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Introducing Castos Campaigns
Castos Campaigns adds dated pre- and post-roll audio to your podcast: upload clips once, run promos across your catalog, keep stats and masters intact.
Matt Cromwell · · 3 min read
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Development 
Embed Your Podcast Player Anywhere
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
Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
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Set Up Apple Podcasts Subscriptions With Castos
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
Craig Hewitt · · 6 min read
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One-Click Podcast Distribution
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
Craig Hewitt · · 2 min read
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Automatically Add Chapters To Your Episodes
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
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
Podcast Promotion
Apple Podcasts, In Any Browser
Last week, Apple announced that all Apple Podcasts content would be available directly on your browser. That's great news for all of us content creators because instead of having to use (and link out to) the Apple Podcasts app, we can utilize the full functionality of Apple Podcasts directly in Chrome, Safari, Edge, or whatever ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
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Starter Studio: A Webflow Template For Your Podcast Website
Every podcast needs a great-looking website. Whether you're using it to grow your podcast subscriber base, increase your YouTube channel followers, or connect with your listeners, your podcast website is your home base online. And while Castos offers built-in podcast websites for free with every show we host, sometimes customers want a bit of extra ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read
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Directly Publish From Riverside To Castos
One of the best things about podcasting is how efficient it is in creating several different usable forms of content in a very short amount of time. In one 60 minute recording session you can create a week’s worth of podcast, YouTube, blog post, and social media assets. But previously, you had to duct tape ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read
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Free Podcast Transcripts, For All
Today the entire Castos team is thrilled to announce that free podcast transcripts are now available to all customers. This project, we dubbed "Transcripts For All" internally, is something we've been wanting to provide to the podcasting community for a long time. But until recently, it has been technologically and financially infeasible to offer. But ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 5 min read
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Introducing Castos Commerce: Listener Donations For Your Podcast
As creators, we all dream of better ways to monetize our podcasts without only relying on the traditional advertising model as the only way to make money podcasting. And the answer for many of us is through direct listener donations to support our podcasts. But doing this for a podcast has been clunky and not ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 4 min read
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Connect Mastodon, Tiktok, and Goodpods To Your Podcast
It's no surprise that the way some of the fastest-growing brands have grown is via social media. Whether that means Twitter, Instagram, or more recent additions to the social media landscape like Tiktok or Mastodon, having a presence on social media for your show is a must. And today, more than ever, with multi-billion dollar ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 3 min read
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Create Stunning Podcast Cover Images With Dynamo
It's something every podcast has, and in a lot of cases is the very first impression you can make on potential new subscribers: your podcast cover image. But unless you're a designer or want to hire one (which can be expensive and time-consuming) creating podcast cover art can be difficult for new podcasters. We know ... Read more
Craig Hewitt · · 1 min read