#1250 - Q&A: How do you grow a podcast without spending money on ads?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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If a podcast falls in the forest, will anyone hear it? This listener wants to know how to grow his new show—without handing over buckets of money to Google and Facebook.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | If a podcast falls in the forest, will anyone hear it? |
| 0:07.4 | People have been pondering that question for centuries. |
| 0:10.6 | Also, what is the sound of one podcast clapping? |
| 0:13.2 | Well, this listener, today, wants to know how to grow his new show without spending money |
| 0:18.0 | on ads. |
| 0:19.0 | He's worried that without dropping cash into Google or Facebook pockets, no one will pay |
| 0:23.7 | attention. |
| 0:24.7 | Well, fortunately, I've got some ideas and comments. |
| 0:27.2 | And by the way, a quick side note. |
| 0:28.6 | This guy's home recording quality is really good. |
| 0:31.4 | Over the past couple of months, I've noticed that a lot of people have upgraded their equipment |
| 0:34.9 | at home with better microphones, webcams, etc. |
| 0:38.9 | Presumably because of the pandemic and so much more remote work taking place, I really |
| 0:42.9 | doesn't take a big investment at all to look and sound better. |
| 0:46.2 | So with a couple hundred dollars, you can actually sound pretty good and look pretty good |
| 0:49.0 | for your next online meeting or webinar, whatever it is you're doing. |
| 0:52.4 | All right, side note aside, how to grow a podcast without spending money on ads. |
| 0:56.6 | That's what we're talking about in this episode. |
| 1:07.2 | I Chris, this is Stephen Henning from Billings Montana and I've been listening to the show |
| 1:10.8 | for about two years now. |
| 1:12.4 | My side hustle is a podcast. |
| 1:13.9 | I spent my first three months making sure the audio quality was top notch and that I was |
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