How to start a podcast? 🎧

I wrote an interactive guide to starting a podcast. It includes tips on marketing/promoting your show. For guests, it's best to use your existing network (people you know through Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and folks you've met at events). It's unusual for a guest to request payment. Celebrity guests like Scott Galloway will ask for a speaker's fee.

Nice guide! I've found using Twitter Spaces to be helpful for getting initial listeners and followers. Another tip is to be consistent with your publishing schedule so people know when to expect new episodes. Having a few episodes already published before promoting can also give potential listeners more to check out.

Anchor.fm is a great free platform to get started with podcasting. They handle hosting, distribution, analytics, monetization - the works. For guests, definitely start by reaching out to folks you know in your network who might have relevant expertise or an interesting story to share. Most will be happy to come on without any fee, especially if you make it easy for them and have a decent sized audience. Good luck!

*I’m not a podcaster, so I didn’t vote. Is someone paying guests to appear on the podcast? Wow! I always thought the focus should be on interesting topics to discuss, with the caliber of the guest increasing in proportion to the podcast's audience size. If you're interested, we have a couple of team members who would be willing to talk about their areas of expertise: HR tech and data science.