New Google Podcasts VS MatchMaker.fm

In reaction to the recent news that Google plan to shut down Google Podcasts and roll it into YouTube Music, I made a couple of comments on the announcement. I realized that I should probably share them here as well. Any further thoughts will be shared in separate posts. Source: 7 months ago

I had no idea that the Panama Canal required fresh water. Peak price being paid for canal passage is $900k https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlby1hcGkud3NqLmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcy93c2ovd2hhdHMtbmV3cw%3D%3D&episode=YjkxMGQxZWUtNTYwYy0xMWVlLWEwODMtZmI4Mjg3NjRmN2U3. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

I've tried: - Restarting my phone - reinstalling Google podcasts - Using my second Google account (same thing) - Trying from https://podcasts.google.com/ on my Desktop. Source: 10 months ago

Do any of you guys have issue with the podcasts.google.com when trying to listen to podcasts? When I try to press "subscriptions", "queue" or any other parts of the left menu I can't seem to be able to press them! It's almost like they're not there. The only part on the left side that I can press is the hamburger icon at the top of the left corner.. Source: 11 months ago

Thanks to those suggesting other Art-like podcasts, I will check them out. The best Art Bell podcast archive I have found is titled "art bell tape vault" even has a website. The audio quality of that archive seems the best too. I use podcasts.google.com to listen to them. Source: about 1 year ago

If you do decide to go the podcast route for marketing, matchmaker.fm is great for finding hosts looking for guests. I've done a handful found through there. Source: over 1 year ago

-I use matchmaker.fm and contact directly on Instagram too. Source: over 1 year ago

For a guest, you have to contact people. Two resources are matchmaker.fm and r/PodcastGuestExchange. It is noticeably harder to get booked as a guest than it is to book guests for your own show. When I was doing booking for a client, I think we had around a 15% booking rate even for small shows within the niche. Compare that to booking guests, where I can average around a 70% acceptance rate. Source: over 1 year ago

It's not very hard to get guests on a podcast. You're right you won't get the huge names, but you can use a service like matchmaker.fm or just find people on social media. The key is to send a custom message that makes them actually feel wanted instead of being spammed. If you do this you will get a pretty high booking rate. Everyone wants to self-promote these days, and once you realize how much harder it is to... Source: almost 2 years ago

You can use matchmaker.fm, it's free for a certain amount of messages per month. You can also use /r/podcastguestexchange. Another message is old school email, look up aggregated lists of the shows in your niche, look up the show's website and find their contact information. All of these methods will help you connect with the hosts. Source: over 2 years ago