#005: How to Launch a Podcast by Next Month

04/01/24 • 16 min

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Podcasts for Profit with Morgan Franklin | Podcasting Strategy for Podcasters

Do you know what'll be the hardest episode you ever record? The first.
Do you know what'll be the most important episode you record is? Also the first.

This week I'm walking you through the exact steps I took to launch my podcast in a month and exactly how you're going to launch a podcast by next month.

In this episode:
(0:00) How to stop procrastinating and make a solid goal and structured plan to FINALLY launch your podcast! (1:41) Week One: Getting crystal clear on what this podcast will be about, who it's for, and how to use your competition to help build your podcast.
(4:30) Week Two: Finding the right equipment for your podcast and learning how to outline an episode for recording.
(7:45) Week Three: How to find the best hosting platform, optimizing your podcast title, description and episodes, and recording your first episode!
(11:43) Week Four: Exporting, editing and preparing for how you'll launch your podcast.

If you enjoy the show and you want to help more business owners and podcasters make money with their podcast will you give me a 5-star review? It helps the show rankings and gives more listeners an opportunity to find the show. Thank you!

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Get Your FREE Podcast Launch Checklist!
Start Your Podcast with Hosting from Transistor.FM
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Do you know what'll be the hardest episode you ever record? The first.
Do you know what'll be the most important episode you record is? Also the first.

This week I'm walking you through the exact steps I took to launch my podcast in a month and exactly how you're going to launch a podcast by next month.

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#004: How to Repurpose Your Podcast (Social Media and Beyond)

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What if you never had to think of another content idea again?

That sounds like a dream, right?! My friend, that's the magic and power of podcasting.

Every episode you publish creates an endless opportunity for content. In this episode I'll walk you through a few of my favorite ways to repurpose podcast episodes both on and off social media.

In this episode:
(0:49) The crazy simple (and easy) way to reach out to customers and listeners you’ve probably never thought of!
(3:09) Why you should stop focusing on podcast marketing and start focusing on audience connection.
(4:28) Repurposing your podcast on LinkedIn and how to properly optimize these posts. (5:10) Repurposing on Meta (Facebook and Instagram), using video and making video from audio only.
(7:50) The best FREE tools you can use for repurposing podcast content.
(9:45) Using Reddit to repurpose your podcast and when it will actually make sense to post on Reddit.
(10:20) Pinterest for podcasters and why you need to repurpose your podcast on Pinterest.
(11:20) How to make the most out of blogs for your podcast and why you should blog every week for you website's SEO.
(12:43) Using podcast episodes for email marketing and to revitalize old email lists .

If you enjoy the show and you want to help more business owners and podcasters make money from podcasting will you give me a 5-star review? It helps the show rankings and gives more listeners an opportunity to find the show. Thank you!

Links mentioned in this episode:
Get Your FREE Podcast Launch Checklist!
Episode Show Notes
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#006: How to Host Interviews People Actually Want to Listen To

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Do you want to host podcast interviews people ACTUALLY want to listen to?

This week I'll walk you through the 4 interview strategies every host should use to have listeners sneaking an AirPod in at work to listen to your podcast.

Whether you're thinking about starting a podcast, you have a solo show, interview-style show or you're not really sure what you're doing, this episode is for you.

Download your free pre-interview questionnaire here!

In this episode:
(1:30) What qualities actually make a guest worth hosting on your podcast.
(3:05) The biggest mistake most podcasters (including me) make when they first start having interviews on their show.
(5:45) How to get the best questions that your guest wants to answer and your audiences wants to hear!
(8:40) Set your guest up for success to have the best interview from both you and them.
(11:05) The unforgivable interview question that will ruin your episode before it even starts.
(14:00) How to properly promote interview episodes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Free Download: 10 Questions I Ask Every Guest in Their Pre-Interview
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Podcasts for Profit with Morgan Franklin | Podcasting Strategy for Podcasters - #005: How to Launch a Podcast by Next Month

Transcript

Morgan Franklin00:00:01.199

Are you ever trying to pick something on Netflix but you just keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and watching ads, and eventually you end up watching this same thing you've been watching for the past 10 years, launching a podcast can feel just like that. You're on the hamster wheel of topics, episode ideas, audience how you're going to promote it, editing, the list goes on and on. Respectfully, my friend. This episode, we're stoppin