Wavve Audio Insider #93: The Importance of Building a Brand


PODCASTING | CONTENT MARKETING | SOCIAL MEDIA

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  • Podcast Discoverability: 6 Interesting Ways to Increase It
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FROM THE DESK OF JEFF SANDERS

5 Marketing Lessons For Brands and How They Apply to You

Inc. Magazine recently posted an interesting article, What 2023 Taught Us: 5 Marketing Lessons for Brands, that included a fair amount of info that applies to any podcaster.

Your podcast is your brand, and treating it as such is a great way to gain traction.

One of the biggest points on the list appeared at No. 2...Humanize and Elevate Your Content. That goes right to heart of podcasting.

The medium by its very nature is human, but be sure your delivery is. A conversational tone is important in the written word but even more so in podcasting. As for elevating your content, well, that can be the tricky part. You can start by offering true insights and being genuine. With some practice, taking your content to a higher level should come naturally.


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WAVVE DESIGN OF THE WEEK

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Podcast Discoverability: 6 Interesting Ways to Increase It

So you’ve just recorded and published your podcast – nice! But before anything else, have you thought about how new listeners will find it, otherwise known as podcast discoverability?

With millions of podcasts in existence, there’s a lot of competition to stay ahead to keep your podcast discoverability high. This means that you need to actively promote and distribute each podcast episode to attract more listeners and develop a larger audience.

Increasing your podcast discoverability is an essential process when it comes to being a podcaster.


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