Be a Successful Podcaster With Bruce Chamoff

If growing your podcast and increasing your audience is your top priority, and for most podcasters, it is, then you need to connect with your audience. 

If You Are a Podcaster Who Needs To Grow Your Podcast Audience

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In this episode, we show our listeners ways to grow your podcast audience and we even play a clip from podcaster Frank Sasso, host and producer of the Anxiety Therapist podcast on how he does it.

We also play a track from Bruce’s Re-Evaluate album called Chasing Tornadoes on Spotify.

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For most of us that have websites, we want high search engine rankings. Some of us know about the basics of search engine optimization, otherwise known as SEO. Just like websites, our podcasts also need search engine optimization. We need to come up at the top. Having your podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Buzzsprout may not be enough.

In this podcast episode, we share with you the strategies and tips for getting higher search engine rankings and which search engine optimization techniques have worked for us from entering the perfect content to the secrets that we need to get our podcasts higher on Google, Yahoo and even Bing and how much podcast content we need. 

We want to help all podasters succeed!!!

If you are a podcaster and want your podcast to be more successful, grow and profitable subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-a-successful-podcaster-with-bruce-chamoff/id1553846808 and rate us.

In this episode, we discuss the strategies for podcasting and becoming successful with your podcast at a time when more and more podcasters are starting up their podcasts and increasing the competition. With more people staying at home during the pandemic, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, we see more podcasters increasing the competition and making it difficult to get followers and grow. Growth for your podcast is the number 1 goal of all podcasts, because without growth, your podcast moves sideways.

In this episode, co-host Megan Hope and I discuss how to become more successful with your podcast during the time of the Delta Variant and we also touch upon SEO, Search Engine Optimization For Your Podcast. Known as SEOP, Our next episode will also talk more about SEOP and why it is even MORE important for podcasters than for your website.

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This episode features Bruce's rock track Don't Be Afraid Of Love also available on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/track/6YvQS43QfXzBGMD7lyU6y1?si=0b7968023cca414e

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Everybody. How you doing? I want to thank you all for subscribing to our podcast we only started a few months ago, and for the great reviews that we're getting from people now, if you haven't reviewed us on Apple, please do. We want you to be successful with your podcast. And today's topic is about becoming successful by using Apple podcasts and why it is the most important platform of them all. Even more important than anchor buzzsprout. And even Spotify. Yes, Spotify? Well, you got to talk about it. First of all, whether you have an android or an iOS, people have iTunes in the iTunes App for their phone. And they have it on your computer. 

Now. The thing is that Apple podcast, if you're not on Apple podcasts is very important to be on there. And for a couple of reasons that we're going to talk about. Now. Let me just backtrack to a very basic fact here. Apple podcasts or excuse me, apple, iTunes. Remember, they started the iPod, and iPod is the word that started it all for podcasting. Megan, I got to ask you a question. Now Apple also came out with the iPad. So if you listen to a podcast on the iPad, is it called podcasting? No, it's not called pad casting. No. So still a podcast? 

Yep. If you listen to in AI, excuse me, if you listen to a podcast on an iPad, it's still called pod casting. Not pad casting, right. You're right, Bruce. That's funny. So first of all, they started the whole thing. Okay, the iPod. People were just putting their spoken word on the iPod. And Apple started that. And when people bought the iPod way back, I think was 2005. They were actually getting iTunes with it. Now I tunes what really just played music. Okay, it really didn't do much with podcasting. I was gonna say podcasting. Eventually, they did add pod casting, I believe in 2009. And in Spotify fall soon everybody follows suit. Now Netflix is also going to have pod cast as well. But it all start with Apple. Now, most podcasts should be on AI, excuse me, the iTunes keep saying the apple pod cats, because they allow your subscribers to review you and leave a rating. And I know that for a fact that even in my last episode, I said that when people are looking at your podcast on Apple podcasts on iTunes, I was caught myself there. They are scrolling right down to the reviews. 

They see the number of views, they scroll down, they make sure it's five or five, even four or five. Okay, and they're looking they're reading. People are actually reading some don't read, because they don't have the patience to read. We know that. But they're skimming the information. Right. Now I know you do that. Right? Maybe you when you look at a podcast, you actually on Apple, you actually go down and look at the ratings. I always do. I think a lot of people do. I think a lot of people do right now because I love to look at ratings. I don't know why it's something No, you enjoy looking at ratings. You know if people like the podcast, yeah, it's great to read the ratings. 

But Apple smart though. Yeah, they put it on the bottom. Okay, on but on the iTunes on podcast on apple.com. They put it on the bottom, on the iTunes app, they put it in the reviews and ratings tab. But either way, and you know, people can get it that way. And I know that people are constantly using the reviews to see how good your podcast is. That's why it's very important. And let me tell you, it's just the name apple. I mean, you got Spotify too. You got Joe Rogan just had a $1 million deal last year with Spotify. Okay, that means you can't be an iTunes But still, iTunes is still much bigger. I don't care if the Joe Rogan podcast is on Spotify for a million dollars, you know, so you need to get on there. Spotify is easy to get on to Apple's a little bit harder because Spotify goes right

Let's face it, the Apple Podcasts platform is one of the most important podcast platforms or pod-catchers. Why do I say that? It is one of the only podcast platforms that allow people to rate and review your podcast and that is important for your podcast's growth. If you want to build an audience, you definitely want to stand out among the competition on Apple Podcasts. 

Unfortunately and to every podcaster's frustration, Apple Podcasts likes to show your competition on the bottom of every podcast episode listing. That makes it easy for people to click off your podcast and onto a competitor of yours. These competitors are positioned by Apple as the "TOP" podcasts. That position alone makes your potential subscribers click off your podcast. You may loose that subscriber forever as most subscribers do not bookmark their favorite podcasts. You actually need that bookmark.

How do you beat the competition on Apple Podcasts and get more people clicking on your podcast?

Is it the headline of each of your podcast episodes? Is it the name of your podcast? Is it your podcast thumbnail?

I explain all of this and answer the question in this episode. 

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When we speak to podcasters all over the world, we found out what the biggest cause of pod fade is. First of all, what is pod fade?

Defining Pod Fade:

When podcasters burn out from producing podcasts. It can be caused by tedious editing and post-production process.

Yes, we want to just record and upload our podcasts. Well, it is not that quick and easy. All podcasts need some form of editing and post production.

Listen to this episode to learn more about rapid podcast editing and not to burn out and enter the state of pod fade.

In this episode we talk about podcast introductions and whether some of them actually scare away not only your potential podcast subscribers, but also currently-subscribed ones. We also talk about the solutions to using podcast introductions wisely in a way that allows you to keep your subscribers and attract new ones.

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Highlights of this episode with co-hosts Bruce Chamoff and Megan Hope:

We would like to know if you agree or disagree with our philosophy on using podcast intros. After listening to our podcast episode, do you now think your podcast intro is scaring away subscribers or attracting them?

On the Become A Successful Podcaster, we are a part of the New York City Podcast Network and LatestPodcastEpisodes.com and are proud to me listed on them as well. They are amazing ways to market your podcast and find new audience members.

We also debut Bruce's new rock single Shock Value on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/bruce-chamoff/shock-value-2 - Follow Bruce on Spotify and listen to his music at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4lZgvTWEAkTnPQbtvNUctm

Antionette (aka the Delaware) and I continue talking about podcast distribution, podcasting success, growing your podcast with RSS feeds and more. Antionette Blake is one of the most successful podcasters and bloggers. She is a social media marketer, public speaker and a dedicated family woman. She is passionate about blogging, podcasting, and social media marketing and has a lot to offer podcasters. Her podcast, the Delaware Blogger, is one of the most motivating that I have ever heard.

Antionette Blake, AKA the Delaware Blogger has an award-winning professionally produced podcast where she gives also offers advice on how to become a successful podcaster. This is part 1 of the first dual podcast ever.