#2793 - Q&A: ”How do I monetize a podcast and grow my listener base?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this episode, we explore effective strategies to monetize a podcast and grow a loyal listener base. Learn how to attract sponsors, engage your audience, and boost your podcast’s visibility.
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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | How can you grow a listener base for a podcast and how can you monetize that podcast? We've got two questions in one here. |
| 0:15.8 | We'll look today at effective strategies to do both of them, grow that loyal listener base |
| 0:19.7 | while monetizing the podcast, or you could say how do you monetize a podcast while growing the listener base. while |
| 0:24.0 | growing the podcast, |
| 0:25.0 | or you could say how do you monetize the podcast |
| 0:27.0 | or even if you don't, |
| 0:28.0 | but you're interested in podcasting, |
| 0:30.0 | or if you're interested in doing something |
| 0:31.0 | in another medium, it's really not that different. |
| 0:33.5 | The same general principles apply, and then you think tactically, okay, how do I do it for this medium, |
| 0:38.7 | for this account and so on? |
| 0:40.3 | But big picture, same kind of idea. So today today let's hear from Kevin in Philadelphia, |
| 0:44.8 | recently started a podcast and is enjoying the content creation process |
| 0:49.2 | but is thinking a little bit long term and wondering okay okay, where do I go from here? |
| 0:53.7 | I know, how do I actually monetize? |
| 0:55.1 | How do I grow the listener base? |
| 0:56.7 | Which again, these are connected issues. |
| 0:58.8 | So let's talk about it. |
| 1:00.3 | I'm trying to give Kevin a helpful answer |
| 1:02.4 | that is hopefully not just helpful to him but to many other |
| 1:04.4 | listeners as well. How do you grow the listener base, monetize the podcast all in a few short |
| 1:10.4 | action-packed minutes, that question from him and my answer coming up in just 30 |
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