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The Podcast Pointers: Create your Dream Show

Colin Gray

Launch, growth and success tips for Podcasters and wider content creators. Read a set of quick points, from tool reviews to growth tactics, and much more, all aimed at helping you create the show of your dreams. If you're building a personal or a content brand, then get started with us!

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Fiction Podcast Weekly 254: Best Fiction Podcast App, Hindenburg Pro 2 and Logic 11, Web fest deadlines, casting calls, and Tumblr Demystified

Issue #254 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's guide to Average Podcast Downloads: Podcast Measurement and Growth (updated for 2024). You have some numbers, but are they good? Matthew and Colin have updated Average Podcast Downloads: Podcast Measurement and Growth for 2024. Plus, the podcaster they talked with: is he not one facial hair choice away from being a dead ringer for a late-70s Malcom McDowell? News, Roundups, and Announcements Edison Research...

2 days ago • 3 min read

Issue #253 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's Shure MV7+ Review: In With the New, Out With the Old? Is the Shure MV7+ an upgrade on the original MV7? Let's put it to the test, covering software, build, pricing, features, and audio quality! By Sarah Buchynski. News, Roundups, and Announcements Congratulations to the Audio Drama Gazette team for publishing their second issue! Why not check it out? Podcast ad revenue growth slows, but networks and ad platforms...

9 days ago • 4 min read

Hullo there! As Colin mentioned in last week's email, we're heading to The Podcast Show in London later this month, and there's a meetup happening. Officially, it's a "10th Anniversary of UKPOD" meetup, but even if you didn't know what a podcast was ten years ago, you'd be more than welcome to attend. Full details can be found below, in the events section... And, on the subject of events, Lindsay has been dutifully keeping her guide updated, too. Maybe there's something happening for you a...

13 days ago • 1 min read

Issue #252 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by Leah's Gals. Greed, lust, drugs, and Capodimonte combust in this low-rent, Southern-fried twist on a literary classic. Leah’s Gals, loosely based on Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear, takes place in the present-day American South, where a family’s long-held grievances and newfound wealth lead to familial treachery, violence, and death. News, Roundups, and Announcements Rates rises for ITV and BBC audio drama writers, from the...

16 days ago • 4 min read

Hey hey! Colin here, this week, since Matthew's off on a well earned holiday. Hope you're well 😁 We've got a few things for you this week to help with your podcasting efforts! Here's one that floats my particularly nerdy, OCD-filled boat: the nuts and bolts of time, workflow and content for 12 indie podcasting legends. Learn how each of them actually gets their show made and out into the world, every week. And still finds the time to grow an amazing audience around it! Check it out below....

20 days ago • 2 min read

Issue #251 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's Only 8% of Indies Enter Podcast Awards – Here’s Why We surveyed 1,005 independent podcasters to find out how engaged they are with the awards world, and how they think the programs could be improved. Only 8% of Indies Enter Podcast Awards – Here’s Why by Katie Paterson News, Roundups, and Announcements Realm Selects Flightpath as Revenue Optimization Partner. Can global domination of the fiction podcast zeitgeist...

23 days ago • 3 min read

Issue #250 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's Guide to Discord for Podcasters. Discord is unique among social media platforms for its security, range of features, and absence of algorithms. How can podcasters get the most out of it? Check out Discord for Podcasters: Engagement Without Exasperation to find out. News, Roundups, and Announcements Sean Howard gave an interview to Podcast Business Journal, about Flightpath. Ariel Shapiro posted her final article...

30 days ago • 3 min read

Issue #249 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's How Listeners Want to Engage With Your Podcast. We surveyed podcast listeners to learn what would make them engage more with shows. Check out the results of the podcast listener survey here: Survey Reveals How Listeners Want to Engage With Your Podcast, by Katie Paterson News, Roundups, and Announcements The Cambridge Geek has compiled and shared the Top Audio Fiction Poll: Results! 2024 on Reddit. reVolver...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

Issue #248 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's Guide to How to Grow Your Podcast Without Social Media: The RACE Method. Over half of podcast listeners find new shows without social media, so why should you worry about using it? Can You Grow a Podcast Without Social Media? It’s a RACE shows you how to re-frame your podcast promotion strategy. News, Roundups, and Announcements Happy Autism Acceptance Month! Girl Tales and Dorktales Storytime Podcasts Create...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

Tools & Offers NEW IN ALITU Introducing 3 big updates that'll cut your editing time in half, or more. This is our biggest-ever update to editing in Alitu, and it'll save you hours upon hours of tedious time-consuming work. 🪄 1. Magic Filters: Remove ums, ahs and dead air automatically How long do you spend scrubbing waveforms for every last uhm, ah, and awkward silence? If you're anything like me, it is way (way) too long. Now, Alitu will find and edit out filler words and silences with the...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read
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