Monetization Tips Episodes
This category explores various ways to turn your podcast into a revenue-generating venture, including sponsorships, membership models, and leveraging partnerships. Discover practical strategies to monetize your passion.
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June 30, 2013
How John Lee Dumas Earns $18,000 a Month with His Podcast
John Lee Dumas started his Entrepreneur on Fire podcast in June of 2012 (about a year ago). Fast forward and John now has a podcast that is in the top 5 of business podcasts in iTunes. He is making 18,000 a month, reaching HUNDRED of THOUSANDS of people each month in over 145 countries. He did it using the organizational tools and courage he learned in the Armed forces (he served 13 months in Iraq) and with passion that is infectious. He was consuming a large about of podcasts in the car, but he...
343
Feb. 20, 2013
Podcast Success: One Thing Leads To Another - Premium Podcast Tools - Auphonic Web Based Audio Tool
Today we talk about setting up a premium podcast feed, what tools that I've used, (Thanks to Andrew for the question), in our interview segment we talk with Scott Eiland who start the baseball experience a little over a year ago. That podcast lead to him creating the "This week in wrestling" podcast. That platform lead him to now getting paid to produce another sports based show. It didn't happen over night, and there were some lessons learned along the way. Scott Eiland understands the power of...
323
Sept. 14, 2012
Self Proclaimed "Non Techie" Build His Empire With His Podcast
A brief summary of this episode
318
Aug. 13, 2012
Podcasting Boost Business - with Connie and Sheila
A brief summary of this episode
316
July 29, 2012
Pepsi Money Comes to Podcasting - PodPress is Still a Bad Choice
A brief summary of this episode
306
May 20, 2012
A New Way For Podcasters to Get Paid - How to Get Kicked Out of iTunes
A brief summary of this episode
304
May 5, 2012
Blogworld Schedule - Membership Media Hosting - Best Time for Live Podcasting
A brief summary of this episode
292
Feb. 5, 2012
Free Listener Feedback Tool & Business Podcasting Tips
A brief summary of this episode
278
Oct. 14, 2011
Picking a Podcast Name - Making Money with Audible
A brief summary of this episode
251
March 20, 2011
Wizzard Media Launches Web Based Premium Podcast Subscription Service
A brief summary of this episode
240
Dec. 12, 2010
USB Headset Test
Today I answer a few questions about intro/outro music. Charles Maxwood had asked about intro and outro music. First of all I think its important to have into and outro music. It sets the tone of the podcast. It gives it a professional feel. The music I use for this podcast’s intro and outro music [...]
235
Oct. 10, 2010
Live Podcasting Pros and Cons
Creating a live podcast using free software can seem like a great idea. As a podcast consultant, I see there are times when it makes sense. Today we talk about the pros and cons of creating a podcast live, when it is a good idea, and when it should be avoided.
231
Sept. 13, 2010
The Return of Podcast Promo Swapping
Turning Your Email Newsletter into a Podcast If you are producing an email newsletter, you already have the content for a podcast. When I mention this to some people they state, "I just want to use e-mail" or "I'm not geeky enough to create a podcast. Well if you can email a family member a [...]
223
July 4, 2010
Freemium Resources
This episode originates from the School of Podcasting Freemium Resources When you provide a free podcast to promote a service that people pay for, this is called "freemium" approach. You provide free information hoping they will pay for your premium services. Christopher sent an email about wanting to start a website where people pay for [...]
212
March 16, 2010
More Ways to Monetize Your Podcast
Free iPhone App For Your Podcast Today I have a few ways you can try to monetize your podcast. One (which costs you nothing) is to have Wizzard Media create an iphone app for your podcast. They sell it for $1.99 and you get a portion of the price. They take the rest (as they [...]
211
March 8, 2010
Can You Make it on Donations?
Today I go through some numbers to give you an informed idea if you want to use "donations" as your primary form of having the podcast pay for itself. Last month I urged listeners to help me celbrate my 45th birthday and chip in on a Kindle from Amazon.com I used a service at chipin.com [...]
142
July 1, 2008
Podcamp Ohio Relections and Membership Sites
I went to Podcamp Ohio. It was great. WE RAN OUT OF ROOM. My hat is off to Angelo and everyone involved with organizing the event. It was so smooth, and they handled everything (what a great problem to have - not enough room!). Todd Cochrane had a great presentation about getting sponsors. HE also stated that typically a podcast episode sees traffic for 72 hours and then it dies off drastically. I was not really use to the "group talk" style of some of the presentations (and it leaves room open ...
139
June 1, 2008
My Podcast Downloads up 98%
This show originates at www.schoolofpodcasting.com Today I look at my stats from the first episode of 2007 vs the first episode of 2008. To make things fair, the first show published in 2007 has had 517 days to download so I divded the 2007 by 517. The numbers for 2008 were divided by 152 (as this is June 1). School of Podcasting 2007 1400 Downloads (2.7 a day)School of Podcasting 2008 801 Downloads (5.3 a day) Musicians Cooler 2007 1689 Downloads (3.3 a day)Musicians Cooler 2008 1032 Download...