The Podcast Marketing Podcast with Fexingo: Audio Strategy, Audience Growth, and Show Promotion

Lucas and Luna deconstruct the mechanics behind podcast growth — not as theory, but as applied audio marketing. Each episode picks one real show (or network) and reverse-engineers its audience strategy: why certain episode hooks drive downloads, how cross-promotion swaps actually affect subscriber counts, and what Apple Podcasts chart algorithms reward in 2024. They bring receipts — referencing specific CTA tests, SEO metadata tweaks, and ad-read placement data from shows like 'The Economics of Everyday Things' or 'Acquired'. The listener is a podcaster who already has 30+ episodes under their belt and wants to move beyond basic advice into measurable tactics. Lucas draws on his years as a journalist covering the podcast industry; Luna challenges every assumption with counterexamples from indie shows that broke out without a network push. The conversation avoids hype: no 'growth hacks,' no 'audience-building secrets.' Instead, they ask: When Katz’s 80/20 rule applies to episode promoti