40 Quotes to Inspire You to Start a Podcast (SUCCESS)

40 Motivational Quotes to Inspire You to Start a Podcast in 2023

“The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you. They could be just sitting there, chuckling and listening. There’s nothing like that.”
Marc Maron

Don’t bore people. Don’t worry too much about replicating someone else’s formula. Be original with the way you podcast. - James Schramko — Don’t bore people. Don’t worry too much about replicating someone else’s formula. Be original with the way you podcast. – James Schramko

You just need one person to listen, get your message, and pass it on to someone else. And you’ve doubled your audience. - Robert Gerrish — You just need one person to listen, get your message, and pass it on to someone else. And you’ve doubled your audience. – Robert Gerrish

“People are really listening and want to consume all of the content that is there and available. There’s a level of dedication that comes from podcast listeners that you don’t otherwise find. And now the numbers prove it. Podcasts aren’t a bubble, they’re a boom and that boom is only getting louder.”
Miranda Katz

A podcast is a great way to develop relationships with hard-to-reach people. - Tim Paige — A podcast is a great way to develop relationships with hard-to-reach people. – Tim Paige

Most people that I know are interested in on-demand stuff; podcasts are essentially audio Netflix. - Jordan Harbinger — Most people that I know are interested in on-demand stuff; podcasts are essentially audio Netflix. – Jordan Harbinger

“The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro-and-con lists are just as bad. If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.”
Tim Ferriss

Podcasting is great. Total freedom. - Bill Burr — Podcasting is great. Total **freedom**. – Bill Burr

Listening to podcast, reading a book, listening to an audiobook and watching films isn't waste of time. It's how somebody becomes wise! - Deyth Banger — Listening to podcast, reading a book, listening to an audiobook and watching films isn’t waste of time. It’s how somebody becomes wise! – Deyth Banger

“No one wants to listen to a 10-episode podcast about how great ZipRecruiter is at finding a job or helping hire the right applicant. But if we can create a show with someone like entrepreneur and author Seth Godin about what it means to be successful and being the most productive person around, that’s going to appeal to exactly the kind of people that ZipRecruiter wants to reach.”
Lex Friedman

Activate your followers, don’t just collect them like stamps. - Stacey Kehoe — Activate your followers, don’t just collect them like stamps. – Stacey Kehoe

I'd tell anyone who wants to be a podcaster, the same thing others have recommended - find a niche you're passionate about and willing to be immersed in. - Sandra Sealy — I’d tell anyone who wants to be a podcaster, the same thing others have recommended – find a niche you’re **passionate** about and willing to be immersed in. – Sandra Sealy

“Every company can find authentic stories related to their brands, whether those stories are revealed through interviews, investigations, or real-life demonstrations. With some serious thought about what kind of stories your brand can tell and a commitment to honesty, you have what you need to begin making an engaging podcast, no matter what industry you’re in.”
Nicole D’Angelo

Podcasting has become one of the fasted and trusted toolschannels for building and promoting brands. - Bernard Kelvin Clive — Podcasting has become one of the fasted and **trusted** tools/channels for building and promoting brands. – Bernard Kelvin Clive

Communities and learning are huge, especially for the millennial generation. - Dave Bryant — Communities and **learning** are huge, especially for the millennial generation. – Dave Bryant

“Journalists have linked this online podcasting boom to the ubiquity of smartphones, time spent in transit, and online music services. Others attribute it to the brain-stimulating and addictive effects of audio learning, or the multitasking potential of listening. The beauty is in the overlap.”
Jeff Desjardins

It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh. - Allison Williams — It’s safe to say I’m a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just **love** to **laugh**. – Allison Williams

Our podcast has helped educate our audience from taking the complicated and translating it into layman terms that we can all understand. - Chris and Hallie Casey — Our podcast has helped **educate** our audience from taking the complicated and translating it into layman terms that we can all understand. – Chris and Hallie Casey

“I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting, you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.”
Adam Carolla

Promote your podcast on your birthday and don’t be afraid to share the serious sh. We’ve all got issues that we need to let out. - Rachel Kaplan — Promote your podcast on your birthday and don’t be afraid to share the serious sh**. We’ve all got issues that we need to let out. – Rachel Kaplan

Learn from the best in your niche and get your mindset right to succeed. Be interested in your audience and clients and not just interesting. - Gary Hibbert — Learn from the best in your niche and get your mindset right to succeed. Be interested in your audience and clients and not just interesting. – Gary Hibbert

“You’re going to be terrible at a lot of things for years until you’re successful. People probably aren’t going to listen to your podcast initially. But if you like it and you keep putting it out, people will find it.”
Keith Kingbay

You must define success in our own terms, and we are all experts in at least one thing. - Arlene Gale — You must define success in our own terms, and we are all experts in at least one thing. – Arlene Gale

Don’t be afraid to leverage live events with your podcast. Either yours or someone else’s events can lead to amazing opportunities. - Chris Reynolds — Don’t be afraid to leverage live events with your podcast. Either yours or someone else’s events can lead to amazing **opportunities**. – Chris Reynolds

“Finding success in podcasting has to be secondary. If you’re getting into it for the success or the money, the industry isn’t quite there yet. It should be for the love of the game right now.”
Matt Gourley

Podcasting isn’t about lead generation. It’s about sharing your passion! - Merrill Chandler — Podcasting isn’t about lead generation. It’s about **sharing** your passion! – Merrill Chandler

Don’t be afraid to be authentic and be yourself and have authentic real conversations. - Alison Donaghey — Don’t be afraid to be authentic and be yourself and have authentic real conversations. – Alison Donaghey

“Podcasts extend the life of a seminar program by making it available to people who couldn’t attend in person. A review of attendance numbers for the New Jersey Bank Marketing Association’s quarterly seminars shows that attendance did not diminish when audio podcasts became available from the programs. In fact, it actually increased.”
Steve Lubetkin

Adding a podcast to my marketing has to lead to more inbound leads versus the old outbound way of doing business. - Brett Swarts — Adding a podcast to my **marketing** has to lead to more inbound leads versus the old outbound way of doing business. – Brett Swarts

Set a launch date and stick to it. There are a lot of moving parts, but it is so worth it to get it done! - Shirley Owens — Set a launch date and stick to it. There are a lot of moving parts, but it is so worth it to get it done! – Shirley Owens

“Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone.”
Rashedur Ryan Rahman

The real value is the conversations and relationships built from your podcast. - Yifat Cohen — The real value is the conversations and relationships built from your podcast. – Yifat Cohen

I’ve helped to give my niche of healers a voice where very few existed. - Michelle Smith — I’ve helped to give my niche of healers a voice where very few existed. – Michelle Smith

“When I refer to experienced creativity as a critical part of manifesting your ideas, I’m pointing to the need for creativity that has been steadily practiced through years of experimentation; whether or not you’re a prodigy, that’s what it takes to reach your potential.”
Alan Philips

The biggest surprise has just been getting started and the momentum of taking it seriously. - Anthony Frischknecht — The biggest surprise has just been getting started and the momentum of taking it seriously. – Anthony Frischknecht

“We learned to start growing our audience immediately. Eventually, you form an identity and people will start to resonate with you. In the beginning, we didn’t necessarily know who we were.”
Dave Bryant

“The greatest gift that you have is needed by the world. Leverage and grow with your podcast but don’t do it all on your own. The sooner you delegate the happier and more productive that you’ll be.”
Melanie Benson

“For the first 2 months the average was 60 downloads per episode, and then something exciting started to happen. The number of listeners started to triple every week, and now it continues to grow week after week.”
Quin Amorim

“We are all going to hit some bumps in the road. Don’t give up. Take a break and come back stronger and you’ll appreciate the connection to your audience even when life throws you some curve balls.”
Keith Baker

“Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It’s really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art.”
Scott Aukerman