Big Podcast Playbook - Grow Your Podcast. Build Your Audience.

Getting people to listen to your podcast is hard enough, but keeping them as listeners is arguably harder.   Podchaser asked their followers, "What turns you off from a podcast?"   In this episode, I talk about some of the replies and how to work around common podcasting issues that listeners find repelling. Links to Things I Talk About:

• Podchaser

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This is the audio companion to Issue 95 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• The Podcast Practice Room
• How to Easily Batch Social Media Videos (and Other Content)
• Audacity 3.2 is Here (...and it's still free)
• 50 Podcasting Rules
• Did you just say you didn't need to edit your podcast?!
• The Apple Podcasters Program

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

What makes some podcast interviews stand out? Why do you want to keep listening to some hosts, even when their guests aren't that great? How can you bring the best out of your guests?

These are the kinds of questions I think about all the time. So I brought in a guy who thinks about these things just as much as I do to discuss the opportunity podcasters have every time we sit across from a guest.

I talk with Joe about:

• Reverse Mentorship
• How to get better at something
• Learning from books (or podcasts) vs. learning from people
• The difference between a "conversation" and a great podcast interview
• Preparing for podcast interviews
• Red Light Syndrome
• How to keep growing and getting better as you age (or just do something for a long time)
• The pros and cons of doing podcast interviews with video vs. doing audio-only interviews

Links to Things We Talk About:

• One Percent Better Podcast
• Damn Good Conversations

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 94 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• Like, Know, Trust = 75%
• How to Get Booked on Podcasts
• Audacity 3.2 is Coming!
• Oops! Shouldn't Have Hit Publish!
• Find Influencers: 6 Easy Steps to Choose the Right Ones

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 93 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• When is a Podcast Ready to Launch?
• Google's “Helpful Content” Algorithm = Helpful for Quality Podcasts
• A $400 Mic Stand for $60?!
• How to Make Your Live Streams Sound Better
• Before you talk about your new mic, know this ...
• Advertising to Gen Z? What you need to know ...

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 92 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• Hooray for Everything? No.
• Podcast Psychology – Why Do People Listen to a Podcast?
• 10 Podcast Episode Ideas (Using Your Existing Knowledge)
• My audio engineer told me a funny story ...
• $100,000/day on TikTok?!
• 34 Ways to Make Money as a Podcaster (with Examples)

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter
• 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

Ben Shapiro walks into a podcasting convention ... Topics:

• White Guys in Mississippi
• Racist Music
• Gun Shows
• Old School Rednecks
• David Duke
• Bikers
• Right Wing Media in Nashville
• How to turn $10,000 into $1,000,000 worth of publicity
• "Classic Good Manners" and Other Revisionism
• Will the real Podcast Movement please stand up?
• What happened to that guy from that 80s sitcom?
• The best way to kill nine years hard work of work is 15 minutes.

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Too Little Too Late, Podcast Movement

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 91 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• Don't Follow the Money
• You Are the Podcast "Scene"
• Your biggest opportunity for podcast growth ...
• A Feedburner Alternative
• What Podcasters Know ...
• How to Ask for Payment (Politely)

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter
• 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 90 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• Are You (or Your Podcast) Stuck?
• Want More Podcast Downloads? Try This ...
• Free Music for Your Podcast
• Zoom PodTrak P4 Multitrack Podcast Recorder
• Editing Your Podcast is No Joke!
• 7 Podcast Monetization Methods (with Examples!)

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter
• 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.

     

This is the audio companion to Issue 89 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go.   Big Podcast Insider is a weekly newsletter on podcasting. If you like the content of this episode, you can subscribe here – it's free and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click. Topics:

• Is a Bigger Podcast Really Better?
• First 10,000 Subscribers in 30 Days – Here's the How ...
• Casey Neistat's 10 Stoic Practices (For Productivity)
• Is Your Podcast Making Your Grandmother Sad?
• Why Companies are Ditching Influencers for Real People
• This is why companies pay for podcast ads ...

Links to Things I Talk About:

• Big Podcast Insider - Podcasting Newsletter
• 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience

This episode is brought to you by Riverside ...

Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.