Launching a podcast is not a single event — it is a thirty-day campaign. Here is the exact plan we run with every new show that walks through our doors.
Days 1–7: foundation. Lock your niche in one sentence, record three episodes before you publish anything, and claim your show on every directory. Three episodes at launch doubles the chance a new listener subscribes.
Days 8–14: launch week. Publish all three episodes on the same day, then cut nine short clips — one idea per clip, captioned, under sixty seconds. Short video is where new shows are discovered now.
Days 15–21: guests and swaps. Appear on two shows in adjacent niches and invite their hosts onto yours. Borrowed audiences convert faster than any ad spend at this stage.
Days 22–30: double down. Look at which episode kept listeners longest, make the next two episodes more of that, and ask every listener to leave one review. Thirty honest reviews in month one puts you ahead of ninety percent of new shows.
Follow the plan and 1,000 listeners in thirty days is a realistic, repeatable outcome — we have run it more than forty times.