Can you explain your strategies and experiences promoting and distributing podcasts?

How To Approach: Associate

  1. Describe current or past role(s) involving podcast promotion.
  2. Highlight specific strategies used for podcast distribution and promotion.
  3. Share tools used for creating and sharing content.
  4. Highlight audience engagement and feedback.

Sample Response: Associate

At my current role as a Digital Marketing Associate at Podcast XYZ, one of my core responsibilities has been promoting and distributing our weekly podcast episodes. I've developed a multi-platform distribution strategy that optimizes our podcast's visibility and reach. We use a combination of major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts to ensure the content is readily accessible for our diverse listener demographic.

A significant part of our promotion strategy involves harnessing social media platforms. We use Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn for regular updates on upcoming episodes, sharing behind-the-scenes content, and engaging audiences with interactive polls and Q&A sessions. We also use audiograms created with Headliner for sharing our podcast snippets across these platforms.

This strategy has proven successful in creating a steady rise in our episode downloads, listener engagement, and positive audience feedback, ultimately improving our podcast's visibility and outreach.