Grow Your Brand with Podcasting: Tips, Strategies, and My Personal Experience

Growing your brand can feel like an uphill battle in this fast-paced digital world. There are so many ways to market your business, but one of the most effective and engaging methods is through podcasting.

Podcasting allows you to connect with your audience on a deeper level, providing valuable insights and advice while also promoting your brand.

Let’s spend a few minutes and explore the benefits of podcasting and how it can help grow your brand.

The Power of Podcasting

Podcasting is an incredible marketing tool that can help you connect with your audience in a more personal way. Here are some of the significant benefits of podcasting for growing your brand:

• Builds trust and credibility: When your audience hears your voice and engages with your content regularly, it creates a strong sense of trust and credibility. Podcasting allows you to share your knowledge, making you an authority in your niche or industry.

• Leverages your expertise: Podcasting is an excellent medium for showcasing your expertise in your field. By sharing valuable information, tips, and insights, you can solidify your reputation as a thought leader and industry expert.

• Expands your reach: Podcasts are a highly shareable form of content, making it easy for your listeners to spread the word about your brand. Additionally, by interviewing industry experts and influencers, you can tap into their audience as well, ultimately expanding your reach and gaining new listeners.

• Boosts listener engagement: Podcasting allows you to connect with your audience on a more personal level, fostering engagement and loyalty. Listeners are more likely to leave comments, share episodes, and interact with your brand when they feel connected and engaged with your content.

Tips for Crafting a Successful Podcast

Now that you are magically convinced 😉 to start a podcast. How do you get started? To create a successful podcast that helps grow your brand, think about these tips:

• Identify your target audience: Start by defining your target audience, and then create content specifically tailored to their needs and interests.

• Choose a unique and appealing topic: Your podcast’s main subject should be something that will resonate with your target audience and set you apart from competitors. With Entrepreneur’s Enigma we only talk to entrepreneurs (and yes intrapreneurs, too) who have a story to tell. That clearly targets our audience to those who are interested in entrepreneurship.

• Invest in quality equipment: Ensure you have high-quality recording equipment and editing software, as poor audio quality can deter potential listeners. Now you don’t have to go out and break the bank. You can get a good microphone for around $100 and software for about $50 (sometimes monthly).

• Develop a consistent publishing schedule: Consistency is critical in podcasting. Plan a publishing schedule that you can stick to – whether it’s weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. This is ABSOLUTELY key. Not being consistent with your content will kill your podcast and especially its reach. Don’t over do it. Start at a slower pace and ramp up if you need to. That’s what I did with Entrepreneur’s Enigma. I was doing weekly until I had too many interviews in the queue, so I started doing shows twice a week.

• Promote your podcast: Share your episodes on social media, your website, and through email marketing. Additionally, encourage your listeners and guests to share and review your podcast to help grow your audience.

• Include calls to action: Throughout your podcast episodes, include calls to action (CTAs) that encourage your audience to visit your website, sign up for your newsletter, or make a purchase. If you don’t ask… you don’t get.

How I Use Podcasting In My Brand Building

I’ve been podcasting in some form or another since 2010. The medium has changed so much since then, mostly for the better.

Entrepreneur’s Enigma, my latest podcast, is on the Marketing Podcast Network, and I do get some funds from ads that are played on my show. But they are quickly used to promote and improve my show.

I found the most useful way to use my podcast for my brand is as an outreach tool to have a reason to contact people that I might not otherwise have the guts to contact or have a clear reason to reach out to. And it works like a charm. My network has always been strong and big, but Entrepreneur’s Enigma has open up so many more doors and relationships that I wouldn’t have otherwise.

Do you podcast? How are you using it for your brand building?

Web Jawn

• A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working
  We’re in a strange time. I see both sides. Reddit wants to make money and free API access doesn’t help them do it. But on the otherside, $20 million per year is nuts! There are lots of good points made in this article about how Reddit might be doing more damage than it’s worth.

• Statement on AI Risk
  An extinction event? Really? A bit drastic. Clearly this is a PR stunt. Thoughts?

• Meta’s Twitter Alternative App Gets its Own Icon as it Moves Closer to Launch
  Just what we need another alternative to Twitter. Mastodon and the Fediverse FTW.

• Instagram Shares New Explainer on How its Feed, Reels and Stories Algorithms Work
  Interesting. Not sure if it’s telling us more than we already know or had a hunch about.

• Twitter Alternative Bluesky Hits 100k Members Before Exiting Beta
  It’s still missing some features and for the life of me I don’t understand why we need another protocol.

• They Plugged GPT-4 Into Minecraft—and Unearthed New Potential for AI
  Both neat and absolutely terrifying.

• Are You A Builder or a Farmer?
  An interesting think piece from Eric Nuzum.

• Google Search Generative Experience Early Complaints & Responses From Google
  SGE isn’t perfect, and Google acknowledges it. I’m very intrigued to see where this all goes.

• The Purge: Why Generative A.I. is Coming for SEO Content Traffic, Jobs & Dependent Websites
  A good take on where AI is going. Is he right? Who knows. But a good take none the less. Definitely worth a read.

• Why the NYSE built a virtual replica of its trading floor for IPO events
  Pretty cool if you ask me!

• Ask a News SEOs: In a SGE world, what opportunities exist for publishers?
  I’m a big, even HUGE fan of Lily Ray, who is interviewed in this newsletter. I’m also very intrigued how SGE will impact news both in the short-term and long-term.

• How Do iTunes Podcast Rankings Work?
  A dive into how iTunes ranks it’s podcasts in the directory.

Find Of The Week

An old Advertisement For Raleigh All-Steel Bikes. Made me smile. How can that person write a bike with those pants. I can only image the mess. 🤣

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As always stay curious!

– Seth

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