• Podcast episode titles for new podcast episodes. Written on notebook on a white desk.
    Podcasting Essentials

    5 Ways to Make Your Podcast Episode Titles SEO-Friendly

    Being able to craft perfect podcast episode titles can make or break your show’s discoverability. But do indie podcasters need to put more effort into their episode titles than celebrity podcasters? And if you are relying on search engine optimised (SEO) podcast episode titles to bring in new listeners, how do you go about creating them in the first place? By the end of this post, you’ll understand why celebrity podcasters like Fearne Cotton can rely on minimalist titles, while indie creators like us need to craft SEO-rich ones to grow our audience. We have also included 5 ways to make your podcast episode titles more SEO-friendly, improving the likelihood…

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    Podcasting Apps and Tech

    AI in Podcasting: Captivate Spark Full Review

    Captivate Spark is the latest AI podcasting tool that has come to us from Captivate.fm. AI is everywhere at the minute and it seems impossible to go onto social media or YouTube without some AI tool or another being thrown at you. But how can you use AI in podcasting? Whether you’re a new podcaster trying to find your feet or a seasoned pro wondering if AI could streamline your workflow, this post is for you. If you’ve listened to my podcast, you know I’ve been using Captivate.fm as my hosting platform. When they released Captivate Spark, I had to try it. It promised so much and the pricing structure…

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    Podcasting Apps and Tech,  Start Here

    Podcast SEO: Getting Your Show Found by Your Ideal Listener

    SEO can often be seen as a scary and hard-to-grasp concept, especially for new podcasters. So, in this post I want to break down podcast SEO; what it is, how using podcast SEO can benefit your show, and tips for implementing good SEO strategies. Personally, I find utilising podcast SEO a great way for my show to be discovered by new listeners. The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Podcasting regularly appears within the first few results on Apple Podcasts when keywords such as ‘podcasting tips’ or similar are searched. That’s the power of knowing what your audience are searching for: your show appears in the search results, and not the bottom…

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    Grow Your Podcast

    How to Grow Your Podcast Audience: And the 3 Ways You’re Probably Killing It Without Realising

    ‘How to grow your podcast audience’ has to be one of the most popular questions that I hear podcasters ask. But what I often see is podcasters overlooking the basics of podcast growth and think that they need to turn to more complicated (and sometimes expensive) forms of promotion in order to get more podcast listeners. In this post, we’re going to break down how you could be standing in the way of growing your own podcast audience and what you can do to up the number of podcast listeners. We Get Stuck in a Routine Humans are habitual creatures and we don’t like to rock the status quo. And…

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    Launch Your Podcast,  Start Here

    How to Name Your Podcast in 2024

    Woohoo! You’ve decided to start a podcast! Amazing! Now, you’ve got to do one of the hardest things of all; decide what you’re going to name your podcast. This is both a super exciting and often overwhelming decision. For some people, they immediately know what they’re going to call their podcast. I was in this camp when I launched The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Podcasting in 2023. The idea for the podcast came about through a conversation with a friend and the entire podcast concept was built around the name ‘The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Podcasting.’ On the other hand, The Confident CEO went through a few different iterations before…