How to Start a Podcast with No Audience

<p>You can 100% start a successful podcast with no audience. How do I know? Because I did it.</p> <p>My wife and I started <a href="http://generallyspooky.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Generally Spooky History </a>with no listeners and have built it up to over 100,000 downloads.</p> <p>We made many mistakes, but I am confident that if we started another secret podcast, we’d grow our audience again. So now I’m sharing all I’ve learned so you can confidently create your podcast.</p> <p>This article has three main sections: first, the actual setting up of your podcast. The second is growing your audience. Third is mistakes to avoid and common questions.</p> <p>Let’s dive in.</p> <h1>Ten Steps to Starting Your Podcast</h1> <h1>1. Niche Selection — Who’s It for, and the 5x5 Method for Ideas</h1> <p>You can start a podcast about whatever you damn well please.</p> <p>But I’ll level with you. It’s much easier if you know who it will be for. And if you are an everything podcast, that’s a tricky question. Start with a niche in mind; remember, you can branch out later.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-start-a-podcast-with-no-audience-2f6779dc49e1"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>