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The Secret Sauce of Podcast Success
Imagine having the chance to sit down with four highly successful podcasters and ask them for their best advice on growing a show. That’s exactly what we did in this special edition, where top podcasters Farnoosh Torabi (So Money), Mark Bittman (Food with Mark Bittman), Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers (Pantsuit Politics), and Jordan North and William Hanson (Help I Sexted My Boss) shared their insights. They discuss lessons learned, key strategies, and their best tips for anyone looking to launch or grow a podcast.
We asked these experts four important questions: What’s something they wish they knew when starting their podcast? What growth tactics have worked best for them? How do they engage their current audiences? And finally, what advice would they give to new podcasters? Their answers provide valuable guidance on audience building, leveraging tools like social media, and focusing on creating meaningful, consistent content. Read More
Original article written by Trent Anderson and published on Podchaser.
Podcasting is a unique space where people can share their voices, ideas, and stories freely. Unlike platforms controlled by a single company (like YouTube or Instagram), podcasting supports true freedom of expression. However, this openness is now being threatened by AI tools, such as Notebook LM, which make it easy to produce fake, low-quality podcasts. Unfortunately, many of these AI-generated shows are created by spammers, scammers, or blackhat SEOs, and they are harming both listeners and genuine podcast creators.
At Listen Notes, the leading podcast search engine and podcast API, we believe that creating a quality podcast takes real effort. Listeners can tell when a show has been crafted with care, and that’s why we are committed to stopping the spread of fake, AI-generated podcasts on our platform. Read More
Article originally published on Listen Notes Blog.
In this video, Studio Steve from Pod Sound School demonstrates how to set up a professional-quality video podcast using just a smartphone and a Rode USB Pod Mic. He walks viewers through the essential tools needed, including a sturdy phone stand, proper lighting like a ring light, and a high-quality USB microphone. Steve highlights the importance of using the rear smartphone camera for better video quality and shares helpful tips for improving sound clarity, such as using the Rode Central app to adjust microphone settings and reduce background noise.
Steve also covers different microphone stand options, from affordable stage stands to the Elgato desk clamping stand, perfect for tabletop recording. The video concludes with tips on how to use your setup for both horizontal YouTube videos and vertical content for Instagram or TikTok. Watch Here
Advertising clutter is on the rise, while tech advances and artificial intelligence are transforming every aspect of the game. To stay competitive through this evolution, incremental change isn’t enough — marketers who want to position their brands for growth paths (that would be everyone!) must fully embrace reinvention.
In this timely guide, we explore the trends leading advertisers and early adopters are leaning into to accelerate brand success and stay ahead of the curve.
🎤 🎧 Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth with The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.
Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.
🎤 🎧 On Voices United in Education you will hear the positive stories in education that don’t make the news. You’ll hear uplifting stories of student, parent and teacher impact in Escambia County. Meredith Hackwith Edwards interviews teachers, staff, parents, students, graduates, community mentors and members, so that we can become more united inside and outside the classroom to support the success of every student in Florida’s Escambia County Public Schools.
🎤 🎧 The Blackout Podcast offers a raw and intimate space for guests to share their personal stories and insights. It’s built on the foundation of authentic conversations, where the focus is on uncovering the real experiences and emotions that shape the lives of each guest. The podcast's mission is to provide a platform for discussions that cut through the noise and present unfiltered truth.
🎤🎧 By sharing tips, resources, and actionable guidance for women weekly, host Virginia Elder of Reaching Abundance wants you to challenge your mindset and expand your perspective on the intersection of money, motherhood, and entrepreneurship. Her journey toward debt freedom bloomed into a never-ending drive toward financial education, mindset work, and self-improvement. She discusses consistency, intention, positive parenting, true self-care, budgeting, debt-freedom strategies, personal finance lessons, and encouragement toward simplicity for this busy mom life. Collectively edge toward the abundant life of your dreams right alongside her.
Morgan James Publishing has revolutionized book publishing—from the author’s standpoint.
Morgan James teaches authors strategies to leverage their books and grow their businesses—adding value while staying out of the way.
Ranked by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest-growing publishers in the nation ten times in our short history. Morgan James is reported to be “the future of publishing.”