Private Podcasting

Connect Ghost and Castos For Private Podcasting

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

Craig Hewitt · Jun 23, 2025 · 6 min read

Podcast Monetization

10 Ways To Use Hybrid Podcasting to Grow Your Brand

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

Craig Hewitt · May 23, 2025 · 8 min read

Private Podcasting

How to Create a Private Podcast for Your Online Course

Learn how private podcasting works, how to create a private podcast for your online course, and offer some tips for success.

Dennis Hammer · Oct 31, 2022 · 10 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 · May 11, 2022 · 3 min read

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 · May 11, 2022 · 13 min read

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 · May 4, 2022 · 14 min read

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

Private Podcasting

How to Use Podcasts for Remote Learning

The nature of education is changing. At one time, learning only took place in a classroom with rows of desks or tables and the teacher at the front scribbling on a blackboard. Now, however, education is far more complex and we experience it in diverse forms. This variety means that educators can choose the right ... Read more

Dennis Hammer · Nov 18, 2021 · 8 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

Why a Private Podcast and Membership Site are the Best Ways to Monetize your Podcast

Running a podcast is hard work, especially if you’re a one-person operation. It’s only natural to wonder — do podcasts make money? Yes! Many creators have found that podcasts are an excellent income stream. You can make money podcasting with any audience size, but it’s important to choose the right monetization method for your show. ... Read more

Dennis Hammer · Oct 6, 2021 · 8 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

Private Podcasting

How to Start a Church Podcast (6 Simple Steps)

As a church, you are already producing engaging content for your audience each week, so starting a church podcast is a simple but powerful way to serve your congregation and reach new audiences. Plus, it’s easy to set up. Since you already have the content, it’s also inexpensive.  In this article, we're going to explain ... Read more

Dennis Hammer · Aug 19, 2021 · 8 min read