
How to Launch a Successful Podcast That Grows Your Brand
Podcasting isn’t just another marketing channel. It’s a stage for ideas, a tool for influence, and one of the most powerful ways to connect with your audience on a deeper level.

Podcasting isn’t just another marketing channel. It’s a stage for ideas, a tool for influence, and one of the most powerful ways to connect with your audience on a deeper level.

You’ve got insight. Authority. A perspective worth sharing. You’ve built a career or business on expertise, and now you want to reach more people, grow your thought leadership, and turn your ideas into impact.

Blogging has its place in the content world—it’s quick, SEO-friendly, and easily shareable. But podcasting has become a powerhouse in Australia, offering unique advantages that blogging simply can’t match.

With content of all kinds vying for your audience’s time, your podcast content needs to be sharp, engaging, and actionable. One of the most effective ways to engage your audience is through a well-crafted call to action (CTA).

In March 2016, Pacific Content conducted three surveys with podcasters and their attitudes to advertising in podcasts. The research showed that 49.2% of the surveyed listeners skipped ads placed in podcasts “all the time” and 31.9% skipped them “most of the time”.

If you’re an individual who wants to be recognised as an authority in your field, and want your expertise to be sought after and rewarded*, what can you do?

How does podcasting, as a form of content marketing, help brands build deeper engagement and awareness in a saturated market? We ask one of Australia’s leaders in content marketing, Janine Pares, what makes podcasting special and how to tie it in with your overall marketing strategy.

Despite it being around since 2004, it’s now that businesses are really starting to discover how powerful podcasting can be as a marketing strategy.
That’s according to Evo Terra, podcaster, broadcaster, consultant, and co-author of the original Podcasting for Dummies.