Checklist

Get your first suppoorters

Get Listeners supporting your podcast.

Mention Lenny.fm in your podcast intro or outro
Share a link to Lenny.fm on your social media account
Add Lenny.fm in the supporter page of your website
Add a link in your Linktree/linkinbio provider
Add a line about Lenny.fm in your newsletter template and email signature
Add a link to Lenny.fm in your episode notes
Tell your podcasting community
Say "Thanks!" to your audience

✔️ Mention Lenny.fm in your podcast intro or outro

Sounds simple but you need to be confident in giving a clear call to action and saying why listeners should support the show.

How helpful will their support be to you and the podcast?

Need a script? Here are some examples.

Let your followers know.

Podcast hosts have shared a list of the top 4 podcasts they would support to encourage engagement.

It's a great way to learn about your audience's listening habits.

Nearly Media requested a list of shows that Listeners also support.

They wrote an article about it - Other podcasts listeners listen to!

✔️ Add Lenny.fm in the supporter page of your website

If you have a supporter page with other ways you fund your podcast, Lenny can sit alongside.

A one-time task
Measure it with your website analytics
Logos and badges available

✔️ Add a link in your linkinbio

Drop it in the list.

Curious Listeners will stumble upon it and might start supporting your podcast.

Spark interest without having to do anything.

Something as simple as "Support our podcast - go to Lenny.fm" works.

✔️ Add a link to Lenny.fm in your episode notes

Handy for Listeners to get them supporting sooner.

✔️ Tell your podcasting community

This could be Discord/Reddit/FB Groups etc.

Let them know you're using Lenny.fm as a revenue stream for your podcast and get advice from other podcasts also receiveing support from their audience.

✔️ Say "Thanks!" to your audience

Listeners have told us they get a real buzz hearing the host saying their name on the podcast.

📈 Keep it all going!

It's not all going to happen immediately but it's an amazing thing when your audience starts to respond.

Continue to mention that the audience can support you and how helpful it is to what you love doing - the podcast!