Get Millions of Downloads by Gaming the System
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In this episode, Tom Rossi joins Jordan and Kevin to discuss ways to celebrate International Podcast Day, why farming downloads isn't an effective growth hack, the significance Serial had on the podcasting world, what we can learn from audio fiction podcasts, and the importance of owning your podcast. INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY Friday, September 30th https://internationalpodcastday.com/ WHAT'S NEW IN DIRECTORIES Goodpods added! Stitcher & Pandora removed (for now). GAMING THE SYSTEM Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners Through Mobile-Game Ads by Ashley Carman, Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-27/inside-podcasters-explosive-audience-growth 155,000 PROLIFIC PODCASTS? https://www.amplifimedia.com/blogstein/the-most-prolific-categories-in-podcasting SERIAL IS BACK! Another episode of Serial is released following the release of Adnan Syed. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1123878679/adnan-syed-released-serial FLIPPING THE SCRIPT Tenderfoot TV has struck a deal to adapt a short film into two podcasts. https://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/podcasts-give-birth-to-film-now-tenderfoot-tv-is-flipping-the-script/article_7d496c96-3517-11ed-825a-337912be3e27.html STUDENTS SUE SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER PODCAST https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/19/23362483/know-justice-know-peace-podcast-trademark-denver-students-lawsuit HELLO INTERNET VINYL http://www.hellointernet.fm/podcast/68 Kevin (49%), Jordan (27%), Tom (24%) Thanks to guest host, Tom Rossi @tomrossi7! Contact Buzzcast Tweet us at @albanbrooke, @kfinn, and @JordanPods Send a "boostagram" through Fountain or Castamatic Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening & keep podcasting!!
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