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Podcast Hackers is the show all about podcasting. Each week we bring you stories of your fellow podcasters where they share what's working for them right now, what's making their shows successful, and how you can follow on that same path. Whether you're a seasoned podcaster or just getting started this is THE place to come for inspiration, education, and entertainment all about podcasting.
Episodes
June 13, 2023
Kurt Nelson is one of the hosts of the Behavioral Grooves podcast, a podcast that focuses on behavioral science. They’ve interviewed subject matter experts from all over the world, which is one of Kurt’s favorite things about the podcast – the opportunity to talk to and learn from all kinds of people that probably wouldn’t ... Read more
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May 27, 2021
On this episode of the Audience podcast, Matt talks with Harry Duran from Podcast Junkies and his podcast production company (Fullcast). From mobile app developer to his ah-ha moment at New Media Expo, he talks about his journey into podcasting as well as his thought experiment which led to the Vertical Farming Podcast. Harry shares ... Read more
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April 29, 2021
Today we’re excited to share that Castos has acquired the 3 Clips podcast, run by Jay Acunzo. Jay and the 3 Clips podcast are the epitome of what a great podcast embodies, and the show is focused squarely on the exact audience that Castos supports: Creators. The driving belief behind 3 Clips is that anyone ... Read more
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April 23, 2020 • 34 mins
This week on Audience we chatted with Eric Nuzum, an expert who started NPR’s podcasting efforts back in 2005. Eric help found some of NPR’s most successful shows, has published three best-selling books, and co-founded a podcast production company called Magnificent Noise. Recently, he found time to write and publish his fourth book, Make Noise: ... Read more
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November 21, 2019 • 24 mins
On today’s episode of Podcast Hackers, Joe Casabona joins me to talk about how he sells courses through his podcast. We also talk about his history in development as an educator, how to create and sell a course, breaking down modules and lessons, finding your target audience, how a podcast audience can change, the importance ... Read more
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November 14, 2019 • 32 mins
On today’s episode, I’m chatting with Nathan Wrigley of WPBuilds about how he transition from podcasting as a hobby to podcasting as a full-time job. We talk about how WPBuilds has changed over the months, making the decision to making podcasting his full-time job, niche podcasts, the big surprises in podcasting full-time, what he does ... Read more
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November 7, 2019 • 28 mins
Today I talk with Srinivas Rao of the Unmistakable Creative. We talk about the Unmistakable Creative podcast, hobbies versus jobs, podcasting ambitions, Srinivas’ book “An Audience of One”, his new book pitch, continuously producing content, when you should edit your own content, advice for new podcasters, how you build your own audience, formulas for success, ... Read more
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October 17, 2019 • 50 mins
Today during our webinar, we talk about creating awesome content. Podcasting is becoming competitive and because of that, it is important to create good quality podcasts (audio and other technical aspects). However, you can get away with small technical flubs if you have great quality content. We talk about curating awesome content via your passion ... Read more
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October 10, 2019 • 44 mins
Today during our webinar, we’re focusing on audience engagement. We talk about five strategies you can use to help engage your podcast’s audience like FB groups and live meetups. We also go over some good practices to make audience engagement a little easier and community groups. Lastly, we go over a few worries and possible ... Read more
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October 3, 2019 • 40 mins
Today during our webinar, we talk about audio editing in an easy and not-time-consuming-type of way. We focus on Audacity (which is both free and cross-platform). Specifically, we talk about using markers to help make editing easier, setting loudness levels, having separate tracks for each person speaking, and exporting to an MP3 (versus any other ... Read more
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September 26, 2019 • 48 mins
Today we’re presenting a segment we call “office hours” where we talk about a particular topic in the podcasting community as well as answer questions from everyone involved in the community (including listeners). Today’s topic is all about audience growth. We talk about nine strategies you can use to promote your show (from leveraging your ... Read more
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September 19, 2019 • 51 mins
Today we’re presenting a segment we call “office hours” where we talk about a particular topic in the podcasting community as well as answer questions from everyone involved in the community (including listeners). These webinars are open to everyone, so if you would like to get on the email list, please visit castos.com. These webinars ... Read more
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Today, I am joined by Leah Bjornson and Jerrid Grimm from Pressboard Media and The Science of Storytelling podcast. Leah is a content creator for the company and Jerrid is the founder and CEO. We discuss how storytelling can engage an audience with your brand. Everyone has a story and personal stories are the most ... Read more
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May 9, 2019 • 28 mins
Rebekah Bek is a marketer for Ahrefs, an SEO toolkit that helps optimize your website for best SEO results. We are discussing an experiment that Ahrefs has been running for a little over a year now with podcast sponsorship. Previously on this show, we have discussed sponsorship from the show creators’ side of the deal. ... Read more
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May 2, 2019 • 34 mins
Jeff Large is the owner of Come Alive Creative, a digital media agency that has made the pivot into podcast production. Jeff tells me about his business and why he feels podcasting has a bright future. He explains the services he and his team provide and how he can help podcasters find the right fit ... Read more
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April 11, 2019 • 33 mins
The host of Ask Rezz and Live in the Feast, Jason Resnick joins me for today’s episode. Jason is a superstar in regards to email marketing. He shares some of his secrets about reaching and growing his audience. He also announces a big change in his podcasting format and how he plans to move toward ... Read more
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April 4, 2019 • 37 mins
Charles Perry is the co-host of the Release Notes podcast. He is a software service developer who discusses the web development world with his co-host Joe. Release Notes originally focused on IOS topics but the show has evolved with Charles and Joe’s career growth. Charles tells me about how his audience responded to the gradual ... Read more
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March 28, 2019 • 27 mins
Joe Casabona is the founder of Creator Courses and a podcaster who hosts How I Built It, a podcast about developers and creators. Joe has an impressive outreach and great advice about sponsorships and networking. Joe explains how he uses his personal network to find sponsorships for his podcast. He gives me a glimpse at ... Read more
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March 21, 2019 • 27 mins
My guest today is a friend of mine, Matt Medeiros. Matt is known as the “WordPress guy” to many in his community and those of us who know him professionally. With the launch of WordPress 5.0, we discuss what the changes will mean for podcasters and WordPress users in general. Even if you don’t plan ... Read more
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September 20, 2018 • 32 mins
Jason Chicola is the CEO of Rev.com and Temi.com, two widely used transcription services. Podcasters are increasingly finding a need for transcripts of their episodes. There are a lot of applications you may not think of at first. Jason gives me more insight into the kind of people that use Rev and Temi. He also ... Read more
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