30 Days to launch a podcast

12/23/21 • 7 min

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Are you up for a challenge? How about launching a podcast in 30 days? Today, Matt talks about what it would take to launch a podcast in a month. With the New Year around the corner, many of you (or your friends) might be thinking about launching a podcast in 2022. What would that take?

Would you be able to launch a podcast in 30 days? From conception to publication? Matt turned to Twitter to ask what you would do. Today he covers his favorite tips from @heyemilykennedy, @indiedropin, @tfyhpodcast, @everywheretrip, @espreedevora, @NextOnStageOne, @iamjeremyenns.

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Today you’ll learn about:

Prioritizing tasks for a 30-day launch
Don’t undervalue practice
The importance of getting ahead
Identifying your target market
Finding good topics
The lists and outlines you’ll need
Focus on what you need, rather than the superfluous stuff
Find your purpose, your system, and your workflow

Resources/Links:

Previous episode with Gary Arndt: https://castos.com/podcast/gary-arndt-on-winning-with-short-form-podcasts-tiktok/

Previous episode with Espree Devora: https://castos.com/podcast/the-energy-to-create-your-art-with-espree-devora/

SavvyCal: https://savvycal.com/

Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/

Garageband: https://garagebandonpc.com/

Descript: https://www.descript.com/

Castos Academy: https://academy.castos.com/

Castos, private podcast: https://academy.castos.com/private/

Castos, website: Castos.com/

Castos, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/castos

Clubhouse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8729ZpWpmIw

Today you’ll learn about:

Prioritizing tasks for a 30-day launch
Don’t undervalue practice
The importance of getting ahead
Identifying your target market
Finding good topics
The lists and outlines you’ll need
Focus on what you need, rather than the superfluous stuff
Find your purpose, your system, and your workflow

Resources/Links:

Previous episode with Gary Arndt: https://castos.com/podcast/gary-arndt-on-winning-with-short-form-podcasts-tiktok/

Previous episode with Espree Devora: https://castos.com/podcast/the-energy-to-create-your-art-with-espree-devora/

SavvyCal: https://savvycal.com/

Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/

Garageband: https://garagebandonpc.com/

Descript: https://www.descript.com/

Castos Academy: https://academy.castos.com/

Castos, private podcast: https://academy.castos.com/private/

Castos, website: Castos.com/

Castos, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/castos

Clubhouse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8729ZpWpmIw

Previous Episode

There's 92 Podcast Marketing Tips After This

On this episode of the Audience podcast, Matt talks about his latest Twitter challenge and how it led to Lauren Passell, the Founder of Tink Media, Podcast the Newsletter and Editor at Hark Audio. Matt talks about Lauren’s top eight tweets (according to Matt) and Lauren joins the podcast for a few extra tips as well. This short episode is packed full of helpful advice for new podcasters, as well as some reminders and words of wisdom for veteran podcasters. So get out a pen and paper, you’re going to want to take notes.

If you’re looking to start a podcast or if you’re looking for a better podcast hosting experience, why not try Castos? Use our Castos Coupon Code when you sign up for a new account: AUDIENCE20. Whatever it is you want to podcast about, we’ll help you get your podcast out into the world.

Today you’ll learn about:

Matt’s Eight Favorite Tips/Tweets:
- Tip 1: Specificity
- Tip 2: Switching content
- Tip 3: Pitch emails
- Tip 4: Working with another show
- Tip 5: Silver bullets
- Tip 6: Show notes
- Tip 7: Media kits
- Tip 8: Marketing
Lauren’s Favorite Tips
- Building a community/network
- More on marketing

Resources/Links:

Lauren Passell’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenpassell

Podcast the Newsletter: https://podcastthenewsletter.substack.com/

Tink Media: https://tinkmedia.co/

Podcast Marketing Magic Newsletter: https://podcastmarketingmagic.substack.com/

Matt Medeiros’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattmedeiros

Castos Academy: https://academy.castos.com/

Castos, private podcast: https://academy.castos.com/private/

Castos, website: Castos.com/

Castos, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/castos

Clubhouse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8729ZpWpmIw

Next Episode

2022 Podcast Predictions

What is podcasting going to be like in 2022? What are your predictions for next year? What are your hopes for the industry? In this episode of the Audience podcast, Matt talks about his predictions, Castos’ predictions, and other podcasters’ opinions about what they think will happen in the next year.

Are you hopeful for more integrations for promotion? What trends do you see moving forward and evolving in 2022? Matt hears from four strong and seasoned podcasters (Danny Brown, Tanner Campbell, Arielle Nissenblat, and Gary Arndt) about what they think as well.

Today you’ll learn about:

Castos Predictions
- Integrations for monetization and promotion
- 10xing Podcasting 2.0
The Future According to Twitter
- Spotify predictions
- More uses for dynamic content
- Hopefully more instructional podcasts
- More women and people of color in larger companies, running podcasts
- Apple Podcast predictions
Matt’s Industry Predictions
- More Podcasting 2.0 adoptions
- Decline in megacorps pushing into podcasting