The Podcasters Podcast How to get your First 1,000 Downloads
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If you are a new show, follow these tips from Ash and Kane to get your first 1k downloads! In this episode, they reveal all of the things you can do to leverage yourself as a new podcast and how to continue that growth trajectory for your launch and beyond.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Be way more specific in targeting your audience than you first may think
- Do a proper, staged and planned launch, aiming to get yourself number 1 in the charts in your category.
- Find someone popular in your niche who has a big following and collaborate with them and/or get involved in their communities
- Good SEO is one of the most powerful things for discoverability for your podcast.
- Having a catalogue of episodes when you launch is important to get people to subscribe and continue to listen.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Who else has a really engaged audience in the niche you are in outside of podcasting?’
‘Collaboration is a really big one when you first start, we’ve had people that have only built their show by collaboration’
‘Make sure you have optimised titles and show notes
‘Have a back catalogue of episodes when you go live’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
EPISODES TO CHECK OUT NEXT
Podcast Production - The Cost of the Wrong Choice
How to Launch a Number 1 Podcast - Part 1
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Kane Baron & Ashley Morris run the UK's first and largest Podcast Agency, Progressive Media.
They specialise in planning, launching, and Growing Podcasts that Generate Leads, Revenue and Business opportunities as well as helping Experts and Entrepreneurs improve Credibility and Positioning within their niche to Scale their Personal Brand and Business.
Kane and Ashley manage over 100 Podcasters every week Including Rob Moore, Kevin Clifton and Dapper Laughs. They have supported hundreds of Podcasts in generating tens of Millions in combined Revenue.
Progressive Media have provided Production, Marketing and Consultancy services to help creators Launch, Scale & Monetise their Podcast for over 7 years.
CONNECT & CONTACT
Email: podcast@progressiveproperty.co.uk