Startups For the Rest of Us Podcast Growth Audit
A free, public podcast growth audit based on the show's public Apple Podcasts/RSS listing: real episode titles, a growth score, one priority blocker, two title rewrites, guest ideas, and a viral clip angle.
#1 growth blocker
Episode-number-first titles slow down the click
The audience recognizes the format, but new listeners from Google, Apple, or shared links need the business problem before the catalog number.
High trust with bootstrappers and consistently problem-aware topics; episode-number prefixes slightly delay the promise for search and social.
Two concrete title rewrites
“Episode 845 | Lifetime Deals Revisited, Building is Not the Hard Part, and Confirming an Idea is Worth Paying For (Rob Solo)”
“Lifetime Deals, Idea Validation, and Why Building Is Not the Hard Part — Rob Solo”
Keeps the three topics while removing the catalog-first delay.
“Episode 844 | Building a $1M+ ARR SaaS for Laundromats”
“How a Laundromat SaaS Reached $1M+ ARR in a Boring Vertical”
Adds a clear how-to arc and makes the niche advantage explicit.
Viral clip angle
“Episode 844 | Building a $1M+ ARR SaaS for Laundromats”
Contrast boring-vertical SaaS with crowded AI app launches, then show why distribution is easier in neglected markets.