with this exciting monetization opportunity that works alongside Castos' other revenue-generating features like Dynamic Ad Insertion and Castos Commerce. First, A New Type Of ... Read more
Today, we're thrilled to announce a huge addition to the Castos platform: One-Click Podcast Distribution. With this, Castos becomes the first and only podcast hosting provider to offer true one-click submission to all eight major podcast directories: All automatically, literally just a click of a button. Whether you're launching your very first podcast or adding ... Read more
Podcasting is so great because it allows us to share long-form storytelling-type content with our audience. And it is this long-form engagement and "intimacy" that our listeners love about following along with our journey. But along with this, sometimes we want to give listeners an idea of what's ahead and what they can expect in ... Read more
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