❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephAre you really seeing the full picture of your podcast, or just checking download numbers? Looking at both downloads and engagement stats gives a better idea of what’s working—how many people are listening and how much they actually care. It’s not just about the numbers; it’s about the connection. Otherwise, you might as well be podcasting into the void—and even the void isn’t lea...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephHas creating your podcast ever stressed you out? April shares how she found herself overwhelmed by spending hours editing every episode, agonizing over details, and struggling to keep up with her publication schedule. By working with Steph, she was able to relax, reprioritize and build her podcasting confidence so that she could enjoy her creative process again. They also talk abo...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephAre you someone who talks to process ideas? This conversation explores how voice messages, especially on platforms like WhatsApp, can be a powerful coaching tool. They can provide timely feedback to help podcasters refine their skills while building confidence in their content. In this conversation, we share how we've been been using WhatsApp for audience growth coaching as well a...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephYou probably have a vision for what you’d love your listeners to do after they listen to your podcast episode—maybe it’s subscribing to your newsletter, sharing the episode with a friend, or another simple, meaningful action. But if you’re feeling a little shy, worried about being pushy, or uncertain if it’ll put them off, here’s the truth: you’ll never know unless you actually as...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephStorytelling is like cooking. Certain elements need to go into the experience at different times for things to taste good. This is true in creating podcast episode and in our social media posts about these episodes. Here's how I helped April from Door Key Podcast, our special guest this season, reorder a social media post with this action first method. ✨Tandem Audience Growth Coac...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephWhat if your social media posts could attract new listeners while deepening connections with your current audience and fellow creators? In this episode of Podcast to Connect, the hosts break down strategies to engage three key groups—new listeners, loyal fans, and content creators—across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Special guest April from Door Key Podcast sh...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephMaking sure your podcast’s online presence is consistent is key to attracting and keeping the right audience. In this episode, I walk April through an Online Presence Audit for her Door Key (history) Podcast, checking out platforms like Facebook, Substack, and Instagram to see if her branding matches up across the board. By branding, I mean making sure the way she talks about the ...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephYes, yes, it's our voices but let's zoom out more than that. A podcast is a small piece of a wonderful network of online tentacles that help us find people for our business and/or community. The audio is one part of this and so are the social media posts and other outreach we do. In this episode April and I dig into what makes her podcast, Door Key Podcast, different than other hi...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephMetadata is the text attached to your audio as well as near it when it’s published. Making sure your metadata is there AND accurate is a simple way to increase your podcast’s chances of getting found when listeners go digging around for new podcasts to listen to. Here are 5 metadata pieces that many people forget to add to their episodes. Okay 4, and 1 reminder to get social ...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephThe best way to learn how to do something well is to give it to someone who is lazy. The thing is, an ambitious person can make any quick task super long and complicated. We do NOT want that. You want to do quick, effective things that can attract the right listeners to your podcast, right? Here are 5 ways to do just that. 🪐 Want more audience growth tips? https://podcas...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephIs audience growth really your biggest podcast goal OR is there a bigger networking desire nestled in your podcast outreach? For me it’s the latter and that’s why I love connecting over content conversations. In this episode I’ll show you how I network after an online event to make one-on-one connections. Building these one-on-one connections can do more than just grow your a...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephHey, I’ll admit it, I’m socially awkward. And this is the very reason I can share with you ways to be less so online, cause I’ve worked through my awkwardness there. Don’t ask me about IRL situations, lol. 🍉 Don't forget to enter our FREE podcast audit contest this month:ENTER here: https://forms.gle/tRihnyYMQSPesYXb7 🍉 🪐 Want more audience growth tips? https://podcasttoconnect.su...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephHow much attention do you pay to your existing listeners in your episodes, show notes and on social media? Yup, don't feel bad, most of us are driven to grow our podcast by talking to new listeners but we need to rebalance things, right? Here are a few powerful tips on how to do that. 🍉 Don't forget to enter our FREE podcast audit contest this month: https://www.stephfuccio.com/ 🍉...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephWhen someone does something nice for you, you thank them, right? Sometimes you do it in public so many people can know the good work they do. Well, this simple gesture can be done online as well. Not in a gross, manipulative way but in a "wow, look at them" kind of way. I won't lie, you'll get some exposure too but if you follow how I do it, it can be a genuine gesture of "hey tha...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephPosting on social media is easy enough but do you go back to these posts to see what notifications you missed? to engage with your followers that likes, shared, and maybe commented on your post? Wah ha ha, this is something most people miss because posting more, more, more is part of the social media grind. Stop the grind and pause, go back and engage. Here's how. 🪐 Wan...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephYou talk to your family, friends and boss different, right? It's the same on social media to be honest. One new episode post just isn't enough to cover the 3 groups that could help you grow you podcast. This episode covers who the 3 groups are, specific ideas on how to talk to them and more. 👁🗨 Don't forget to enter to win a FREE podcast audit this month 👁🗨 Use code "coffee with...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephSo far this season, we've focused on the super happy, positive side of podcasting with a connection focus. It would be irresponsible of me to finish the season off without some pain. Specifically creative pain. Guest K.O. was gracious enough to share his pain with us. Hint: it's the intersection of podcast format and engagementKO's website: https://www.particulatemedia.com/ 🪐 Want...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephPutting your voice, ideas, message and story out into the world in a podcast can share you, your personality and your work (even if it's a community or passion project, it's still work!) give people time to get to know, like and trust you. Very often in podcasting this leads to accelerated connections. When listeners reach out they're no longer asking themselves "Do I want to work...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephTrue or false: to be a respected podcaster, you must always be serious on the mic? FalseAnd if you don't believe it, have a listen to what James Cridland has to say about it. Because in podcasting MANY people listen to him and he's hilarious (in his podcast and newsletter). Podnews: https://podnews.net/James: https://james.cridland.net/ 🪐 Want more audience growth tips? http...
❤️ Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, StephWho are you podcast committed to: your listeners OR your guests? This is the central focus our guest, Katarina, is posing to us in this podcast connections forward conversation. And if you say BOTH: well, you may get a talking to. lol. Katarina's website: https://www.tinkamedia.com/hello 🪐 Want more audience growth tips? https://podcasttoconnect.substack.com/ Podcasting Tools: The...