635: How a 97-Download Podcast Made $15K in 3 Episodes

In this Q&A episode I answer five questions submitted from my Skool community members covering: -When is it OK to consider quitting? -My Benchmark episode strategy. -How to optimize the name of your podcast for organic discovery. -Client testimonial clip strategy. -Choosing the right subcategory to list your podcast within.   Links mentioned in this episode: Explore my coaching options or sign up for a Discovery Call to discuss working together: https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/   Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about   *********************  

Most podcasters chase sponsors and funnel based income first. I tried that too and earned just $37 in my first three years as a podcaster. In this episode I'm unpacking the latest version of my Podcast Monetization Pyramid. Your fastest path to earning meaningful income starts way simpler than most podcasters think! Links mentioned in this episode: Explore my coaching options or sign up for a Discovery Call to discuss working together: https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/   Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about   *********************    

Most podcasters think a bigger audience is always better, but what if the "smaller", more niche show is actually the easier one to grow a business around? In this episode, I break down the Podcast Monetization Difficulty Scale and reveal three surprising advantages that come with niching down your podcast topic. Links mentioned in this episode: Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about *********************  

If you are a podcaster who has ever felt like it is IMPOSSIBLE to earn meaningful income with your current (small) audience size.....this episode is for YOU. I invited my client Amy Sylvis onto the show so we could do a case study episode where we walk through exactly how she made $15,000 with THREE podcast episodes....and her show averages 97 downloads per episode! Links mentioned in this episode: Explore my coaching options or sign up for a Discovery Call to discuss working together: https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/   Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about   *********************  

Have you ever felt like you'd like to get sponsorships for your podcast...BUT your audience is too small? This episode is for YOU Pod Pals! I'm tagging in podcast sponsorship guru Justin Moore to teach us how even podcasters with smaller audiences can become sponsor magnets! Connect with Justin here: https://www.creatorwizard.com   Links mentioned in this episode: Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about   *********************  

If you are a podcaster that is starting to burn out from trying to "be everywhere" on social media...this episode of Podcasting Business School is for YOU. In this episode I will unpack my minimalist social media strategy that is helping my podcast growth EXPLODE!   Links mentioned in this episode: Explore my coaching options or sign up for a Discovery Call to discuss working together: https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/   Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about   *********************  

If you feel like your podcast growth has stalled out (or if it never took off in the first place) THIS episode is for YOU! I'm going to unpack THREE simple podcast growth experiments that you can implement within 15 minutes after you listen to this episode! Links mentioned in this episode: Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about      

I'm always on this show getting all preachy about how important it is for podcasters to build an email list. Today I'm bringing in my Pod Pal Tracy Beavers to show us how to skyrocket our list building WITHOUT using paid ads! Topics covered: -Tracy's favorite way to build her list. -Do lead magnets still work? -Tracy's thoughts on AI. Connect with Tracy: https://www.tracybeavers.com/   ***** Links mentioned in this episode: Want more strategies for podcast launch, growth, and how to leverage your podcast to get more clients? Get my FREE weekly Podcasting Business School Newsletter every Thursday! https://www.podcastingbusiness.school/news   Join my FREE community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about  

Only 17% of podcasters make it to episode TEN....that's scary! A big part of why this is happening is because podcasters are OVERCOMPLICATING everything! In this episode I map out my three phase Content Flywheel Strategy that helps me: Put out a new podcast episode every single week for 11 years in a row. Publish a newsletter every week for 8 years in a row. Post on social media 6-10x per day. All while: -Working 2.5 days per week. -Not using a VA -Not using any AI   ********* Join my new Podcasting Business School community on Skool! https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about

In this special audience Q&A episode I answer four podcast growth questions submitted by listeners on the topics of: -Podcast guesting -Podcast discoverability -The perfect podcast naming formula -How to increase audience engagement Want to submit a question for a future episode? Use this Speakpipe link to record a 60 second or less question with this format: "My name is (YOUR NAME) from (YOUR PODCAST NAME). Here is my question for Adam..." https://www.speakpipe.com/podcastingbusinessschool ******* Join my free community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/podcastingbusinessschool/about