Watch This Before Starting a Podcast in 2025: Leading Podcast Coach Reveals the Truth About Podcasting | Dear ARREYB EP29

Dear ARREYB

🎙️ In this episode, Arrey sits down with Ashley Morris, leading podcast consultant and co-founder of Pod Partnerships. Ashley spent the last few years as one of the lead trainers at the UK’s largest podcast training company, where he also co-hosted the #1 podcast for podcasters. During this time, he and the team helped hundreds of creators launch shows, build loyal audiences, and monetise their message.

At just 23 years old, Ashley owns his first property, recently moved to Dubai, and has co-founded Pod Partnerships, a new company bridging the gap between brands and podcasts with data-backed campaigns that convert.

If you're thinking of launching your own podcast or growing your current one, this is the episode that hands you the playbook.

🎧 What We Cover in This Episode:

• ✔️ Ashley’s big move from the UK to Dubai and the journey behind it
• ✔️ What most people still get wrong about growing a podcast
• ✔️ Guests or solo episodes? What actually works in 2025
• ✔️ Why most podcasts die after just 23 episodes (even with great content)
• ✔️ A clear step-by-step guide to starting a successful podcast today
• ✔️ Niching down as a creator — and how to stand out
• ✔️ Monetisation: when to pitch to brands and how much to charge
• ✔️ How to market your podcast and grow a loyal audience
• ✔️ The ultimate hack to landing unlimited podcast guests
• ✔️ A game-changing strategy most podcasters completely overlook
• ✔️ Best days and times to publish episodes for maximum reach
• ✔️ Ashley’s new venture Pod Partnerships and why it matters
• ✔️ Ashley’s personal motivations, relationships and the legacy he’s building

👥 Guest Resources:

Ashley Morris | Instagram
Ashley Morris | LinkedIn

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⏱️ Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 02:24 – Moving to Dubai and the transition between UK and Dubai
• 04:24 – Who is Ashley Morris?
• 06:16 – What most people don't understand about how podcasts actually grow
• 08:00 – Should you have guests or do solo episodes?
• 09:16 – Why most podcasts don’t go past the first 23 episodes
• 10:00 – Best steps for someone starting a podcast today
• 11:44 – Stop procrastinating. Stop overthinking.
• 12:58 – Niching down as a podcaster
• 17:00 – Monetisation and when to start approaching brands
• 19:06 – Best way to charge for podcast ads
• 20:39 – The blueprint to market your podcast
• 22:07 – How to get unlimited guests for your show
• 23:23 – The one thing most people overlook in podcasting
• 28:31 – Best timeframe to publish episodes
• 29:31 – What’s next for The Podcasters Podcast?
• 31:04 – How Pod Partnership works
• 33:03 – How Ashley wants to be remembered
• 35:08 – Ashley’s source of motivation
• 39:00 – Ashley’s relationship with Kane
• 41:04 – What’s next for Ashley?
• 42:10 – Outro

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