Unraveling the Power of Word-of-Mouth in Podcast Recommendations

70% of podcasts are discovered via word of mouth (Jacobs Media). So if we can understand what makes someone recommend something, we can start to do that in our show.

We heard words like affordable, quality, and unique. Some people recommend based on a relationship that deliversvalue. When you deliver something you can't get any place else.

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