Discover essential tips on podcast branding, audience growth, and monetization, plus insights into maintaining consistency and mental health as a podcaster on this episode of Build a Big Podcast ...

Key Themes

• Podcast Marketing Strategies
• The Importance of Taking Breaks from Podcasting
• How to Choose Your Podcast Brand Colors
• Eliminating Filler Words
• How Much "Political Content" is Too Much?
• Mental Health and Podcasting

Topics covered in this episode:​

• How to Avoid Podfade: David discusses taking breaks and the importance of communicating with your audience during downtime
• Choosing Brand Colors Strategically: Insights on how to pick brand colors that resonate with your podcast's identity
• How to Eliminate Filler Words Like "And" and "You Know": Tactics to improve your speech clarity and professionalism
• Spotify's Efforts in Protecting Election Integrity: How podcasting platforms are addressing election-related content ... and things for you to think about
• The Problem with Long Podcast Monologues: Why excessive monologuing can be detrimental to your podcast
• Mental Health and Podcasting: The importance of taking breaks and maintaining mental well-being as a podcaster

Episode Timestamps

• 05:46 Embrace breaks to care for ourselves fully.
• 11:48 Tool helps eliminate filler words in speaking
• 14:02 Podcasting and elections: be cautious with content
• 18:41 Be yourself, don't blindly follow others
• 20:33 Newsletter offers tools to grow your podcast
• 22:25 Free Podcaster Growth Toolkit

The Newsletter for Podcasters

• Big Podcast Insider - Weekly Podcasting Newsletter ​

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About this episode of Build a Big Podcast:​

This is the audio companion to Issue 185 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.   ​

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