1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,155 Welcome to Help Me podcast, a show designed to help 2 00:00:10,155 --> 00:00:13,914 you launch and grow your podcast. I am your host Gino, and 3 00:00:13,914 --> 00:00:17,570 twice a week, I will release a new episode with different tips and 4 00:00:17,570 --> 00:00:21,270 tricks for launching and growing your podcast, from audio engineering, 5 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:25,090 to planning intentionally, to growth tactics, each episode will be a 6 00:00:25,090 --> 00:00:27,225 bite sized tip to help you podcast. 7 00:00:31,205 --> 00:00:34,860 Welcome back. Thank you everybody for tuning back in to help me 8 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:38,540 podcast. Today, I have a little tip for you that I 9 00:00:38,540 --> 00:00:41,894 heard recently. So I've been doing, I've been 10 00:00:41,894 --> 00:00:45,735 attending this, podcast summit virtually, which happened a while 11 00:00:45,735 --> 00:00:49,480 ago, and It's a summit that, CAP Show has put 12 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:53,000 on, and they've put this on this is the 2nd year in a row that 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,300 they've done this, and it's called the grow my podcast summit. 14 00:00:56,519 --> 00:01:00,125 And You know, if you get the extra package or whatever, you're allowed 15 00:01:00,184 --> 00:01:04,025 to keep the content forever and to kinda watch it at your own time. And 16 00:01:04,025 --> 00:01:07,740 this happened probably a couple months ago already. but I'm kinda now starting to 17 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:11,340 go through the content and really just take it at at my own 18 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:15,015 time. And what it's really been helpful for is actually feeder for 19 00:01:15,015 --> 00:01:18,775 this podcast is, like, I'm taking all the things that I like from it 20 00:01:18,775 --> 00:01:22,295 and, like, hearing these new ideas and being like, oh, this is great. This is 21 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:25,660 this would make a perfect podcast episode. And, oh, I really like this idea, and 22 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:29,420 just all kinds of great content. And it's put on by CAPT Show, which is 23 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:33,055 an AI tool for podcasters. They help create show notes 24 00:01:33,115 --> 00:01:36,955 and AI generated content for your podcast, just using a 25 00:01:36,955 --> 00:01:40,590 simple mp3 file. And there's there's a couple of people out there that do that 26 00:01:40,670 --> 00:01:44,190 But what I really like about cap show, I I really like that they're 27 00:01:44,190 --> 00:01:47,710 always making podcast content and just helping 28 00:01:47,710 --> 00:01:51,405 podcasters out there and Didre is somebody who I've talked about 29 00:01:51,405 --> 00:01:55,165 before. She's, one of the founders of CAPT Show. She's just really, 30 00:01:55,165 --> 00:01:58,750 like, this podcast summit, I think, is, like, the best thing that they do because 31 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:02,590 they basically just have, like, you know, 20 or 30 different interviews 32 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:06,050 with people in the podcasting space, just bringing new ideas, 33 00:02:06,190 --> 00:02:09,895 and you know, cross pollinating ideas and just like, I don't 34 00:02:09,895 --> 00:02:12,455 know. It's it's really inspiring for me to be able to, like, watch all of 35 00:02:12,455 --> 00:02:15,980 that. So if you haven't heard about it, you can definitely 36 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:19,580 go to CAP Show or just Google CAP Show grow my 37 00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:23,180 podcast thumbnail. And I think you couldn't even still buy, like, this past 38 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:26,924 year's because it's available, you know, it's still available. So I think you 39 00:02:26,924 --> 00:02:30,284 can still buy a ticket for it and get all the awesome content that they 40 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:34,069 have. But anyways, today's episode is gonna be something that I 41 00:02:34,069 --> 00:02:37,830 learned in one of these sessions. And what it's called is 42 00:02:37,830 --> 00:02:41,644 the start here page. And I was just listening to somebody 43 00:02:41,644 --> 00:02:45,004 talk about they were talking about something else, but they kinda, like, briefly brought up 44 00:02:45,004 --> 00:02:48,760 the idea of, like, a start here page for your podcast and 45 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,199 and I really liked that idea of it and never really thought about it before, 46 00:02:52,199 --> 00:02:55,959 but it's basically like a page on your website that says, 47 00:02:55,959 --> 00:02:59,144 like, you know, it's a start here page. So if you have a new person 48 00:02:59,144 --> 00:03:02,584 coming to your podcast or maybe you're sharing your podcast to somebody 49 00:03:02,584 --> 00:03:06,184 new. It's a list of maybe the top 50 00:03:06,184 --> 00:03:09,899 10 episodes and it's kinda like the introduction to your 51 00:03:09,899 --> 00:03:13,259 podcast. Like, hey. Here's my most popular episodes or, you know, a 52 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:16,994 curated list of my episodes. and these are the ones you should 53 00:03:16,994 --> 00:03:20,594 you should start listening to. I just thought that, like, that was genius because a 54 00:03:20,594 --> 00:03:23,714 lot of times, you know, you find a new podcast and they have hundreds of 55 00:03:23,714 --> 00:03:27,540 episodes and It just becomes, like, so overwhelming, and it's, like, 56 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:31,079 I don't even know where to start. I don't wanna get in here, like, midway 57 00:03:31,219 --> 00:03:34,764 through a season or, like, know, I don't wanna start an episode a 58 00:03:34,764 --> 00:03:38,444 199. It just seems like too much. And it 59 00:03:38,444 --> 00:03:41,989 also, for me, feels a lot like you know, when somebody introduces you to a 60 00:03:41,989 --> 00:03:45,750 new band or a new musician or artist, and they have, like, a 61 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:49,444 catalog of of albums out. And it's like, Where do you start? You 62 00:03:49,444 --> 00:03:53,284 know, like, it's it's sometimes overwhelming. And I think why 63 00:03:53,284 --> 00:03:57,045 I connected to this is because, you know, using the music example, I think it's 64 00:03:57,045 --> 00:04:00,379 helpful when somebody comes to you, not just with a new artist, but they come 65 00:04:00,379 --> 00:04:03,499 to you with a new artist and they say, like, hey. You should really start 66 00:04:03,499 --> 00:04:07,214 with this record because this was their best work, or this 67 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:11,054 was the thing that was most relatable to me or I think you'll 68 00:04:11,054 --> 00:04:14,769 like this one the best. It's always helpful. to, like, hap because to me, 69 00:04:14,769 --> 00:04:18,449 that's way more approachable than being, like, go listen to this artist that has 10 70 00:04:18,449 --> 00:04:21,889 records. It's like, no. Go listen to this one record and see if you like 71 00:04:21,889 --> 00:04:25,264 it, and then you can listen to whatever else they have after that. 72 00:04:25,324 --> 00:04:29,004 And if people don't give you that recommendation, it becomes hard 73 00:04:29,004 --> 00:04:32,829 to choose an album on yourself because you know, they have 10 albums. You don't 74 00:04:32,829 --> 00:04:35,269 know which one to pick. You could pick a bad one, and then you don't 75 00:04:35,269 --> 00:04:38,729 like them. Right? so I think it's always, for me, 76 00:04:38,854 --> 00:04:42,534 relating to music, it's always super helpful when somebody says, hey. Go check out this 77 00:04:42,534 --> 00:04:45,894 artist. Listen to this record. it just feels way more 78 00:04:45,894 --> 00:04:49,709 approachable. And that's kinda what this start here page 79 00:04:49,709 --> 00:04:53,389 is for your podcast. It's not like, Hey, go listen to this podcast that has 80 00:04:53,389 --> 00:04:56,769 hundreds of episodes. It's, hey, go listen to 81 00:04:57,074 --> 00:05:00,914 these 10 episodes first or maybe these 5 episodes. you know, that 82 00:05:00,914 --> 00:05:04,479 could be something that that you decide on your own, but It just 83 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:08,339 it makes it an easier step into your podcast for a new listener. 84 00:05:08,559 --> 00:05:11,999 So now let's talk about some, like, specifics and how we go about making this 85 00:05:11,999 --> 00:05:15,194 list you know, the way that the person brought it up that I was listening 86 00:05:15,194 --> 00:05:19,034 to was on your podcast website. And maybe all of you don't have a podcast 87 00:05:19,034 --> 00:05:22,369 website, and that's totally fine. But if you have your own website, I think it 88 00:05:22,449 --> 00:05:25,969 is helpful to maybe create, like, a whole new tab. And 89 00:05:25,969 --> 00:05:29,569 then you can use an in bed player if your podcast host 90 00:05:29,569 --> 00:05:33,004 allows for it. and just be like, hey. Here's here's the list of 91 00:05:33,004 --> 00:05:36,844 episodes that I'm curating. And and these are the ones that you should go 92 00:05:36,844 --> 00:05:40,239 into first because then what that allows you to do is you have a now 93 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:43,759 you have a custom link that you could send people. So, you know, let's say 94 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:47,394 you're on another pod cast and, you know, you're doing an interview for 95 00:05:47,394 --> 00:05:51,234 somebody else, you can say like, hey, go listen to my podcast, go to help 96 00:05:51,234 --> 00:05:55,059 me podcast.com/start here, and that'll help you 97 00:05:55,059 --> 00:05:58,739 get started into my podcast because, you know, that's my curated list of 98 00:05:58,739 --> 00:06:02,314 newcomers to listen to the show. Right? So it it gives you that kinda that 99 00:06:02,314 --> 00:06:06,074 kinda link, which is super helpful for people. But, you know, maybe you 100 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:09,754 don't have a website for your podcast, or maybe you have, like, only 101 00:06:09,754 --> 00:06:13,179 a host page, and they don't really allow you to, like, 102 00:06:13,179 --> 00:06:16,859 customize anything, and you can't have a specific web page. 103 00:06:16,859 --> 00:06:20,614 Another thing you can do is you could just simply make, like, a Spotify playlist. 104 00:06:20,754 --> 00:06:24,534 Right? Like, I think that's something that maybe some people don't really utilize 105 00:06:24,674 --> 00:06:28,454 very often is just utilizing a Spotify playlist because 106 00:06:28,819 --> 00:06:32,519 you can do that with podcasts. Right? So it's helpful to 107 00:06:32,899 --> 00:06:36,279 just create a playlist of maybe 10 or so episodes 108 00:06:36,684 --> 00:06:40,444 And now you got a link, and you can send that link, the play the 109 00:06:40,444 --> 00:06:43,804 Spotify playlist link to people. And you could 110 00:06:43,804 --> 00:06:47,459 probably even figure a way out to put that on, like, your transistor 111 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:51,599 kinda flow website, you know, maybe put it in your show notes or or 112 00:06:51,599 --> 00:06:55,039 somewhere. It's, again, it's an easy accessible link that you could send 113 00:06:55,039 --> 00:06:58,704 people who wanna listen to your podcast who are newer 114 00:06:58,704 --> 00:07:02,544 listeners. So the last thing I wanna talk about is, like, what should you 115 00:07:02,544 --> 00:07:06,079 be putting on this list? Right? Like, I I guess the first thing that I 116 00:07:06,079 --> 00:07:09,679 would think of is like, alright. We'll just go to your analytics and look at 117 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:13,199 the top most 10 downloaded episodes or 8 most 118 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,824 downloaded episodes. whatever number that you wanna pick, and then just add 119 00:07:16,824 --> 00:07:20,344 those. Right? And maybe that makes the most sense because it's the most 120 00:07:20,344 --> 00:07:24,049 popular episodes, but you know, maybe there's an 121 00:07:24,049 --> 00:07:27,669 exception to that. Maybe there's an episode that you want people to listen to 122 00:07:27,889 --> 00:07:31,454 that isn't the most popular I'm thinking of my other podcast working 123 00:07:31,454 --> 00:07:35,054 towards our purpose, for example, like, that podcast is me 124 00:07:35,054 --> 00:07:38,639 interviewing other people, but the first episode of that podcast 125 00:07:38,639 --> 00:07:41,859 is me kinda introducing myself and telling my story, 126 00:07:42,239 --> 00:07:46,034 and it's not the most downloaded episode. but I think maybe 127 00:07:46,034 --> 00:07:49,874 that would be helpful for people to give context to my podcast is, 128 00:07:49,874 --> 00:07:53,359 like, you know, where did I get the idea for this and where did where 129 00:07:53,359 --> 00:07:56,979 coming from what's my past story and then getting into 130 00:07:57,359 --> 00:08:01,174 the stories of others because I think it helps to define 131 00:08:01,174 --> 00:08:04,934 the show more or even just like give, you know, more 132 00:08:04,934 --> 00:08:08,614 context to the interviews. So I would intentionally think 133 00:08:08,614 --> 00:08:12,069 about you know, what this list is and maybe not just doing the most 134 00:08:12,069 --> 00:08:15,909 downloaded ones, but which ones make the most sense from somebody who's coming 135 00:08:15,909 --> 00:08:19,634 into your podcast from a fresh perspective. So I 136 00:08:19,634 --> 00:08:23,314 hope this was helpful and, you know, I hope it helps inspire you to maybe 137 00:08:23,314 --> 00:08:27,154 think of your greatest hits of your podcast to be able 138 00:08:27,154 --> 00:08:30,709 to show people to easily transition them into liking and 139 00:08:30,709 --> 00:08:34,469 loving your podcast instead of just telling them, you know, to go off on your 140 00:08:34,469 --> 00:08:37,849 own, I think it's a a much more approachable way to get new listeners 141 00:08:38,314 --> 00:08:41,994 And, you know, I kinda got excited about this idea, which is why I created 142 00:08:41,994 --> 00:08:45,754 this episode for it, and I hope that it inspires you to do 143 00:08:45,754 --> 00:08:49,449 the same. And I'm probably gonna be having much more ideas 144 00:08:49,449 --> 00:08:53,289 and, content from this, grow my podcast summit that 145 00:08:53,289 --> 00:08:56,744 I'm currently listening to. and currently going 146 00:08:56,744 --> 00:09:00,504 through. So, you know, I'm I'm excited for the next couple weeks or maybe 147 00:09:00,504 --> 00:09:03,944 even months of this this podcast because I think I'm gonna be really 148 00:09:03,944 --> 00:09:07,609 excited about creating these because, like I 149 00:09:07,609 --> 00:09:10,569 said, the the girl on my podcast on me, at least last year for me 150 00:09:10,569 --> 00:09:14,009 was so awesome and was very inspiring. And I think 151 00:09:14,009 --> 00:09:17,754 now I'm gonna be able to expand upon those ideas and give my own 152 00:09:17,754 --> 00:09:21,514 thoughts on those ideas and bring them to you and, you know, hopefully 153 00:09:21,514 --> 00:09:25,269 help you with your podcast. So Stay tuned for some some more 154 00:09:25,269 --> 00:09:28,869 great episodes, and thank you so much for listening. As always, I 155 00:09:28,869 --> 00:09:32,489 appreciate you spending your time with me, and I will see you on another episode. 156 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:36,874 We've reached the end of the episode. And if you enjoyed this podcast 157 00:09:37,014 --> 00:09:40,489 or you got something from it, you might be interested in my 158 00:09:40,489 --> 00:09:44,089 weekly newsletter that I send out every Monday morning full of 159 00:09:44,089 --> 00:09:47,849 podcasting tips, tricks, and news. So if you like 160 00:09:47,849 --> 00:09:51,504 this show, you might like this newsletter. To sign up, just go to the show 161 00:09:51,504 --> 00:09:55,204 notes and click the link. Thanks for listening and happy podcasting.