Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing: Principles On Content Marketing, Building an Audience & Online Coaching Sales

Are you pondering whether to take a break from podcasting this Christmas?

This episode of "Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing" tackles this very dilemma!

As the festive season approaches, many podcasters grapple with the decision to pause their shows.

This episode is crucial for you if you're struggling with this decision, especially if growing your audience is a top priority.

In this episode you'll discover:

Why continuing your podcast over Christmas can significantly boost your audience engagement.

How to balance family time and podcasting without sacrificing either.

And practical advice on how to repurpose your best content to maintain listener engagement during the holidays whilst other shows SLACK behind! :')

To find out why taking a break might not be the best idea and what you can do instead to keep your podcast thriving through the holiday season, scroll up and click play!

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

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This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

Why I'm deciding to double down over Christmas?

Maybe it's a bad idea?

Let's find out.

Ever wondered how to keep your momentum going during the festive season?

This podcast episode is all about turning the quiet holiday period into a powerhouse of productivity and growth!

While many are winding down for Christmas, this episode is for the obsessive podcasters, entrepreneurs, coaches, and business owners who want to stay ahead.

If you're looking to position your show or business for success in 2024, this is where you need to be.

Dive into this episode to discover what to expect from 'Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing' this December.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

What To Do Before Hiring a Social Media Manager As a Podcast Creator

This is a recap rundown episode for episode '#50 | Why You Shouldn't Hire A Social Media Manager As a Podcast Creator Without a Proven Marketing Strategy'

Where we covered:

• Why Hiring a Social Media Expert/Manager Won't Solve Your Podcast Growth Challenges
• What you should focus on instead for faster growth
• What happens when you hire a social media manager without a proper podcast growth strategy

We know how hard it can be to find time to revisit past episodes and refresh your memory. 

That's why we've created "Recap Rundown" - bite-sized 5 minute episodes that break down the key differences between the old way and the new way of thinking regarding growing a podcast.

If you're ready to discover the old way of growing vs the new way of growing when it comes to hiring a social media podcast manager, scroll up and click play.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

Are you frustrated with the lack of traction your podcast is getting? 

Ever considered hiring professionals to handle tasks like show notes and social media promotion, but your growth remains stagnant?

Most believe it’s what they need to grow faster. 

'It’ll give me more time, more focus, and an extra hand will surely help the show grow.'

But it rarely does.

You see, outsourcing tasks like show notes, and social media won't fix the underlying issues affecting your podcast's growth.

It’s not about the fancy tactics, a social media expert might make you short-form clips and sexy promotional Canva graphics…

But doesn’t help you gain more traction.

So enough of the surface-level approach to growing your podcast.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why Hiring a Social Media Expert/Manager Won't Solve Your Podcast Growth Challenges
• What you should focus on instead for faster growth
• What happens when you hire a social media manager without a proper podcast growth strategy

If you’re ready to face the truth, scroll up and click play.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

In this episode Jason shares how we grew his podcast past 15,000 monthly downloads, by having a listeners-focused content strategy, thinking about what listeners wanted to hear.

He shared why he wished he had started using Instagram earlier in his journey and the importance of diversifying your income stream, and not being overly dependant on ads.

Host Name: Jason Larkins

Show Name: Let's Talk Cheer

Current audience size at the point of publishing: 15,000 Monthly Downloads

Niche/Focus of show: Sport & Coaching

You can find Jason Larkins here.

Every Monday, a successful podcaster with tens of thousands of listeners and a fully monetized show will leave you a 5-10 minute voice note sharing their stories, strategies, failures & the mindset needed to grow a successful show.

And this is one of those episodes.

So if you want to gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to build a successful podcast, scroll up and click play!

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

How To Grow Your Podcast Without High Profile Guests, Short Form Content, or Social Media Promotions

This is a recap rundown episode for the episode '#47 | The 5 Foundational Pillars Every Podcast Needs To Build an Audience Fast' where we covered:

• Why most podcasters struggle to grow even though they work long, hard, and consistently. 
• How most podcasters paper over the cracks when it comes to getting more listeners, which only slows them down.
• The 5 foundational factors every podcaster needs to gain traction fast. 

We know how hard it can be to find time to revisit past episodes and refresh your memory. 

That's why we've created "Recap Rundown" - bite-sized 5-minute episodes that break down the key differences between the old way and the new way of thinking regarding growing a podcast.

If you're ready to discover the old way of growing vs the new way of growing when it comes to fast-tracking slow and stead growth, scroll up and click play.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

IMPORTANT read carefully!

The average client in the Get More Listeners Academy triples their monthly downloads in 90 days, without promoting on social media or relying on high-profile guests.

We focus on the FOUNDATIONS for growth.

Cool, but...why should you care?

We've found that 95% of podcasters don't have these foundations for growth.

And 100% of that 95% are totally unaware of how not having the foundations for growth could be the thing slowing them down!

That's why you can promote all day long...

Work long and hard, release amazing episodes, and still be stuck with slow and steady growth.

When the FOUNDATIONS for growth aren't set, growing is harder.

Once they are set, we've seen podcasters quickly gain 1000s of new listeners in 3-6 months.

It's only ever 1 or 2 small tweaks you have to make...

So that’s why In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why most podcasters struggle to grow even though they work long, hard, and consistently. 
• How most podcasters paper over the cracks when it comes to getting more listeners, which only slows them down.
• The 5 foundational factors every podcaster needs to gain traction fast. 

So if you're ready to discover a NEW WAY to grow and get more listeners, scroll up and click play.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

In this episode, we have Mike Corradi explain how he grew his podcast past 30,000 monthly downloads and monetized it by focusing on a niche and creating a unique angle.

Mike also shares the importance of networking, collaborating with others, getting exposure where your listeners are, and getting honest feedback from friends.

Host Name: Mike Corradi

Show Name: A History of Italy

Current audience size at the point of publishing: 30,000 Monthly Downloads

Niche/Focus of show: History

You can find Mike here.

Every Monday, a successful podcaster with tens of thousands of listeners and a fully monetized show will leave you a 5-10 minute voice note sharing their stories, strategies, failures & the mindset needed to grow a successful show.

And this is one of those episodes.

So if you want to gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to build a successful podcast, scroll up and click play!

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

Why Getting Big Names On Your Podcast Is Worthless Unless You Build a Content Strategy.

No. Seriously.

This is a recap rundown episode for episode '#44 | Why Having High Profile Guest On Your Podcast Won't Help You Build An Audience & What To Do Instead'

What we covered:

• Why relying solely on guest appearances may be holding your podcast back from reaching its true growth potential
• How to avoid the "one-hit wonder" syndrome with big guests
• Practical techniques to ensure guest appearances consistently contribute to your podcast's growth - without fail
• How shifting the focus from guests to your own content can help you establish your podcast's unique value proposition and build a loyal listener base that keeps coming back for more

We know how hard it can be to find time to revisit past episodes and refresh your memory.

That's why we've created "Recap Rundown" - bite-sized 5 minutes episodes that break down the key differences between the old way and the new way of thinking regarding growing a podcast.

If you're ready to discover the old way of growing vs the new way of growing when it comes to targeting high-profile guests, scroll up and click play.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.

Learn why relying solely on guests can lead to missed opportunities, disconnected audiences, and low listener retention. 

Discover how to create captivating content that keeps listeners coming back for more.

High-profile guests are cool, but faster growth without having to land big names is cooler.

Podcasters are led to believe you just need a bigger name to interview, and the show will grow.

1. It’s not true, big names don’t mean big episodes.
2. You don’t and shouldn’t rely on big names to grow your podcast because it’s not sustainable.

Your content needs to be the thing that attracts new listeners and keeps them in.

If not, you’ll suffer from "one-hit wonder" syndrome.

Where the episode takes off, but the listeners don’t stick around.

Which is probably even more frustrating than having a guest not share your podcast on their socials.

So in this episode, we want to show you a different way of doing things…

In this episode, we show you:

• Why relying solely on guest appearances may be holding your podcast back from reaching its true growth potential
• How to avoid the "one-hit wonder" syndrome with big guests
• Practical techniques to ensure guest appearances consistently contribute to your podcast's growth - without fail
• How shifting the focus from guests to your own content can help you establish your podcast's unique value proposition and build a loyal listener base that keeps coming back for more

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning.

More From Get More Listeners:

Grab your FREE personalized audit + a copy of our bestseller Podcast Marketing.

Book a 30-minute discovery call for the Get More Listeners Academy

View client results & case studies

Looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics? Try Captivate for free here

Email [email protected] to get in contact with Taig & Anthony.

This podcast is for entrepreneurs to learn proven podcasting audience growth, marketing & monetization tips & strategies including data-driven SEO, guesting, and social media strategy. You'll learn how to grow and monetize faster, get more listeners and engagement, increase downloads, attract more subscribers, clients or sponsors, and turn your show into a revenue-generating platform.

If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll ours too! Podcasting Made Simple by Alex Sanfilippo, Grow The Show: How to Grow a Podcast Audience & Monetize by Kevin Chemidlin, School of Podcasting by Dave Jackson, Grow My Podcast Show by Deirdre Tshien, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained by Jeremy Enns & Justin Jackson, Organic Marketing Simplified by Juliana Barbati.