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- podcastsstarter
How to Start a Podcast in 2026: An Honest Starter Guide
Gear, hosting, your first three episodes, and what actually matters in your first 90 days.
9 min read
- podcastsgrowing
How to Market a Podcast in 2026: A Realistic Guide
Tactics that actually move the needle, and the ones that don't, from a decade in the space.
11 min read
- podcastsgrowing
How to Pitch Yourself as a Podcast Guest (Templates Inside)
The pitch structure that actually gets responses — plus three mistakes that get you ignored.
8 min read
- podcastsvideogrowing
Do Podcasters Actually Need YouTube? An Honest Take
The right question isn't 'do I need YouTube?' — it's whether you have the bandwidth to do it well.
10 min read
- newslettersstarter
How to Start a Newsletter in 2026 (Without Burning Out by Issue 5)
Platform picks, your first three issues, and the cadence that actually works for normal humans.
9 min read
- newslettersgrowing
How to Get Your First Paid Newsletter Subscribers
The shift from free-to-paid, what to gate, and the pricing mistakes most writers make on day one.
10 min read
- podcastspro
How to Handle Podcast Sponsors (Without Selling Out the Show)
Pricing, pitching, reads, reporting — and the contract clauses that quietly cost you money.
11 min read
- videopro
How to Monetize Your YouTube Channel in 2026
AdSense vs. sponsors vs. products vs. memberships — what actually pays creators, and when each starts to work.
12 min read
- podcastsstarter
How to Create Podcast Artwork That Actually Gets Clicks
Cover art is your storefront. Here's what reads at thumbnail size, what doesn't, and how to test it.
7 min read
- podcastsgrowing
Podcast Conferences Worth Checking Out in 2026
The shortlist of podcast events actually worth the flight, plus what each one's known for.
8 min read
- videonewsletterspodcastsgrowing
Content Creator Cons You Should Check Out in 2026
VidCon, Podcast Movement, On Deck, and the smaller cons quietly doing it better. Where to actually go.
8 min read
- podcastsgrowing
How Podcast SEO Actually Works in 2026
How podcast apps and search engines crawl your show, what to optimize, and a practical workflow you can run this week.
12 min read
- podcastsgrowing
How Facebook Ads Can Grow Your Podcast (Yes, Really)
When paid acquisition actually works for podcasts — landing pages, conversion tracking, and the case study behind 8,000+ subscribers under $1 each.
10 min read