The Podcast Marketing Blog

Our podcast marketing blog focuses on podcasting as content strategy for solopreneurs, authors, speakers and businesses. We have been writing about podcasting since 2014, and are passionate about providing podcasting resources, best marketing practices and podcast growth tactics for newbies and veteran podcasters alike.

How To Promote Your Podcast

How To Promote Your Podcast - Top Strategies, Tactics & Mistakes

The Apple Podcast Charts on the iTunes store may be broken, but here are top alterntive strategies, tactics and mistakes to avoid when promoting your podcast.
5 Innovative Podcast Recording Software Solutions To Try Before You Buy

5 Innovative Podcast Recording Software Solutions To Try Before You Buy

When evaluating the best podcast recording software to use, try before you buy. Here is a list of 5 free podcast recording trial deals for highly innovative and podcast specific recording solutions.
Podcast Website Design Patterns For Conversion And List Building

Podcast Website Design Patterns For Conversion And List Building

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The holy grail of podcasting is to get iTunes Subscribers, right? Wrong. This post explains why, and offers an alternative: Conversion optimized podcast homepage design patterns that will grow your podcast subscribers and grow your email list at the same time.
Mobile Podcast Equipment -The Rode Interview Kit

Mobile Podcast Equipment - 2 Great Options For Interviews On The Go

Solutions to recording interviews while mobile - mobile podcast equipment specifically for use at conferences or while traveling.
Skype Call RecorderImage: Felickzs/CC, Skype

Will Microsoft's Simple Skype Call Recorder Work For Podcasters?

This morning I was delighted to see that an official Skype Call recorder will be included in their next release. However, researching articles on Gizmodo and TheNextWeb I was hoping to find mention of one crucial feature for podcasters: The ability to download separate audio track files for each speaker on the Skype call. So far I have not found any mention of this, and I'll update this post when I find out from beta tests or early releases.

How A History Radio Show Became A Hit In The Podcasting World

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How Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" became a staple in the podcasting world.
Podcast Growth System Blog Post

The Podcast Growth System [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Most podcasters find that after the initial success of launching their show, podcast growth becomes harder. Meaning, it becomes harder and harder to gain new listeners and subscribers. This is why I’ve been working to compile insights we have gained over the years in launching different shows for a variety of clients.
Podcast SEO and Facebook Marketing Mistakes

5 Big Podcast SEO and Facebook Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

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Traditional SEO matters for your podcast, now more than ever. This post outlines some common podcast SEO and podcast Facebook marketing mistakes, and ways to avoid them in the first place.
Cornerstone Content

Cornerstone content revisited: how to boost your site rank and traffic​

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Cornerstone content is an SEO internal link strategy that helps search engine attribute importance and rank to your most critical and important pages. Here is how to apply it on your site.
Promote your podcast on Facebook, but not linking directly to iTunes

5 Reasons NOT to Promote Your Podcast on Facebook

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If you have a podcast, then one of your top priorities will be to increase your audience size. After all, if you create a podcast to which no one listens, does it even matter? So at first glance, you may think that running Facebook Ads would be a good vehicle to promote your podcast and help increase your listening numbers and subscribers. After all, Facebook will allow you to finely target your audience and do it in a very cost effective way.