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Introducing Audience: Our Quest To Test The Latest Podcast Growth Strategies

The Castos team is full of podcasters. Some produce a show about WordPress and its community and others talk about their journey as an entrepreneur. It's a no brainer that the people behind the product that champions podcasting on your own terms are doing just that. Being on both sides of the industry, as content ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
PH042: Selling Courses Through Your Podcast with Joe Casabona
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PH042: Selling Courses Through Your Podcast with Joe Casabona

On today’s episode of Podcast Hackers, Joe Casabona joins me to talk about how he sells courses through his podcast. We also talk about his history in development as an educator, how to create and sell a course, breaking down modules and lessons, finding your target audience, how a podcast audience can change, the importance ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH041: Going Full Time As A Podcaster with Nathan Wrigley of WPBuilds
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PH041: Going Full Time As A Podcaster with Nathan Wrigley of WPBuilds

On today’s episode, I’m chatting with Nathan Wrigley of WPBuilds about how he transition from podcasting as a hobby to podcasting as a full-time job. We talk about how WPBuilds has changed over the months, making the decision to making podcasting his full-time job, niche podcasts, the big surprises in podcasting full-time, what he does ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH040: Srinivas Rao of the Unmistakable Creative
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PH040: Srinivas Rao of the Unmistakable Creative

Today I talk with Srinivas Rao of the Unmistakable Creative.  We talk about the Unmistakable Creative podcast, hobbies versus jobs, podcasting ambitions, Srinivas’ book “An Audience of One”, his new book pitch, continuously producing content, when you should edit your own content, advice for new podcasters, how you build your own audience, formulas for success, ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
PH039: Office Hours: Edition 5
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PH039: Office Hours: Edition 5

Today during our webinar, we talk about creating awesome content. Podcasting is becoming competitive and because of that, it is important to create good quality podcasts (audio and other technical aspects). However, you can get away with small technical flubs if you have great quality content. We talk about curating awesome content via your passion ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
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Podcast Office Hours: Edition #5

Welcome back to Castos Office Hours, our weekly podcast webinar focused on answering your most pressing questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we’re covering it all! In this edition we started out talking through seven tips to creating standout content. It's a topic we don't take lightly as it's ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
PH038: Office Hours: Edition 4
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PH038: Office Hours: Edition 4

Today during our webinar, we’re focusing on audience engagement. We talk about five strategies you can use to help engage your podcast’s audience like FB groups and live meetups. We also go over some good practices to make audience engagement a little easier and community groups. Lastly, we go over a few worries and possible ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
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Podcast Office Hours: Edition #4

Welcome back to Castos Office Hours, our weekly podcast webinar focused on answering your most pressing questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we’re covering it all! In this edition, our CEO, Craig, walked us through five different strategies to engage with an audience outside of your podcast. We talked ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read
PH037: Office Hours: Edition 3
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PH037: Office Hours: Edition 3

Today during our webinar, we talk about audio editing in an easy and not-time-consuming-type of way. We focus on Audacity (which is both free and cross-platform). Specifically, we talk about using markers to help make editing easier, setting loudness levels, having separate tracks for each person speaking, and exporting to an MP3 (versus any other ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
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Podcast Office Hours: Edition #3

Welcome back to Castos Office Hours, our weekly podcast webinar focused on answering your most pressing questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we’re covering it all! In this edition, we featured a live editing demo in Audacity and went over some quick tips on how to remove unwanted pauses ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
PH036: Office Hours: Edition 2
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PH036: Office Hours: Edition 2

Today we’re presenting a segment we call “office hours” where we talk about a particular topic in the podcasting community as well as answer questions from everyone involved in the community (including listeners). Today’s topic is all about audience growth. We talk about nine strategies you can use to promote your show (from leveraging your ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read
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Castos Office Hours: Edition #2

Welcome to Castos Office Hours, our weekly webinar focused on answering your most pressing podcasting questions live. Everything from gear, launch plans, audience growth, to Castos feature updates, we're covering it all! We kicked off our second webinar with an overview of nine strategies to promote your show, from social media to how to leverage ... Read more

Craig Hewitt
Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read