# Your podcast promotion strategy's in reverse!

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Podcast: [Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice for indie creators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/podmastery-podcasting-insights-and-advice-for-indie-creators-5237265)
Published: 2025-10-04T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

There’s a hard truth most podcast experts will dodge, but I don’t have the energy or patience for avoiding it - there’s a reason your podcast audience isn’t growing, and it’s not because you haven’t been hustling hard enough on LinkedIn or spamming your socials. Look, I see it over and over; brand new podcasters with all the energy in the world, launching their show and immediately going full throttle with promotion before even figuring out whether the content’s actually any good. In this episode of Podcasting Insights, I lay out why that’s a sure-fire way to set yourself up for repeated disappointment and burnout. Instead, I’ll walk you through my entire approach for building podcasts people actually want to talk about, and not just because you begged them to on LinkedIn. We get into why promotion isn’t the lever you pull first, what actually matters to develop a show that holds attention, and what I make every client face up to before they spend a penny (or another hour) trying to chase down listeners. 00:00 Why Your Promotion is in Reverse! 04:53 Integrity and Strategic Success 07:34 "Building Loyal, Valuable Audiences" 12:57 Silent Launch Strategy Advice 13:59 Proof Before Promotion Strategy Useful links: Get your audit - https://podmastery.co/lite See your Apple Podcasts retention data: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/ Spotify dashboard: https://podcasters.spotify.com/gateway Find all episodes of Podcasting Insights: https://www.podmastery.co/ Tom Webster's The Audience Is Listening: https://audienceislisteningbook.com/

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