How to Explode Your Listenership and Grow Your Podcast with Ben Leavitt

Podcasting Smarter

On today's interview, our Head of Marketing John Kiernan speaks with Ben Leavitt, social media strategist of Bunnymedia.co. Ben's podcast and social media growth strategies and tips will help any podcaster explode their podcast listener base and help grow their podcast to brand new eyes and ears! Ben and John discuss how to get your podcast into the top 100 charts, how to maximize you podcast's SEO, and so much more!

You can also watch the full video interview over on Podbean's YouTube channel!

Check out Ben's podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/2zxzv-afbb4/Social-Media-University-Podcast

Timestamps

1:09 - Who is Ben Leavitt?
1:58 - What is the most common misconception about growing a podcast in the podcasting space?
3:24 - Tips for creating content that's specific for each platform.
6:23 - How important is it for a podcaster to use social media?
10:58 - How to get podcast guests.
18:02 - How to make it into Apple Podcast's Top 100 chart with a three episode strategy.
22:45 - How important is it to ask a listener to subscribe to your podcast during your episode?
26:22 - How to use Instagram's tools to grow your podcast audience.
30:11 - Tips for maximizing your podcast's SEO.
36:09 - What's Ben's best piece of advice for a podcaster?
39:09 - Find our more about Ben!