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Michael Jordan, Simone Biles, Wayne Gretzky. Every so often, someone comes along who is playing the game at a whole different level. And when it comes to podcasting, we've got two of them.
Jay Clouse and Chris Hutchins each host hugely successful shows. And this special episode, we're getting inside the minds of these two creators to understand the thought process, experiments, and personalities behind the downloads (not to mention some serious revenue).
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Plus, we need your help to decide what to make next.
We spend the majority of our time thinking about podcast marketing & growth. But that doesn’t mean we have it all figured out.
In this final episode of Season 1 of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we break down our stats from the season along with our mistakes and missed opportunities, lessons learned… and the surprising insights we’ve gained along the way.
Plus, we brainstorm three new show concept ideas to keep us busy between seasons… and ask your feedback on which one we should pursue.
Cast your vote for which show we should make next
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00:49 How many downloads we expected to get going into this season
02:35 Breaking down our Season 1 stats
03:22 Is YouTube worthwhile for the average podcaster?
08:34 Engagement time and consumption rates
12:44 The metric we care about more than analytics
20:26 Assessing Season 1: What we did well
23:02 How experimentation led us to find our structure
28:21 A big mistake we made with Season 1
32:05 Mistakes and missed opportunities in Season 1
36:18 Help us decide which show we should create next
40:57 Concept idea 1: “Make it Big”
45:03 Concept idea 2: “Why It Works”
49:48 Concept idea 3: “Podcast Riffs”
54:35 Listener feedback and what to expect from Season 2⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️
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A magnetic show concept gives you an unfair advantage over every other show on your topic, even in the most crowded spaces.
In the crowded world of book reviews and author interviews, This Queer Book Saved My Life stands out both through its combination of narrow niche and unique & compelling concept.
In this roast, we dissect what makes this show work from a packaging perspective, as well as some of the improvements the Host, J.P. Der Boghossian could make to increase the show’s discovery and listener acquisition.
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00:12 Introducing the roastee
00:58 First impressions: Title and artwork analysis
01:37 Deep dive into the show's concept and title
04:32 How we’d tweak the show description
09:07 Episode title and description teardown
09:15 Pros & cons of cross-posting different shows on one feed
10:29 Leveraging book titles for discoverability
12:31 Some of the best episode descriptions we’ve seen
14:21 Addressing negative reviews and trolls
15:25 Custom episode artwork opportunities
18:47 One major potential opportunity for improvement
20:22 The value of a podcast website⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️
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Less than 5% of your potential audience is listening to your show. Here’s why, in their own words.
Even small shows with just a few hundred (or few dozen) downloads an episode have usually been listened to—at one point or another—by thousands of people.
A small number of those people are your regular listeners and superfans.
A larger number are casual listeners and samplers, people who don’t listen to every episode, but rather based on their interest in a specific episode topic or guest.
And then there are the people who listened to one episode or less… and never came back. While the data is hard to measure, chances are, less than 5% of the people who are both aware of your show and interested in your topic are regular listeners.
Which begs two questions:
1. Why aren’t they listening?
2. Is there anything you can do to change that?To get to the bottom of this frustrating phenomenon, we ran a survey to our larger audience to find out—in their own words—what kept them listening more regularly… or at all.
The good news?
They didn’t hold back.
And in this episode, we break down their feedback, which—while aimed at our show—likely applies to your show as well.
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00:49 9k email subscribers… 350 downloads
02:41 How listeners choose what content to engage
04:50 The role of 'Jobs to Be Done' in podcasting
11:32 Why our audiences are tuning us out experiment
15:30 Understanding your Total Addressable Market
18:32 Strategies for retaining podcast listeners
21:24 Earning the right to long term listeners
26:28 Breaking down our casual listeners repsonse data
29:01 The challenges of creating career-adjacent content
30:16 Creative ideas to engage more listeners
33:36 What listeners like about our titles and descriptions
37:13 Using feedback to guide your content strategy
41:50 Why non-listeners choose not to listen
44:06 How to break through to non-listeners
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Tim Ferriss has inspired countless podcasters to create shows interviewing “top performers”… but can any of them succeed? And if so, what’s the blueprint?
In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast DSTLLD's podcast's packaging.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
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00:57 Roasting the DSTLLD Podcast: First Impressions
01:38 The importance of clear, searchable naming
06:52 Cover art teardown
09:05 Podcast description teardown & ideation
10:39 How to compete with established shows by finding your unique angle
18:07 Packaging individual episodes
22:27: How to become the next Tim Ferriss or Jordan Harbinger
30:06 Final thoughts and recommendations for growth⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️
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They’re not always obvious, but the elements of storytelling are at the heart of every great episode. This is as true for interview and solo shows as it is for narrative. For comedy & fiction as it is for business.
And in this episode, with the help of a special guest, we’re breaking down the core principles of storytelling and how to incorporate them into your show.
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0:00 A new podcast growth experiment
3:21 Introducing Sound Judgment
6:24 Crafting your show’s Sound Vision
16:06 Structuring your episodes for impact & retention
18:54 Thinking in scenes
23:20 Surprise: The unexpected emotion behind all great podcast episodes
35:42 Why specifics are the key to unlocking memorability and emotion
40:20 Our analysis of the Sound Judgment episode
42:17 Digging deeper into defining your sound vision
47:35 How we use scenes to structure this show
51:33 How to incorporate surprise & suspense into your episodes
58:47 How to be a more specific (and thus, better) interviewer
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Advantages (& pitfalls) of serialized shows, leveraging Apple Podcasts “Channels”, SEO opportunities, standing out by aiming narrow, and the power of a well-defined Jobs to be Done.
In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast History of the Germans podcast's packaging.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
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00:46 First impressions of History of the Germans
01:04 Episodic vs. serial podcasts pros & cons
02:18 Exploring Apple Podcast channels
05:59 Cover art and first impressions
07:58 The power of a well-defined Job to be Done
11:32 Title and description breakdown
14:36 Dissecting the episode titles
17:02 A major pitfall of long-running serialized shows (and how to fix it)
22:48 A big opportunity to stand out in any niche
25:48 Leveraging SEO and website optimization
36:03 Final critiques and suggestions⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️
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We all know success doesn’t happen overnight. But what does the data say about how long it takes to reach 1k… or 10k downloads per episode?
Podcasting is inherently a slow-growth medium.
Without a central discovery system offering the potential for virality, growing a podcast is a long game of slow, steady, incremental growth that compounds over time.
But while you might expect growth to be somewhat slow when you start out, how long should it take before it speeds up?
In this episode, we’re breaking down what the data says about how long it takes the typical show to reach the 1k and 10k milestones, the factors that influence those timelines, and what you can do to accelerate the process.
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00:59 Podcast growth lessons from Warren Buffett
05:00 When typical shows hit the 1k & 10k dl/ep milestones
10:36 How experience affects a show’s growth rate
15:21 What everyone gets wrong about consistency in podcasting
26:16 The powerful compounding of relationships
31:33 Stacking micro-improvements to your show with every episode
35:26 Strategies for navigating (and avoiding) creative burnout
38:28 Building your transferable skill set
44:22 Our personal stories of creative compounding that have got us here
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Creating intrigue in your description, matching your artwork to your audience, ChatGPT messaging hacks, finding audiences that are already “in motion”.
In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast Open to Criticism's podcast's packaging.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
From leveraging resources like Chat GPT to non-designer design tips, there are easy ways to make small tweaks to make a big impact.
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01:10 First impressions on Open to Criticism's podcast packaging
01:36 Assessing the show’s cover art
02:21 Color choices and design insights
04:44 Breaking down the podcast description
09:19 Advice for crafting a more compelling podcast description
14:29 Exploring audience targeting and how it affects a show’s packaging
16:44 A ChatGPT hack for testing your messaging
19:22 Why you need to look for an audience that’s already “in motion”
22:04 Optimizing episode titles and descriptions for engagement
23:14 How to do custom artwork well
25:52 Leveraging strong, punchy episode titles
29:59 The complexities of creating good podcast custom episode artwork
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How long should your episodes be? What’s the best format for growth? Plus... the single most important decision you can make if you want to grow.
Before you launch a new show, you have to make a number of creative decisions that set the course of your show.
Will you do an interview, solo, or co-hosted show? How long should your episodes be? How often will you release new episodes? And who is this actually for?
These structural decisions tend to get made once, sometimes without much thoughts… but they cast a long shadow over the growth potential of your show forever.
So how do you ensure you’re making decisions that align with your goals and give you the best chance at success?
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00:53 How much does a podcast's structure matter in terms of its success?
03:26 Breaking down our recent episode length experiment
10:12 A better question than “how long should my episodes be?”
19:03 Which show format is best for growth?
23:48 The impact of podcast format for success and audience growth
25:22 What makes for a great interview show?
25:43 The art of crafting compelling interview shows
29:45 What makes for a great solo podcast?
33:31 What makes a great co-hosted show?
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Compelling show concepts, making boring topics fascinating, highlighting host credibility, designing for your desired audience, and more.
In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast Meredith Brasher's podcast, Insurance vs History.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
From the importance of first impressions to captivating your listeners with thoughtfully curated descriptions, find out how a few small tweaks can help your audience feel more connected to you as a host and boost your marketing efforts.
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01:08 First impressions: cover art & title
04:06 Why is this boring topic so intriguing?
05:06 How the description can better draw listeners in
14:18 Using Anchors & Associations to help listeners understand your show
18:10 Using the author tag to reinforce host credibility
24:25 Why your background as a host matters & how to leverage it
25:33 Unpacking the simple but enticing episode titles & why they work
29:10 Using teaser or trailer episodes to give people a taste of your show
30:05 How this show could leverage custom episode art
34:19 How we would market a story-driven show to increase listenership
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Most podcasters waste their time on these tasks that will never lead to growth. Are you?
Producing a regular podcast is one of the most grueling, time-intensive forms of content creation in existence.
But what if 80% of the time you’re currently spending on your show isn’t actually contributing to growth?
In other words, what if you could get the same results while spending drastically less time on your show?
Or, what if you were to redirect that time towards higher leverage activities that actually did move the needle for growth?
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02:13 Breaking Down the Numbers: Data on high-growth show time spends
08:39 What stood out from the categories of growth in the data?
11:19 Where to spend time when you’re first starting your show
19:18 Finding opportunities to improve your show in your daily life
20:48 Where to spend your time once your show has traction
29:00 Time-sucking tasks to ignore or eliminate
40:21 The ultimate amplifier of every hour you spend on your show
42:37 How much time are you spending on your show each week?
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"It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute."
Today, we're putting the idea to the test.
Because in our latest podcast roast, we're featuring a brand new show featuring two veteran, highly successful, much beloved creators who are teaming up for the first time.
In theory, Stephen Robles and Jason Aten, hosts of Primary Technology should have it all figured out.Stephen, after all, is the much beloved former host of the Apple Insider podcast, while Jason is an experienced tech writer for Inc. Magazine.
But theory doesn't always translate into reality.
And what got you here, doesn't always get you there.
Given the pedigree, my expectations going into this roast were high.
And while there's a lot to learn from what Stephen & Jason are doing right with the show...
There's one major oversight with their packaging that is likely costing them dearly.
And it's a mistake they're far from alone in making.
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00:29 Introduction to Primary Technology
00:48 First impressions of the show packaging
02:12 Dissecting the cover art and title
05:25 The power of leveraging your reputation as a host
08:41 Breaking down episode titles and descriptions
20:19 Understanding genre conventions
21:00 How to use listener surveys to create better content & titles
22:01 Topic-based shows and listener engagement
23:26 How to create great custom episode art
30:10 The real value of creating a show trailer
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How to get the best ROI on your podcast production and marketing budget to maximize growth… whether it’s $100 or $10,000 per month.
You’re probably pretty confident that if you had more money to spend on your podcast, you’d be able to grow it faster.
But have you ever stopped to think about how you would spend it to get the greatest ROI?
Should you buy ads? Invest in better gear? Hire an editor or assistant?
In this episode, we break down our takes on where your podcast budget is best spent in order to grow the fastest.
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00:00 Could we grow faster if we had more budget?
02:47 How much the average podcast spends on production & marketing
06:41 How much high-growth shows allocate to marketing
08:11 How we’d spend $500/month to grow
15:23 How we’d spend $2,500/mo to grow
27:23 How to figure out what brought people to your show
31:00 How we’d spend $10,000/mo to grow
38:03 Understanding your brand
50:24 Running retargeting ads to your podcast
52:33 How we’d grow our podcast with zero budget
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Intentional vibe setting, why people unsubscribe from podcasts, implicit and explicit context, podcast SEO strategy, sharpening your episode titles, and more.
In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast Cracking Copy's podcast's packaging.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
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00:32 About Cracking Copy
00:59 Initial packaging impressions
04:24 Should you use the word "podcast" in your artwork or title?
06:18 Dissecting the title & show description
14:27 How to use copywriting techniques in your show's description
16:40 The episode title scroll test
34:21 How to improve your custom episode artwork
38:36 The real reason to create a teaser episode
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Everyone loves to talk about podcasting's so-called "Discoverability Problem". But does it actually exist?
And if not, what are the marketing channels you as a creator can tap into to get your show in front of more of your ideal listeners?
In this episode, we break down three types of listener acquisition channels and how you can leverage them to grow your show... without social media and without a discovery algorithm.
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00:54 Does the Podcast Discoverability Problem actually exist?
04:49 What the data shows about the effectiveness of various marketing channels
08:37 Writing is often a strong indicator of success in podcasting
11:18 How to pick the right marketing channel for you
12:06 The three types of marketing channels at your disposal
15:36 Owned media: The low-hanging fruit for many creators
24:14 What most podcasters get wrong about growth through collaborations
37:01 When is the right time to start paid listener acquisition?
46:34 How to kickstart word-of-mouth growth?
52:47 Your homework for this episode
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In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast The Empowered Stepmom's podcast's packaging.
We break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles to improve your podcast discoverability and get more listeners.
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08:48 Assessing the show's title
13:42 Breaking down the show description
19:23 The importance of listener-orienting your copy
26:11 How to best use the author byline
27:13 Assessing the episode titles and descriptions
30:59 Live adjustments to the show's packaging
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What everyone gets wrong about using social media to grow your podcast, and what you should be doing instead.
There might be no more common question in podcasting than: “How do I get more listeners”. And there might be no more common answer than, “Be active on social media.”
The result is that social media is by far the most popular marketing channel used by podcasters to (at least try to) get more listeners and grow their shows.
But does it actually work?
And if it does, how, exactly?
In this episode, we explore the potential benefits of social media for podcasters, how to use it effectively to grow your show and your brand, and why social media might actually be a more effective growth channel than it appears on the surface.
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0:00 Intro
01:02 How many podcast listeners does 40,000 X (Twitter) followers get you in 2024?
05:57 Non-podcast-growth reasons to be active on social media
08:06 Understand why you're using each platform
17:47 Which platform should you be on to promote your podcast?
26:34 The "Buyer's Journey" of Podcast Listener Acquisition
27:24 Why social media is probably getting you listeners without you even knowing
35:10 The double-edge sword of building your platform reputation
38:45 Non-social media growth channels
47:09 Key takeaways from this episode
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In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast Alison Hoenes' How Fitting podcast packaging to break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles.
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00:00 Introduction
00:50 First Impressions of the Podcast Packaging
02:04 Analyzing the Podcast Cover Art
05:32 Analyzing the Podcast Name
07:21 Analyzing the Show's Description
16:30 Analyzing the Episode Titles
25:01 Custom Artwork
28:52 Key Takeaways & Recommendations
32:00 How to Submit Your Show for an Audit⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️
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Imagine if you could interview 500 podcasters, separate out the ones that doubled their audience over the previous year, and ask them point blank what they did to get that result.
Well, that's exactly what we did, and in this episode, we're sharing what we found.
Specifically, we looked into the Podcast Marketing Survey submissions of the 15 highest-growth shows, shows that had grown anywhere from 100%–400% over the previous year, and dug into their response to the question:
"What's the thing that has had the single biggest impact on growth in the past year."
They're answers, and the trend they hint at, might surprise you.
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1:15 What is the average month-over-month growth rate for podcasts?
6:11 The most-impactful tactics employed by high-growth shows
10:49 Finding Podcast-Market Fit for your show
14:30 The Content-Art Spectrum
19:32 Why reducing listener churn is just as important as attracting new listeners22:01 Practical takeaways to increase your monthly growth rate
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Resources
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