DIY Podcast Touring (Big Podcast Insider Issue 149)

Topics covered in this episode:​ Spreading your podcast: Learn how to make it beneficial for others to spread your message and ways to use people to promote your podcast. What would mother nature do?: How podcasters can apply this lesson to their podcast promotion strategies. DIY Podcast Touring: Discover the benefits of doing in-person events to build an audience, and learn tips for organizing and promoting successful live events. Feign ignorance and other interviewing tips from NPR: Get insights from NPR on how to conduct engaging interviews, including the technique of feigning ignorance to encourage detailed responses. How to decide what to cut or not in an interview: Learn strategies for editing interviews and deciding which parts to keep or cut to ensure the final content is engaging and concise. Podcast bait and switch: Explore the concept of podcast bait and switch and how it can be utilized to surprise and engage listeners. Episode Timestamps:​ [00:05:42] The DIY Podcast Tour – Behind-the-scenes story and how to do it yourself [00:06:48] Live events bring people together and connect [00:12:51] Podcaster feeling like an outsider in radio [00:14:31] Treat your podcast like a vinyl record [00:18:06] Fake Podcasts! Sales calls and paid podcast interviews ... [00:22:31] Big Podcast AMP - Audio Monetization Program The Newsletter for Podcasters 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.​​ About this episode of Build a Big Podcast:​ This is the audio companion to Issue 149 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. On this episode, I dive into where the money is made in podcasting. how to get more reviews (and subscribers) for your podcast, podcast hosting, and more.   ​ 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.​