How to Get Your First 100 Listeners (Do Things That Don't Scale)

Show NotesThe "Field of Dreams" Fallacy:Why Apple Podcasts and Spotify will never promote a brand new show with zero traction.Algorithms amplify existing momentum; they do not create it.Doing Things That Don't Scale:Borrowing Paul Graham's famous startup advice and applying it to audio.Why your early growth must be manual, tedious, and highly personalized.The "Hand-to-Hand Combat" Strategy:Identifying where your target audience hangs out (Reddit, Facebook Groups, LinkedIn, Quora).The golden rule: Do not spam your link. You will get banned.The "Give First" Technique:How to answer specific questions in forums with high value, and use your podcast strictly as a "P.S." resource.The Warm Network:Why you must aggressively recruit your friends, family, and colleagues to listen, subscribe, and review on Day One to trigger the initial algorithm spark.Mark onpodium.com