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April 16, 2024:
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Castos has 20 Strategies To Monetize Your Show
March 6, 2024:
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Castos writes about everything you need to know about SEO for podcasting.
September 5, 2023:
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Sometimes, you've no alternative to talking to someone on the phone. Here's How to Record a Phone Call for a Podcast.
August 23, 2023:
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We aren't sure that there are enough different fancy chairs for podcasting that we need a guide to the 11 best chairs for podcasting
August 22, 2023:
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Castos give tips on how to get your listeners to take action
August 9, 2023:
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Castos has launched Castos Commerce, a "fully hosted, native listener donation experience". Unlike competitors, Castos offers this tool for free.
August 4, 2023:
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hashtags are a thing - Castos helps us understand the best hashtags to promote podcasts and shows. It's also worthwhile mentioning that Mastodon, a fast-growing social network, uses hashtags extensively. (We're there!)
July 19, 2023:
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Castos looks at how you promote a podcast on Spotify.
February 10, 2023:
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Matt Medeiros started a new role this week as WordPress Community Evangelist for Gravity Forms. He had been with Castos.
January 17, 2023:
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Matt Medeiros writes that, due to downsizing, he left Castos last week. He was Director of Podcaster Success for the podcast hosting company; and tells us what he's good at in this YouTube video. "If there are any podcast companies hiring, I'd love to chat!"
December 26, 2022:
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In Dec 2021, Adobe revealed Project Shasta, which we noticed in Oct 2022 had rebranded to Adobe Express Podcast. It's now branded Adobe Podcast beta, and offers a mix of Descript-like "Edit words, not waveforms", SquadCast-like "Remote recording", and Auphonic-like "AI-powered audio" - and there's a waitlist on the website. But how does it compare to the market leaders? From Castos, Matt Medeiros gives it a full review.
December 12, 2022:
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The winners of the Asian Podcast Awards were announced. Almost all are in English; and they are: Best podcast: 1920, within the YES 933 Radio Drama feed (Mediacorp, in Chinese / Omny Studio) … Best podcast host: Adulting with former children (Zodapop, SYRUP Media / Anchor) … Best narrative storytelling or fiction podcast: Creepy Twisted Asians (ZAG / Castos) … Best science, tech or business podcast: Inside China: Coronavirus Podcast, within the Inside China feed (South China Morning Post / Acast) … Best comedy, entertainment or lifestyle podcast: A Brief Case: true crime in Asia (Indie / Podbean) … Best arts, society or culture podcast: Miss Conduct (IVM Podcasts / Omny Studio)
November 1, 2022:
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Castos has built Dynamo, a free tool to help you create podcast cover art. Images are compatible with Apple's requirements.
September 14, 2022:
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Castos share the top 500 podcast search terms on YouTube.
September 6, 2022:
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Audio branding is important for a podcast, too, say Castos. (The Podnews podcast uses audio branding made for us by Studio Dragonfly).
August 9, 2022:
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Blubrry has partnered with Descript to allow Descript users to publish their edited podcasts directly from the app. Blubrry joins Buzzsprout, Captivate, Castos, Hello audio, Podbean, Podcast·co and Transistor with this functionality. Blubrry publishing is also available directly from Hindenburg.
April 22, 2022:
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Mark Steadman writes I sold my podcast business a year ago: here's what I wish I knew when I started. He sold Podiant to Castos.
February 7, 2022:
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Castos has released a new feature enabling all its podcasters to earn Bitcoin from listeners, as well as links to PayPal, Patreon and others. It's one of the first podcast hosts to build in support for "value4value".
January 26, 2022:
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Podcast hosting company Castos has added customisable podcast website themes.
January 10, 2022:
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On 3 Clips by Castos, podcasters behind some of the world’s most creative shows deconstruct their work, a few pieces at a time. A new season brings a new host, Evo Terra, and the first episode is with Michael Tripiani of the podcast How To Start A War.
November 8, 2021:
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In Podcasting 2.0 this week, Adam Curry and Dave Jones talk to Craig and Matt from Castos. This link in Podfriend will, after opening the player, show you transcripts and podcast chapters using the new podcast namespace (and value4value).
November 3, 2021:
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Podcast host Castos has released automation tools for their private podcasting tool including integration to ConvertKit.
September 30, 2021:
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Podcast host Castos has launched a refresh of their UI today. Unusually, they're sharing their design system with the world. The company also introduced support for three new podcast namespace tags last week.
September 1, 2021:
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When and how to change a podcast name - Castos recommends thinking really carefully.
August 16, 2021:
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Last week, we saw an overall 84 shows migrate to Spotify's Anchor and Megaphone. Excepting Podiant’s migrations to Castos, Libsyn was the paid-for podcast host losing the most shows in our sample.
August 13, 2021:
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Castos, a podcast host, has added a Playlist Player for your website. (Here are embedded podcast players that everyone can use).
August 9, 2021:
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Last week, we saw an overall 70 shows migrate to Anchor and Megaphone. Excepting Podiant's migrations to Castos, Libsyn lost the most shows, losing 15 overall.
July 5, 2021:
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Podcast host Castos has raised $756,000 in funding from investors including Automattic, the owners of Wordpress.
June 4, 2021:
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Castos examine how to 'eliminate' background noise when recording. Blankets, keeping a microphone away from your computer, or even usng background music all help.
June 3, 2021:
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How to get more podcast reviews to grow your audience - Castos first recommends... asking.
May 19, 2021:
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Podcast host Castos has acquired Podiant. Podiant customers will be migrated to use Castos as their new podcast host.
April 30, 2021:
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The 3 Clips ("like Song Exploder meets Inside the Actor’s Studio -- for podcasters") has been acquired by Castos. The show talks to podcasters about their best work.
April 14, 2021:
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How to set up a great podcast studio includes that picture of Ira Glass in bare feet and a suit, in his closet.
February 18, 2021:
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PodcastOS is a Notion dashboard that helps podcasters "pitch, produce, publish, promote & monetize their podcasts."
February 17, 2021:
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If switching to Buzzsprout, the company now lets you import your podcast stats. Meanwhile, Castos has rolled out multiple user support.
January 20, 2021:
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How to keep creating when you feel rubbish is almost the title of this piece from Castos.
December 11, 2020:
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Transistor's private podcasts now have expanded analytics with more information. Castos has a new player for their Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. Captivate's private podcast feeds now integrate with Zapier (Disclosures).
October 7, 2020:
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The 11 Best Podcast Blogs and Websites That Will Make You a Better Podcaster - Castos recommends ten websites and one podcast website you're reading already.
October 2, 2020:
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A Guide for Becoming a Better Podcast Host - CastOS wants us to do our homework.
September 3, 2020:
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Podcast host Castos now offers private podcasts, for employees, members or family. The company has also added a way to invite individual listeners by email, and integration with the Wordpress plugin MemberSpace.
July 13, 2020:
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Podcast Motor, a podcast editing service, has merged with podcast host Castos. Craig Hewitt remains founder and CEO of both companies, which were operating separately.
May 19, 2020:
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Podcast host Castos have launched Castos Productions, a "fully integrated editing and production service within a hosting platform". Customers can upload raw, unedited files, and get fully-mixed podcasts with show notes and marketing assets like tweetable quotes and audiograms.
February 4, 2020:
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Castos has added the ability for all their users to create private podcasts - for courses, membership sites or internal corporate podcasts.
July 26, 2019:
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The new Apple Podcast categories are also live on Simplecast, with some useful information for all of us; and by micro·blog and Fireside. Castos and Seriously Simple Podcasting support is coming early next week. Meanwhile, Spreaker has announced that enterprise users can now exclude ad categories.
May 24, 2019:
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Castos, developer of a podcast hosting WordPress plugin, Seriously Simple Podcasting, is joining TinySeed - a remote first startup accelerator. "We're very excited about what it means to our company to be a part of such an elite group of startups, and what the future holds for the business from this point forward," founder Craig Hewitt tells us.