Podcasting is the fastest growing form of marketing, with more and more businesses starting their own podcasts every day - even huge brands like Natwest and Johnson & Johnson have taken the plunge. If you’ve considered it but just can’t decide if it’s right for you, here’s a few reasons you might want to go for it.
Podcasting lets you build credibility by sharing your expertise. Giving value to prospective clients allows you to position yourself as a leader in your niche, and this alone can lead to referrals, consulting opportunities, being invited to conferences, and more.
When someone listens to your voice they feel a connection. They hear you in their car, in their home, or at the gym, and you become a part of their routine. Everyone knows that people buy from people. Podcasting is a great way to move down that ‘like, know, trust’ path to ultimately working with someone.
Even with the huge growth in the past few years, podcasting is still new enough that you can stand out from other businesses in your field. There's around 230,000 active podcasts on iTunes, which might sound like a lot, but there are around 6 million blog posts written every day, and over 400,000 videos uploaded to YouTube every hour.
Chances are, whether you’re B2B or B2C, your target audience listens to podcasts. Half of podcast listeners are under 35, and in the UK they earn 28% more on average than the general population.
We can walk you through the whole process and handle the more complicated stuff like RSS feeds, media hosting and audio editing on your behalf. We'll even give you regular analytics updates so you can check how you're doing!
Jim has helped several companies start their own podcasts, and as a successful podcast host, producer and editor himself, he understands the whole process.
He even wrote a book about it to help teach other people everything they need to know to start their own podcast and get listeners.
If you don't want to learn it all yourself, though, we can help you get the show set up, advise on equipment and how to record, and then we'll edit the audio to make it sound awesome and distribute it to all your listeners.