How to Get More Listeners for Your Podcast

Want more listeners for your podcast? Be a great podcast host.

Great podcast hosts elevate the art of listening to an active skill, ensuring that they’re fully present in the conversation. This attentiveness reads between the lines, picks up on nuances, and understands underlying emotions and intentions. 

Great podcast hosts create a rapport with their guests, keeping their listeners in mind, and encourage a more open and honest dialogue.

Directness in their questions is another hallmark of a great podcast host. They take risks and have the courage to go where others might avoid for fear of discomfort or controversy. And despite any potential awkwardness, this actually builds trust with guests.

Recognizing that there’s always room to grow, great podcast hosts view each episode as an opportunity to learn and improve. 

Great podcast hosts know that feedback is crucial for improvement, but can also discern which feedback is truly constructive. They’re skeptical of reviews on either end of the spectrum, either overwhelmingly positive or excessively critical, understanding that both can be misleading and harmful. 

When you keep showing up and do these things, listeners will emerge.