How to Start a Podcast (Then vs Now) w/ Alex Goldman

Today's bonus episode we invited Alex Goldman on to dive into his journey in the podcast space. From hosting one of the most popular podcasts online, to starting new with his current project Hyperfixed. How he got into podcasting in the first place, what it's like starting from scratch, and what he thinks about putting his podcast on YouTube.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:30 - Alex Introduction
2:15 - How Reply All Started
6:00 - How Reply All gained popularity
17:10 - How do you measure a successful episode?
19:49 - What is Alex's new show Hyperfixed about?
22:18 - Difficulties of launching a new podcast
28:52 - How we choose ads
29:35 - Why Alex doesn't post to YouTube
40:51 - How to grow premium subscribers
45:19 - Waveform's constant problem
49:15 - Alex reacts to weird tech products
1:05:14 - Rapid fire questions




Links:
Hyperfixed Podcast: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/
Amityvilleville Podcast: https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/amityvilleville
Cake Episode: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/the-lords-work
A Story About a Mouse That's Also About Everything: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/a-better-mousetrap




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