{"podcast":{"title":"Mics To Millions: Podcast Growth & Monetization Strategies for Health & Wellness Podcasters","slug":"mics-to-millions-podcast-growth-monetization-strategies-for-health-wellness-podcasters-6757711","podcast_index_feed_id":6757711,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/micstomillions/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podwritten.com/mics-to-millions/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17899957/Mics_to_Millions_New_Thumnail9e3yv.jpg","author":"Mics to Millions","episode_count":129,"summary":"Worried your show is drowning in the sea of health and wellness podcasts? Still not getting the downloads you desire? Struggling to monetize your work? It’s time to make these problems a thing of the past! Mics to Millions will help you unlock the secrets to: – Growing your podcast – Getting more podcast listeners – Reaching a niche audience – Promoting your podcast – Increasing podcast downloads – Monetizing your podcast – Using podcast SEO to boost discoverability – Understanding and analyzing podcast metrics – Leveraging guest appearances for podcast growth Host Sam Brake Guia, Co-founder of PodWritten, brings you exclusive, in-depth conversations with top-tier podcasters in the health and wellness industry. 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She built a podcast, and the book deal came to her. Here's the full story, and the exact strategy behind it. Wendy Valentine is the host of the Midlife Makeover Show, a podcast for women ready to reinvent their second act. She launched the show on 2/22/22 and has grown it to over 12,000 monthly listeners. She's the internationally published author of Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play. After navigating divorce, menopause, job loss, debt, and an empty nest all at once, Wendy stopped living on autopilot. Now she splits her time between Portugal and travelling the US in her RV. She shares/breaks down: ◼️ The full timeline from quitting her corporate job in 2021 to her book hitting shelves in September 2025 ◼️ Why she turned down an unsolicited book deal from a major publisher, and what she did instead ◼️ How her podcast directly led to a literary agent and a publishing deal. ◼️ Why she recommends hiring a podcast booking agency at least six months before a book launch ◼️ The pre-roll and mid-roll strategy she used to build pre-order momentum from inside her own show ◼️ How she tracks her Amazon book rankings to podcast episode air dates to measure real impact ◼️ The Apple Podcasts keyword trick that keeps her show ranking at the top for midlife searches Follow Wendy Valentine: ◼️ Website (books, freebies, podcast): https://www.wendyvalentine.com ◼️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellowendyvalentine/ ◼️ Midlife Makeover Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-midlife-makeover-show-women-over-40-menopause/id1609342417 ◼️ Women Waking Up: available on Amazon and at wendyvalentine.com Want to grow your visibility through podcast guesting? 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