It's become very apparent that getting discovered as a Podcaster is more difficult than ever. The Walled Gardens do not provide proper syndication, they force self-censoring, they give Podcasters only a menial portion of the earnings and bury them in search results.
CastGarden (https://Cast.Garden) is solving those issues. By syndicating podcasts across multiple websites, apps and networks such as the Fediverse, Blockchains, Nostr, Torrent sites and RSS, Podcasters reach Millions of additional people which equates to an active comment section, hence more shares, more views/listens and in turn, more income. Syndication and user-engagement are everything:
Syndication to the Fediverse network (~10 Million users and growing)
The Fediverse (think Mastodon, Peertube, Pixelfed, Funkwhale, etc) is a growing network of independent, decentralized servers and enables those hosts to syndicate (re-stream) your podcasts, similar to how radio stations do it in cities across the planet.
Syndication to, and Monetization from Blockchains (~6 Million users and growing)
Blockchains like Hive, Bitcoin (Nostr), Dero and others provide SocialFi communities where podcasts become discoverable and monetizable. Blockchains are growing fast as they eliminate the censors and banks who have traditionally been able to destroy a Podcaster’s income.
Syndication via RSS (Unlimited users and growing)
User-Engagement
“Podcasters are sick of being constrained in the walled gardens, self-censoring and selling out to advertisers.” says Lead Dev at CastGarden, Ken Code. “Through syndication and igniting the comment section through multiple networks, it results in more shares, more listens and in-turn more income for everyone, even the audience. User-engagement is everything.”
Podcasters earn from the “Likes” 👍 and Tips that their podcasts receive. Even a Podcaster’s audience can earn Likes and Tips on their comments:
CastGarden Podcast Hosting now includes:
- Cross-Network syndication (Cast.Garden/about/follows)
- Aggregated, Cross-Network, Cross-App Comments (see example screenshot above)
- Monetized comments; Podcaster audience can earn in real-time by posting thoughtful comments (see example screenshot above)
- Podcasting 2.0 Certified with Social Interact, Podping, Chapters & more: (PodcastIndex.org/apps)
- P2P Streaming (P2P = seeders keep the CastGarden server overhead low)
- P2P 4K video and 320K audio, including Livestreams
- Automated video subtitles and podcast transcripts via OpenAI
- Automated scraping of 30+ sources (RSS, Apple, Youtube, Podbean, Libsyn, etc). Upload once to CastGarden, rather than multi-uploads to multi-platforms. RSS FTW.
- Customizable, unlimited playlists, channel pages and vanity URL/address for your channel(s)
- Advanced admin console with stats, graphs and super fast uploads/imports
- Decentralized storage and transcoding (via Agori.Host)
- Unlimited 24/7 chatroom support from actual humans
- Powered by Peerhub (Peerhub.app)
Podcast Syndication, Monetization and User Engagement are Everything
As a Podcaster, being heard is top priority. Earning a comfortable income at it is just icing on the cake. RSS is great, but by also syndicating out to multiple networks, apps and websites, you are assured of maximum exposure, absolutely free.
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