I agree with a lot of what @mijustin mentioned here too.
I co-host the WPMRR WordPress podcast. It's pretty niche but we've had some mild success growing an audience. Here's what I do (although I'm sure there's more I could be doing)...
Use our email list at WP Buffs to promote in our monthly newsletter.
Searched Google for "WordPress podcasts" and used my network to try to get our podcast featured in those roundups (although I put most of my focus on ranking the article above #1 for that search).
Be a guest on other WordPress-related podcasts. Folks who already listen to those pods might easily subscribe to ours!
Ask guests on our podcast to help share (on social, in online communities, with their email lists, link to the article, etc). We let folks do whatever they're comfortable with and don't push too hard here.
Note: I realized #1 and #2 above only work because we have an existing audience and drive solid traffic. Underlines the importance of starting to build that now so when you do or launch new stuff, you have folks you can tell directly!
For sharing your episode you might want to try using a tool like https://podshare.io to generate landing pages that link to the largest podcasting platforms. Full disclosure, I run PodShare :)
Hey Kevin! A few quick ideas for you:
Online communities like PodHunt and Podyssey can be good places to share your episode, and engage with listeners.
I've written a pretty good guide on promoting podcasts here:
https://transistor.fm/ideas-promote-podcast
Videos that might be helpful:
Thanks Justin, these are great! I'll listen to these and try to implement some of your ideas.
I have a podcast called AuthorUncut.com. Once it releases, I:
FYI: I use anchor.fm to distribute my podcast across multiple platforms.
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I agree with a lot of what @mijustin mentioned here too.
I co-host the WPMRR WordPress podcast. It's pretty niche but we've had some mild success growing an audience. Here's what I do (although I'm sure there's more I could be doing)...
Note: I realized #1 and #2 above only work because we have an existing audience and drive solid traffic. Underlines the importance of starting to build that now so when you do or launch new stuff, you have folks you can tell directly!
For sharing your episode you might want to try using a tool like https://podshare.io to generate landing pages that link to the largest podcasting platforms. Full disclosure, I run PodShare :)