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The Win-Win Audio Alliance
Podcasters have what radio needs. Radio has what podcasters want.

  • Podcasters excel where radio rarely ventures: narrowcast depth. They cover high-affinity topics that don't justify live airtime but can absolutely attract targeted advertisers. They build communities. They create evergreen content. They understand digital promotion instinctively.

  • Radio = credibility. Anyone with a USB mic can podcast. But stations have earned trust. While many podcasters toil in obscurity, radio offers promotion to habitual listeners. Where better to find audio consumers? People tune-in without being nudged by an algorithm. And even as touchscreen dashboards now hide AM/FM among umpteen audio alternatives, it's still #1 in-car.
Put these two together and you get a synergy that moves the needle for broadcasters and podcasters...and advertisers.

Here's the schematic, accomplished with coordinated, scalable workflow:

Important Distinctions:
-- How podcasting is UNLIKE radio:
AM/FM content is mass-appeal, live, locally-oriented.
Podcasts are on-demand and available worldwide.
The best podcast topics are "narrowcast" stuff.
Do a podcast about gardening, and you'll get lost-in-the-weeds.
Do one about year-round vertical hydroponic vegetable gardening in a closet and you'll click.
How successful podcasts are LIKE radio:
You're asking for attention.
And with SO much competition for it now, that's a big ask.

Hear why your podcasting technique is critical, in this 3-minute podcast, from The Jim Bohannon Show; and this short video, important advice from Talkers magazine publisher Michael Harrison.

-- Attention is not for sale. So before you spend a dime promoting your podcast, think how bombarded we are, every day. We lean-away from advertising. But we trust friends' recommendations.

Goal: Your subscribers share your podcast with their buds.
How: Incorporate the best practices broadcasters have spent 100 years proving, techniques that earn you habitual listening.

For less than you spend on a Starbucks concoction, my E-book can help you move from samplers to subscribers to sharers.

Listeners, and advertisers, are waiting.


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