OK, we’ve got the music. Now we’ve got to mix it in with your voice! You don’t want your music overpowering your voice when it’s supposed to be background music.

Oh, you don’t have the money to pay for a subscription for music, or any other licensing? OK, well we’ve got free options!

Let’s spice up your podcast with some music, shall we? Of course you need to have the rights to play that music on your podcast! The next few tips will be for adding music to your podcast and where to get that music!

Set up a Merch Store! You can monetize your podcast – as well as advertise it – by setting up a merchandise store for your podcast! There are a number of sites you can go to for this!

You may want to have a podcast that people pay for! Or a podcast where financial supporters get ad-free versions of your episodes, bonus content, extended interviews, and more!

Linus Tech Tips recently concluded their daily gaming driver usage test of Linux, and concluded that Linux isn’t ready for prime time when it comes to gaming. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlg4K16ujFw ) What are my thoughts? I’ll tell you! Plus we have a new boom arm to hold up my Shure SM7B, the Headliner Sierra from Headliner-LA! We’re reviewing that today!

A number of podcast hosts offer dynamic ad insertion, and often times to podcasters regardless of the amount of listeners. Spreaker and sounder.fm are two examples of this! There are some hosts that require you to have that 1,000 downloads per week or month, or whatever the threshold is! But on the two I mentioned, that’s not required!

Focus on content, not numbers! - It’s easy to focus on the numbers! Sure, you want to bring in listeners! And if you’re a guest on podcasts and swapping trailers with other podcasters, that listener base will grow over time! But don’t worry if your numbers aren’t what you hope for! Just keep making good content

Be a guest on other podcasts! - This is another cross-promotion tactic! But where do you even start?

Cross-promote! - You can connect with other podcasters who will play your podcast trailer if you play theirs!