Podcast Marketing Micro-Lessons For Scrappy Solopreneurs & Creators

1,163 WORDS | READ TIME: 4.4 MIN Hi friends, Good songs are built around a clear, memorable hook. Great songs are built around several. And then there are songs by Taylor Swift. The master of hook writing who brings the craft to another level. Take We Are Never Getting Back Together. In the first 62 seconds, Taylor drops distinct 6 hooks. By my count, the song as a whole has 12, many of them repeating throughout. For Taylor, this was just a warm-up, however. In Shake It Off, she crams 10...

Hi friends, Why do people listen to podcasts? And more importantly, why do people listen to (and seek out) podcasts like yours? When it comes to marketing our shows, it can often feel like our job is to make or convince people to pay attention and listen to our shows. But look (and listen) closer, and you’ll find that there's something deeper at work beneath your listener's consumption habits. Specifically, that your listeners have a series of needs, desires, and jobs they need done in their...

Hi friends, Picture this: You've been producing your show for a couple years, posting about it regularly on social media, guesting on other podcasts, and running regular collaborations & cross-promos with other shows. In short: You’re doing all the right things. And yet… You’re stuck. While your organic marketing got you a base of listeners, it's no longer having the impact it used to. Faced with this frustrating reality, it's only a matter of time before the question pops into your mind: “I...

Hi friends, Peel back the surface of our lived experience and it’s clear that our lives, world, and reality are governed by a hidden set of rules. Some rules, like gravity and friction, are laws of physics. Some, like speed limits and drinking age restrictions, are laws of society. And some, like X’s character limit and TikTok’s video length limit, are arbitrarily chosen to dictate and encourage a certain user experience. Whether we’re aware of them or not, these rules dictate how we...

EARS Category: Attraction 293 WORDS | READ TIME: 1.1 MIN Happy hump day friends, Podcast listeners have always based their listening decisions on a small number of key touchpoints. Most prominently, your show title, cover art, and episode titles. In most places a listener encounters a show, these are the only data points a potential listener has available to determine whether or not a show or episode is interesting, relevant, and worth their time. And so they make use of them, ignoring and...

580 WORDS | READ TIME: 2.2 MIN If there’s one complaint podcast creators have always had about the medium, it’s the lack of built-in discovery. Sure, most listening apps have some sort of curated recommendation lists... but there's never been a centralized discovery algorithm like on YouTube, TikTok, or most social media platforms. The result is that to this point in podcasting’s history, the onus has been on us as creators to go out and get exposure for our shows ourselves. But over the past...

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175 WORDS | READ TIME: 0.7 MIN Hi friends, OK, I'll admit... It's a tad presumptuous to assume I know what your favourite podcast is at all, let alone assume it's my podcast. But to hell with it. Given that you're the kind of beautiful nerd who subscribes to a daily newsletter about podcast marketing, I figure there's a good chance Podcast Marketing Trends Explained might just be your favourite show. And if it's not yet, perhaps it could be... Just like it is for many of these folks. But...

EARS Category: Attraction 745 WORDS | READ TIME: 2.8 MIN Hi Friends, Last week my co-host, Justin, and I were about to wrap up our weekly call when he (a little nervously) asked me a favour. “Could give me some feedback on a new show concept I’m working on?” Now, as you might know, one of the shows Justin and I co-host, Roast My Podcast consists of us dissecting other podcasts to help them improve their packaging and concepts. What’s more, Justin’s been involved in the podcast world for over...