Ben Krueger of CashFlowPodcasting is an accomplished podcasters and helps others to create successful and profitable podcasts. Ben looks for cliets who are already successful. As the saying goes, “Nothing succeeds like success.” Ben says, if someone is already successful in their business pursuits, then creating a profitable podcast is almost guaranteed. Like so many other podcasters, Ben’s career kind of took off after some lucky breaks. He was already a major podcast fan and listener. Then everything else seemed to flow naturally from there. He acquired the technical tools and then it took off from there. He already had some familiarity with video production. So audio production was easy. It seems to be a common pattern among our industry. Ben has some very practical tips if you’re looking to start your own podcast today. But you have to get started, have a plan and have passion. The rest will follow.  […]

Very few successful people in life have done it all on their own. Talk with anyone at the top of their profession and the odds are they’ve had a number of mentors or coaches along the way. A good coach is often hard to find, but you’ll no doubt be rewarded for your efforts. But […]

Daniel J. Lewis has been podcasting since 2007 and also help people find podcasting success. Daniel got his start by listening to other people’s podcasts such as TWIT and Grammar Girl. Daniel launched The Audacity to Podcast in 2010. Longevity in podcasting means a lot. Starting out Daniel’s biggest obstacle was  building an audience. He learned […]

I hear so many people bemoan the fact that they don’t have a good voice. Fortunately, there’s no requirement that you have an operatic or Shakespearean quality voice to become a great podcaster or radio talk show host. Some of the most famous people out there have not so pleasant sounding voices. Look at Howard […]

In business branding has become an essential element of success. Nowhere is branding more important than in making a podcast go viral. Branding will help make your show become sticky. Cliff Ravenscraft is a perfect examply of successful branding. He is the Podcast Answerman. Or Pat Flynn of Simple Passive Income. You’re going to invest a […]

In podcasting as in radio, the first thing you must understand is what my good friend Wayne Allyn Root says, “Facts tell and stories sell!” Telling facts doesn’t create audience engagement, in fact it will often do the opposite. Telling stories is our greatest asset as everyone wants to hear a good story. If you want […]

Time to get down to monetization. Always be monetizing if and when you’re ready to. First you need to build an audience. You’ve been guest posting, you’ve been promoting, you’ve been crushing it! Doing a podcast is no guarantee of success. However, if you’ve got superior content, excellent audience engagement, you’re being real and your numbers/analytics […]

As a podcaster you need to become an expert in analytics. What are analytics? Simply stated, they’re statistics. How many downloads are you getting? How many of them are duplicate downloads? Where does you audience come from? What countries? What percentage of your audience is male/female? All of these numbers are interesting, but they’re very […]