48-Hour Podcasting Contest (Insider 201)


Learn how overlooked podcasting skills, Pixar storytelling rules, and all about new tools to help grow your podcast audience and improve content quality in this episode of Build a Big Podcast!

Big Ideas in this Episode

  1. Overlooked Podcasting Skills Skills developed through podcasting
  2. Pixar Story Rules Engaging content and character development
  3. Interview Flexibility Adapting to unexpected interview directions
  4. Podcast Ads - Handling contracts and ad scripting
  5. Sonic Dash Competition - a 48-hour audio storytelling contest
  6. Audience Growth Strategies to broaden your listener base 
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Episode Timestamps

  • 04:10 Heroes gain powers ... what about you?
  • 06:49 Your origin story
  • 11:49 Consistent publishing gains listeners in crowded market
  • 15:13 Focus on retention
  • 18:47 Interactions, conversations, and diplomatically saying no
  • 25:54 Skilled interviewers adapt, listen, improve interviews
  • 27:38 Notejoy simplifies collaborative podcast production
  • 29:52 Podcasting can change the world

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About this episode of Build a Big Podcast:​

This is the audio companion to Issue 201 of Big Podcast Insider. If you're interested in more info on what I talk about on this episode and also links, that's where to go. On this episode, I dive into where the money is made in podcasting. how to get more reviews (and subscribers) for your podcast, podcast hosting, and more.   ​

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