[E4C55] How to Reach 1 Million Podcast Downloads on iTunes – Daniel J. Lewis of Audacity to Podcast

As an award-winning podcaster, Daniel J. Lewis helps others launch and improve their own podcasts for sharing their passions and finding success. Daniel creates training resources and podcasting tools; offers one-on-one consulting; speaks on podcasting, social media, and WordPress; and Daniel hosts a network of award-nominated shows, at noodle.mx, covering how to podcast, clean-comedy, and the #1 unofficial podcast for ABC's hit drama Once Upon a Time.

In this knowledge rich interview, Daniel will share with us:

2:18 - How he got started in the podcasting business.

6:52 - How to use podcasting as a leverage to grow your business.

9:04 - The benefits of launching a podcast.

11:32 - How to choose a topic for your podcast – should you go for broad or niche?

21.25 - What can you do to inspire your audience to take action and subscribe to your podcast.

22:23 - Where to place your “calls to action” in every episode.

24:52 - Some tips and strategies to promote your podcast and increase downloads.

30:54 - Should a podcaster obsess on hitting a target of 1 million downloads?

34:18 - Points to consider if you should relaunch or rebrand your podcast

37:26 - His opinions on the already saturated podcasting industry and how can one still make a profit out if it.

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Download the Audio Master Class

In Daniel’s masterclass which can be downloaded in the show notes at www.entrepreneursforachange.com/55, Daniel will be teaching us valuable knowledge on ways to monetize your podcast.

In this educative session, you will learn:

0:49 - How to cut down the cost of podcast production to save money.

2:31 - An easy tip to decrease an audio's file size without compromising its quality.

6:01 - How to prepare good quality content for your show notes.

10:28 - Ways to monetize your podcast, in direct and indirect ways.

18:27 - Should you or should you not have podcast guests sign immediate release agreements?

19:34 - How you can re-purpose podcast content into information products that you can sell.

22:18 - Tools that can be used to promote or syndicate your podcast.

25:18 - Daniel’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who wants to venture into the world of podcasting.

Mentioned in this interview

Noodle.mx

Once Upon A Time Clean Comedy

The Audacity to Podcast

John Lee Dumas

MyPodcastReviews.com

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Full Episode Transcript

0:56 Lorna:  Hello, amazing Changemakers.  I’m here today very, very excited to bring to you my guest, Daniel J. Lewis, who has been a bit of a mentor to me in my journey in podcasting.  Daniel is an award-winning podcaster and he helps others launch and improve their own podcasts as well as to share their passions and find success through podcasting.

1:23  He’s created a number of training resources and podcasting tools.  He also offers one-on-one consulting as well as speaks about podcasting, social media, and WordPress.  Daniel has hosted a network of award-nominated shows at Noodle.mx covering how to podcast as well as clean comedy, and the number one and unofficial podcast for ABC’s hit drama Once Upon A Time.

1:48  So in my journey of podcasting, Daniel’s blog which is chock-full of fantastic information has really helped guide me through this process.  He’s also been really helpful to me answering my late night tweets in pretty good time.  So thank you so much Daniel for all your help.  I’d love to ask you, how you got started with your podcasting business and who exactly do you work with?

2:18  Daniel:   Thank you, Lorna.  Well, I work with anyone who wants to get podcasting as part of their hobby or as part of their success and however they define that.  When I started podcasting, I didn’t have ideas of grandeur or making a business of this.