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Field Notes Archive
Playbooks, teardowns, and plain-English how-tos for podcasters and creators. Genuinely useful, with no gate and no pitch.
3 Great Podcast Trailers and Why They're Effective
An educational article breaking down three effective podcast trailers with concrete do's and don'ts for making your own, authored by guest expert Arielle Nissenblatt.
3 Top Ways to Drastically Improve Your Podcast Audio Quality
A detailed guest-authored how-to on improving podcast audio via mic technique, room treatment, and editing software, with only a passing Capsho mention.
A Video Podcast Workflow For Every Budget And Skill Level
A thorough tiered guide (beginner/intermediate/advanced) to gear, sets, and workflows for adding video to a podcast, with Capsho as the final promo step in each workflow.
Email Marketing 101 for Podcasters (Everything you need to get started)
A comprehensive guest-authored guide to podcast email marketing covering the ORB framework, six newsletter building blocks, how to get your first 1000 subscribers, and seven real newsletter examples.
Top 10 Podcast Show Notes Best Practices
A practical how-to listicle covering ten best practices for writing SEO-friendly, valuable podcast show notes.
5 Reasons to Produce Your Podcast in Seasons (or Podfade! It’s The Reason for the Season!)
A guest-authored educational article arguing for producing podcasts in seasons for quality, growth, repurposing, and breaks, with one soft Capsho trial plug.
Daring to Take the Leap: How PodMatch Founder Alex Sanfilippo Embraced Fear to Build a Thriving Business
An Uprising Series founder-story interview recap of Alex Sanfilippo leaving corporate to build PodMatch, focused on courage and financial planning.
Finding Clarity Through Chaos: My Journey to Focused Productivity
A founder-voice reflective essay on beating 'entrepreneurial ADHD' by cutting distractions and focusing on one core mission.
Forget Being the Best: How to Make Your Podcast Their Favorite
An article on crafting a strong podcast premise using Jay Acunzo's Audience Resonance Pyramid (Relevant, Enjoyable, Impactful, Personal) to make a show a listener favorite.
From Audio to Visual: Harnessing YouTube to Expand Your Podcast
An educational how-to on optimizing a podcast's YouTube presence via branded account names, keyword research, and platform-tailored descriptions.
From Awareness to Action: The Four-Post Framework for Captivating Your Audience
An educational article explaining Katie Brinkley's four-post social media framework (awareness, tip, community, action) for authentic audience engagement.
From TikTok Stardom to Multimillion-Dollar Startup: Austin Armstrong's Journey
An interview-style profile of Syllaby founder Austin Armstrong covering his TikTok ban, multi-platform diversification, YouTube growth tactics, and startup lessons.
Hook Readers By Leaning Into Your Natural Content Strengths
An educational article introducing three 'content superpowers' (Expert, Curator, Investigator) to help creators play to their natural strengths.
How I Stay Resilient as a Startup Founder Through the Daily Rollercoaster
A guest-interview-based article distilling Heartbeat founder Murtaza Bambot's lessons on founder resilience and community building.
How to Craft Irresistibly Binge-worthy Podcast Content in 7 Steps
An evergreen how-to on making podcast episodes more engaging via hooks, transitions, interactivity, audio quality, promotion, and feedback.
How to Defeat Strategic Overwhelm in 3 Steps
A short mindset/how-to piece on beating strategic overwhelm by 'shelving the shoulds' and focusing on one marketing strategy at a time.
How to Grow Your Reach and Visibility on LinkedIn
A walkthrough of LinkedIn's creator features and how to build a newsletter that puts your podcast in front of more of the right people.
How to Publish Your Podcast on YouTube
A step-by-step guide to converting audio podcasts to video (via PodViz/RSS.com) and tips for growing a podcast on YouTube.
The 3 steps to niching down (even if you think you already have a niche)
A three-step guide to niching down: identify the audience, add qualifiers, and pin the specific outcome they want.
The Content Event: How to Show Up Consistently with Video
How to show up with video on a set schedule your audience anticipates, plus the UnLive trick for premiering a pre-recorded video as a livestream.
The Honey Trap Method: Free Video Training
The whole Honey Trap Method, taught free on video - 14 short lessons across the five parts, from your Content Event through to Pull Content.
The Honey Trap Method: How to Turn Your Content Into Leads
My complete content-to-conversion system: how one regular piece of content becomes a lead engine, broken into five parts you can build one at a time.
The Keys to Turning YouTube Viewers into Paying Customers
An educational essay on converting YouTube viewers into clients through offer clarity, audience research, and conversion-optimized content.
The Limited Series Podcast Funnel: How to Turn Listeners Into Clients
A limited series podcast is a short, bingeable audio course you release all at once, and it quietly turns casual listeners into paying clients.
The Must-Dos if you have your podcast on YouTube
A practical checklist article on why and how to put a podcast on YouTube, covering content formats, foundations, metadata, Shorts, and multi-platform distribution.
The Power of Providing Value: Transforming Your Sales Mindset
An Uprising Series interview-recap article about Tasha Smith's rise, collapse, and comeback, framed around providing value vs proving value in sales.
Your Content-to-Conversion System: Matching the Right Path to Your Offer
Five ways to turn a listener into a lead, from evergreen lead magnets to live events, and how to pick the one that fits your offer.
Creating an Effective Podcast Website
A three-step guide to building a podcast website that works: choosing a host, writing show notes people read, and adding rich media.
Designing a Business Tailored to Your Entrepreneurial Quirks: Insights from a Multimillionaire Coach
An interview-style takeaways post from marketer Rich Schefren on being 'different not better,' early adoption of tactics, and designing a business around your own flaws.
How to Choose a Podcast Editing Service (On Any Budget)
The four things to get clear on before you hire a podcast editor: what you actually need, turnaround time, support, and proof of past work.
How to Create Profitable Video Content
Before you record, get clear on two things: what your video is actually saying, and how you'll make it in a way you can keep up.
How to Create the Best Podcast Content
Make your podcast content for your single best-fit client instead of everyone, and it gets sharper, braver, and easier to plan. Here's how.
How to Utilize the High-Profit Referral Strategy for Podcast Audience Growth
A short educational piece sharing Shawn Quintero's high-profit referral framework and messaging distinctions for landing premium clients.
How to Write Click-Worthy Podcast Episode Titles
Your episode title is the first thing a listener judges. Here's how to write titles that earn the tap - curiosity, brevity, and the words people search.
Less is More: How Limiting Posts Boosted My Engagement by 40%
The Katie Brinkley 4-post social media strategy (Awareness, Elaboration, Community, Action) illustrated with example post screenshots and an embedded interview video.
Messaging Over Production: Convey Your Core Value Clearly
An opinion/advice piece arguing creators should focus on clear messaging and a few channels over slick production, referencing a 'content levers' framework.
The 3 Steps to Create a Focused Content Marketing Plan
A short founder-voice piece on beating "tactic overwhelm" by prioritizing strategic pillars, understanding each tactic's strategy, and tailoring tactics to your audience.
The 45-Minute Podcast Editing, Publishing & Marketing Workflow
Take a finished episode from raw audio to published and promoted in about 45 minutes, using one editing tool and a repeatable marketing routine.
The Secret Formula On How To Grow Your Podcast Show
A 3-step 'visibility growth hacking' article on finding where your ideal client hangs out online, engaging genuinely, and leading them to your content.
Why Human Connection Is the Key to Sustainable Growth with GroupTrack CRM's Jenna Larson
An Uprising-series interview recap of how GroupTrack CRM's Jenna Larson recovered from a $100k client loss by returning to human-to-human outreach.
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