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If your podcast is costing you more than it's returning and someone in your business has started asking hard questions about it, this episode is for you. I'm Neal Veglio, and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights I tell you about Jane — a real founder, with a made-up name — who spent £20,000 on her podcast and got £6,000 back. Her financial advisor spotted the gap. She's now weeks away from s...

New research from Signal Hill Insights, presented by Tom Webster at Sounds Profitable, surveyed over 5,000 podcast listeners — and the findings are uncomfortable for most indie podcasters to hear. Probably the most uncomfortable for me to hear, considering they contradict everything I've ever told people around podcast growth. But, as with all things, this research is not gospel. It's, as usual, a...

If you're publishing your B2B podcast like clockwork and still wondering why it isn't moving anything, the problem probably isn't your consistency. Publishing weekly feels responsible. It looks good internally. It gives the team something to point at. But you can be extremely consistent at doing the wrong thing. I'm Neal Veglio , Founder and Director of the UK based podcast agency Podknows Podcast...

A couple of episodes back I made the case for Apple Podcasts’ new HLS video. Then I had to go and actually do it — because the theoretical version of podcasting-about-podcasting is slightly embarrassing, and I hold myself to a better standard than the people spouting expertise about things they’ve never tried. So I enabled video for B2B Podcasting Insights, my other show, in Captivate. A real show...

If someone in your business has just told you that you need to do a video podcast and you're not sure whether to believe them, this episode is for you. I'm Neal Veglio, and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights I break down why "you must add video" has quickly become the default advice in B2B podcasting — and why following it without a reason often gives you a more expensive podcast that stil...

Your show sounds cleaner than it ever has. You've sorted the room, fixed the levels, maybe even brought in an editor. And when you listen back — nothing. No connection. No feeling. Just technically correct audio with nobody in it. Hi, I'm Neal Veglio , founder of the Podmastery community from Podknows Podcasting. And this week, I'm exploring why that hollow feeling has nothing to do with your equi...

If you've published a B2B podcast episode you were genuinely proud of, then watched it land to four downloads and two likes you suspect might be bots, this one's for you. I'm Neal Veglio, and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights I break down why your best episode probably got almost zero shares, what that does and doesn't mean, and why publishing is not the finishing line in your content sto...

Somebody just moved the goalposts on podcast metrics. And most podcasters didn’t even notice. The Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting — AMP — has defined a new cross-platform standard for what counts as a ‘play.’ Spotify has already adopted it. In this episode, Neal breaks down what this actually means for indie podcasters — why your dashboard numbers are about to look fairly different, why tha...

Yes, I attended The Podcast Show. Yes I had both good and bad things to say. (One of those things is pasted below from my LinkedIn) But through it all, there was one super surprising benefit I discovered from going to The Podcast Show 2026. I really did NOT see this coming. http://podknows.co.uk/contact (F ROM LINKEDIN ) The Podcast Show 2026 was ultimately epic. Let me go deeper, fam. Let's slide...

Every podcaster who's ever had a guest on has felt it. You do the edit, write the show notes, create the clips, tag them everywhere — and hear absolutely nothing back. No share. No repost. Not even a like. So is it you? Is it them? Is this just how guests are? In this episode, I'm getting into why podcast guest cross-promotion is one of the most persistent myths in indie podcasting. If you're book...

There's a very specific kind of irony happening across B2B podcasting right now. Someone posts on LinkedIn about the urgent need to differentiate from competitors — gets hundreds of nodding comments, a few congratulatory pats on the shoulder — and then releases a podcast episode that sounds verrrrrry familiar. Hi, I'm Neal Veglio, founder of Podknows Podcasting and host of B2B Podcasting Insights....

In the previous episode I explained why we need to be cautious around Apple Podcasts new video HLS streaming feature. Well, this podcast about podcasting is about balance. So now, it's important we look at all the good things about the feature.

If you've got a B2B podcast and a sales team — there's a fairly good chance they've never properly met. That sounds absurd. And yet it's almost universal. Hi, I'm Neal Veglio , founder of Podknows Podcasting . We're a podcast agency helping B2B businesses and founders enjoy better results from their podcast. In this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights , I'm explaining why the most valuable thing mo...

With Apple Podcasts video now becoming a mainstream feature as the main hosting platforms roll it out, there are more and more creators leaning into creating this content. But should you be joining them? Well, before we can answer this question, we need to establish the answer to another one; do you understand the algorithmic differences surrounding video and audio? Click play. I'll explain. Compa...

You published your 40th episode this week and your download graph looks less like a rocket and more like a polite cough. The CFO is squinting at the line item. You're Googling "how long should a B2B podcast take to work?" from the toilet at 11pm on a Sunday. Before you cancel the whole thing, there's a chance you're measuring against the wrong clock entirely. I'm Neal Veglio , and in this episode...

This episode will challenge a lot of assumptions you may have about your audience. If you’ve been losing sleep over whether you need to shift all your energy into video, or feel the pressure to keep up with multi-camera setups just to stay relevant, you’re going to want to pay attention to this one. We’re sharing new research from Tom Webster and the Sounds Profitable team that uncovers who your m...

If your B2B podcast sounds "fine" but nothing ever really seems to come off the back of it, the problem probably isn't the content. It's the label. You need to stop making a B2B Podcast and start proactively designing your sales podcast. "B2B podcast" has slowly come to mean a very specific thing. And the moment a show accepts that label, it's off the hook commercially. It doesn't have to do a job...

You opened your podcast dashboard this week, saw a number, felt vaguely okay or pretty terrible — and then closed the tab. That's not a podcast strategy. That's reading your horoscopes. In this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights, Neal Veglio gives you the playbook for putting your listener analytics to actual strategic use — starting with what each number in your dashboard is really telling you, a...

If you've put a solid business case together for a branded podcast to help with your B2B podcast marketing, and still got shot down before the biscuits were finished — it probably wasn't the idea that failed. It was the argument you used to make it. Download numbers and audience engagement strategies mean nothing to a CFO. "Big brands are doing it" lands even worse. What actually works is connecti...

Beehiiv are targeting podcasters with offers to join their new creator platform. But is this the solution podcasters have been waiting for? Link to check out their teased offer: https://www.beehiiv.com/beehiiv-for/podcasters

Diary of a CEO is doing something genuinely damaging to indie podcasters. Not maliciously. The damage is the business model. Hi, I'm Neal Veglio, The Podmaster. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly why comparing your show to mega-podcasts like Diary of a CEO, High Performance Podcast, and Young and Profiting isn't just unhelpful — it's statistically irrational. Using Phil Rosenzweig's Halo E...

Your B2B podcast might be producing great content. But if listeners are bailing before you've said anything useful, the problem isn't your topic, your audio quality, or your production value. It's what happens in the first 10 seconds. I'm Neal Veglio, and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights, I'm making the case that intro music and generic cold opens are quietly driving away the very people...

If you've built a decent following on LinkedIn and you're still wondering why your podcast isn't getting the downloads you expected, more posting almost certainly isn't the answer. Ten thousand followers sounds like a head start. In podcasting, it barely counts as a warm-up. I'm Neal Veglio , and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights, I'm breaking down why your social media audience and your...

Video podcasting is coming to Apple Podcasts. And not in an indirect way. They're adding it to the native ecosystem for the first time. Libsyn's been allowing passthru of video for years, but this new step means creators can upload full video versions of their show in Apple Podcasts and rely on it being a decent experience. I've been staunchly anti-video using YouTube, but this has changed my mind...

A lot of people are excited about AI tools that promise instant, studio-quality podcast audio. Record on your phone. Click a button. Sound professional. But that story deserves a closer look. Hi, I'm Neal Veglio , founder of Podknows Podcasting and the Podmastery community. In this episode of Podcasting Insights , I unpack what happens when technology starts erasing the difference between effort a...