Podcasting Q&A

How to find high-quality podcast guests

February 21, 2022 Buzzsprout
Podcasting Q&A
How to find high-quality podcast guests
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Video: How to land great podcast guests

Having an occasional or rotating cast of guests is a great way of adding value to your podcast. A great guest can bring a fresh perspective, new information, and captivating stories for your listeners.

And inviting a well-known or established guest on your podcast can help you grow your audience, especially if they share that episode of their audience.

But before you can benefit from having great podcast guests, you need to know where to find them.

So in this episode of Podcasting Q&A, you'll learn some of our favorite methods on how and where to find great guests for your podcast.

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Badr:

In today's episode, we're gonna show you how and where to find great podcast guests. Welcome to Podcasting Q&A, where you learn the best tips and strategies to launch grow and monetize your show. Having an occasional a rotating cast of guests is a great way of adding value to your podcast a great guest can bring a fresh perspective, new information and captivating stories for your listeners. Inviting a well known or established guests on your podcast can also be advantageous in growing your listeners. A guest who is a popular voice of authority in your podcast subject can bring you new listeners, especially if they share that episode of their audience. But before you can benefit from having guest appearances, you need to know where to find them. This episode of Podcasting Q&A, you'll learn some of my favorite methods on how and where to find great guests for your podcast. Starting with the most obvious place social media, chances are you're probably on some sort of social media platform, whether that's Instagram, Twitter, or LinkedIn, and so are potential guests. I host a comic book and pop culture podcast, so I follow a lot of creatives and industry professionals on Twitter, and it allows me to build an online report them before I even reach out some of your guests might invite direct messages or list of professional or personal emails. For inquiries such as podcasting. Think of some good guests or relate to your podcast subject and see if they have an online presence on social media. LinkedIn is a great place to make connections with potential guests. If your podcast deals with business or specific industry. Another great place to look is other podcasts. Believe it or not, other podcasts are a great place to find guests for your own show. Take a look at the podcast that you personally subscribe and listen to or find ones that are related to your show's theme. And take note of the guests that they have on on the guests important in that industry. Do they have a large following? Are they a voice of authority related to your show subject chances are if they guess on other podcasts, they'll probably be open to coming on your show for the right approach. And being a guest yourself on other podcasts is also a great strategy to put you in touch with potential guests. You could trade guest appearances of the host of other shows or be in a position to be put in touch with someone that would probably guest on your show. A third strategy to consider is good old fashioned networking. What better way to find a great guest for your podcast and looking internally if your podcast is related to your profession, or an industry that you're personally involved in, there might be a number of good guests within your own immediate circle. Think of colleagues, co workers and leaders in your profession that have something of value to offer your listeners that one great guest could be someone you or a friend or family member already knows. Here's a few strategies that I personally use. Starting with publications. They can come in the form of newsletters, blogs and articles. I find that staying up to date with the latest industry news that's relevant to my podcast subject, especially in the form of newsletters has helped me stay aware of movers and shakers directly involved in or contributing to topics that interest my listeners. I recommend you follow a few websites or subscribe to newsletters that deal with your podcast subject and start keeping track of the different movers and shakers in that respective industry that will make great guests for your podcast. You can also use podcast guest matching services online podcast booking services like matchmaker.fm, or pod match help to connect podcasters and guests think of it like an online dating app. But for podcasters to be matched with interesting guests related their show subject or topic. surfaces like this allow you to find guest experts in areas and people of interest based on the topic of your show on a community based search platform. The best part is that most of these services start out free to use and usually offer a paid plan that offers premium features like interview release forms, and access to premium search filters. Now that you know how and where to find good guests consider watching this video explaining how to land that great guest for your podcast. Thank you so much for watching and as always keep podcasting

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