How any B2B business can start a profitable podcast

Radically Transparent Published: July 21, 2022
How any B2B business can start a profitable podcast

Tom Hunt, Founder/CEO of Fame reveals the unfiltered, not-so-known truths of podcasting.

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Episode summary

“There is a formula to becoming famous. It’s used by everyone from the likes of Taylor Swift to Salesforce to Donald Trump. First, you create amazingly good content around a specific niche, and second, you are seen around other famous people in that niche.”

These are the wise words of our next podcast guest, Tom Hunt, Founder/CEO of Fame.

Tom confesses that when it comes to podcasting, everyone wants to know how to

  • Start their own podcast
  • Grow a successful show
  • Measure the impact on the business
  • See their revenue chart increase and move towards the right

But the issue is, that they are asking the wrong questions.

Before you invest time and resources into building your show, you need to design your content by niche and zoom in on a specific topic over time. You need a niche that makes sense and a solid guest strategy to get ROI from your audience.

Remember: If you release your podcast and nobody likes your show, you’re not going to grow.

Hot topics of this episode include:

  • The 3 things marketers do wrong when starting a podcast – and how to make sure to avoid them!
  • How to measure a podcast and get a 10x ROI from your show
  • The secret sauce to flawless podcast promotion to increase listenership

Meet Tom

Tom Hunt is the Founder/CEO of Fame and bCast and known for growing the world’s most profitable podcasts for growth-focused B2B businesses. He’s been in the online marketing game for seven years. Within that time, he set up and shut down countless online businesses, and now he’s making waves in the world of B2B marketing. He even bootstrapped an online marketplace and sold 90% of it while traveling the world in 2017 and appeared on the BBC One television show Dragons’ Den.

Tom also hosts the brutally transparent marketing podcast: Confessions Of A B2B Marketer. In the podcast, he takes listeners along his journey of growing a B2B SaaS business (bCast) and agency (Fame), and understanding the world of B2B marketing and demand generation, meeting his friends, family, and business along the way.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can B2B marketers maximize podcast ROI by avoiding common strategic errors?

Many B2B businesses make the mistake of asking the 'wrong questions' when starting a podcast, focusing on basic growth before foundational strategy. To maximize ROI, it's crucial to first design content around a specific niche and develop a solid guest strategy. This ensures content resonates with an audience, driving impactful business results.

What advanced strategies are essential for measuring and achieving a 10x ROI from a B2B podcast?

Achieving a 10x ROI from a B2B podcast hinges on moving beyond basic metrics to deeply understand and measure its business impact. The podcast highlights specific methodologies for accurately measuring a show's influence, ensuring the investment translates directly into significant returns and revenue growth for growth-focused B2B businesses.

What is the secret to flawless podcast promotion for B2B businesses to significantly increase listenership?

The secret to flawless podcast promotion for B2B businesses lies in a targeted strategy designed to amplify reach and engagement within their specific industry. This involves leveraging the 'secret sauce' discussed in the episode, which focuses on optimized distribution and strategic outreach to significantly increase listenership and audience connection.

Beyond basic content, what is the 'formula' for B2B podcasts to achieve prominence and thought leadership within their specific niche?

To achieve prominence and thought leadership, B2B podcasts should follow a specific 'formula for becoming famous.' This involves, first, consistently creating amazingly good content around a specific, defined niche. Second, it requires strategic visibility by being seen alongside other influential or 'famous' individuals within that same niche, establishing authority and expanding reach.

What are the critical missteps B2B marketers often make when launching a new podcast, and how can these be strategically avoided to ensure growth?

A critical misstep B2B marketers make is rushing into production without first designing their content by niche and zooming in on a specific topic over time. Instead of asking how to simply 'start' or 'grow,' the strategic avoidance involves focusing on a niche that makes sense and developing a solid guest strategy from the outset, ensuring the podcast delivers tangible ROI and genuine audience engagement.

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