What is a podcast? It is a digital program that can be downloaded in episodes over the internet.  There are different types of podcast formats. Today we will be sharing how you can make money with your podcast content. Assuming that you already have your podcast ready and have attracted quite a good number of viewers and followers.

Easiest way to make money

• Storytelling podcast
• Limited podcast series
• Education podcasts
• Interviews podcasts
• Solo podcasts
• Co-hosted podcast… And many more formats that you may know.

Let’s dive right into the main agenda of today:

Different ways of making money with podcasts.

• Donations
• Affiliate marketing
• Creating premium content
• Sponsored deals
• Sponsoring podcasts
• Selling merchandise
• Joining an advertising network
• Associate your podcast with YouTube.

In details.

1.   Donations

Asking your fans for donations seems to be an unprofessional method of monetizing a podcast, but this is the best and simple way of monetizing your content. To make it simple just ask your audience to support your content for more episodes. In this way, your fans will have a reason to share funds with your podcast.

After that make sure to add a payment form to your site or add a PayPal button to your site. This will make it easy for your fans to give out donations. The number of your fans will determine how much money you receive, the higher the followers you have the higher the donations will be.

2.   Affiliate marketing

In other words, affiliate marketing is promoting products or services. In affiliate marketing, you receive your unique code that is used to track the customers who purchase using your link and a commission is earned. All you need to do is to make sure that the link is visible to your audience. Share the link and lively promote the product or service in every episode of your content.

3.   Creating premium content

Podcast premium content is content that users have to pay for to access.  For you to create premium content you have to be certain that your content is on another level, meaning that any consumer who knows what type of content you produce will be willing to pay for that particular content. In most cases, such content episodes should be suspenseful and continuous.

Once your podcast has a good number of members and has become popular, you may decide to introduce a paid membership fee. The fee should be a one-time fee. In this way, you will be monetizing your podcast to the fullest.

4.   Sponsored deals

In some cases, companies will hire you to do certain content and publish it under your podcast. When such an opportunity comes across you, make sure to do it to the fullest. This will help you to make money from your podcast and at the same time it will help boost your podcast content. The amount of the sponsored deal will depend on the number of fans your podcast can attract. As we said the higher the number of followers to your podcast, the higher the amount you make from it.

5.   Sponsoring podcast

Do not be confused. This is simply promoting someone’s or a company’s podcast on your podcast. A podcast with a lower number of fans will hire a popular podcast to promote that particular podcast to gain more fans. Becoming a sponsor has its benefits. in this case, you are the one to set the amount to be paid for sponsoring a podcast.

6.   Selling merchandise

This is among the easiest ways of making money with a podcast. Fans who love to watch and follow your shows will love to purchase merchandise with your content labels. Such merchandise includes t-shirts, stickers, novels, and many more items. This method will give you quick and easy money from podcast

7.   Joining an advertising network

If you do not know what to do with your podcast to make money, then you should join an advertising network. On this platform, advertisers will look for you and see the type of content you are creating. Once they like your content and see it has the potential of making sales to their product or services, then you are offered to do an advert on your podcast.

Once you join this platform, you will not struggle to look for sponsors to monetize your content. Advertisers will come looking for you and not vice versa.

8.   Associate your podcast with YouTube.

This is the best feature of the podcast, you can post your podcast videos on YouTube and still make good cash every month. All you need is to record a session of your podcast and upload it. Once your target of monetizing YouTube is attained you can apply for YouTube ads monetization. See how to monetize your YouTube account here…….. https://kenyansp.co.ke/2023/03/08/how-to-make-money-with-youtube-content/

Conclusion

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