HP-2-6-True Fan

Ah, the True Fan. The reason for this entire second season is finally here! So what is a True Fan exactly, and how do they differ from Subscribers? Chris walks us through that exact explanation, and if you’re a business that started a podcast to benefit your bottom line, you’ll be happy to know tha…

Trekking into Subscriber Territory: Stage 4 of The Listener Lifecycle

This episode starts off at a familiar junction for many podcasters - the Grand Chasm between you and your listeners. You know they’re there, and you know they’re listening, but you don’t have direct access to them… until they become Subscribers. In this Stage of The Listener Lifecycle, Chris explai…

Befriending Your Followers: Stage 3 of The Listener Lifecycle

A new Follower has appeared: congratulations! You’re halfway to creating another True Fan. The Follower stage of The Listener Lifecycle is an interesting one. They’ve committed to your show, but they aren’t necessarily actively listening. In fact, there’s really only one way to identify your Follo…

Exploring the Podscape: Stage 2 of The Listener Lifecycle

To Explorers of your podcast, you are uncharted territory - possibly worth subscribing to, possibly not. The goal of this stage in The Listener Lifecycle is to make them feel at home so that hopefully, they stick around awhile.  Join Chris as he explains how to cater to these listeners so you ca…

Curiouser and Curiouser: Stage 1 of The Listener Lifecycle

Do you know how people find out about your podcast?  No matter where people find out about your show, something about it has to make them curious enough to find out more. And when that happens, it’s important that you’re ready to feed their curiosity and turn them into a listener. That’s why this …

Grow Your Podcast with The Listener Lifecycle

"How do I grow my podcast?” It’s the question every podcaster (besides Joe Rogan) asks themselves and anyone else who will listen. And it’s a good one, too - after all, the data available to podcasters on who’s listening to their show doesn’t tell the whole story, as you’ll find out in this episo…

Launching Your Podcast

We've made it to the end of the How To Start A Podcast series. We just have one final step: Launching your show. In this episode, we'll cover everything you need to know in order to get your podcast live and to a place where you can promote it to listeners. We cover:  Finding Your Launchpad (0:20) …

Editing Your Podcast

You've got your first episode recorded, and now you're ready to get down to the business of editing. In this episode, we'll walk through my editing workflow and cover the basics behind editing podcast audio.  We'll cover:  The Editing Workflow (3:04) Assembling Your Podcast (3:19) Editing Your Pod…

Recording & Microphones

You've worked hard to get to this point. You've got a script ready, music picked out, and you're ready and raring to go. Now we just have to record... Easy, right?  In this episode, we'll take a look (and listen) at what recording gear you'll need as well as some advice on how to record your audio…

Structuring Your Podcast (Part 2)

Your show needs structure, and in this episode, we wrap up the last two pieces you need for creating a podcast: the body of your show and the trailer. We cover:   Creating Your Trailer (0:48) Why you need a trailer now (1:11) Putting your trailer together (2:52) The importance of consistency (4:04…