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The team at Castos is excited to announce that our premium course on how to create a great podcast is now entirely free. Check out the Podcast Like A Pro course today to get 25+ lessons on everything from: \n\n\n\nListener personas and popular podcast topicsGear, microphones, and setup recommendationsAudio recording and editing software recommendationsHow to achieve professional sounding audio for your final episodesWriting SEO-friendly show notes for your websiteSetting up a podcast hosting platform account and websiteSubmitting your podcast to popular listening appsLaunching your show with style Growing your audience and approaches to monetization\n\n\n\nAll you need to do to gain access is sign up on Teachable. You\u2019ll instantly receive the entire 25+ lesson library of videos and resources to get started. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions From Our Facebook Group\n\n\n\nIn this episode, we discuss a handful of questions from our Podcast Hackers group on Facebook. This is a place where we have lively discussions around what\u2019s working well in people\u2019s shows and what they\u2019re struggling with. As a community, we share our knowledge to succeed as a group. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat can I do to help get my show into the New and Noteworthy section in Apple Podcasts?\n\n\n\nGreat question here, and one that is asked a lot. Getting into the New and Noteworthy section of Apple Podcasts can do a lot to increase your reach, especially as a show is launching. \n\n\n\nThere are two parts to the New and Noteworthy section: The New and The Noteworthy. Let\u2019s examine each of these individually.\n\n\n\nThe \u201cNew\u201d aspect refers to a podcast that was approved by Apple within the last 8 weeks. So the clock is ticking once the show has been approved to make a splash in those first few weeks. \n\n\n\nDuring these 8 weeks, there are two Calls To Action (CTA) that you want to encourage.\n\n\n\nFor your broader audience members, the goal is to get them to subscribe so they receive each episode as soon as it\u2019s published. This will ensure download numbers stay steady and there less one-off listens.\n\n\n\nFor those who subscribed (we like to refer to this as your Tribe), take things a step further and ask them to leave a rating and review in Apple Podcasts. These go a long way towards increasing the social proof for your show, which in turn will bring in more listeners and subscribers. \n\n\n\nThe Noteworthy aspect of New and Noteworthy is more subjective and is driven by a team at Apple directly. These are shows that might be following a recent trend (like COVID-19 right now), a show about a political campaign, or maybe a show about a TV series that\u2019s just started. There\u2019s not much that any of us can do to influence this decision, other than creating great content and empowering our listeners to spread the word as much as possible.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI want to create great sound, but don\u2019t know where to start (on a budget preferably)?\n\n\n\nThis may be is the single biggest hurdle that folks have when starting a podcast. And for good reason. Many podcasters d