Chapter 11GETTING HEARD

After all the hard work you've put into creating your show, it's difficult and possibly upsetting to imagine your podcast just sitting there on the server, being downloaded by only the two or three family members you can get to actually understand what you're spending your time doing. Let's be very clear about something right here and now: just because you think you're "podcasting" and there are millions of podcast listeners out there doesn't mean your podcast is going to instantly have an audience. People can't listen to a podcast they don't know about or can't find. You need to get your podcast out to the podcast community and out to the world.

As the number of podcasts continues to skyrocket (especially the number ...

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