66: Why Your Podcast Isn’t Growing: 4 Attraction Gaps Blocking Discoverability

You're publishing consistently, your content is solid, and you still can't figure out why new listeners aren't finding you. This episode is for the podcaster who's doing all the right things but hitting a discoverability ceiling they can't see. If that's you, the problem probably isn't your content but your attraction signals.

I'm walking you through the 4 quiet gaps that block podcast discoverability even when your strategy is strong. Your episode titles that confuse search instead of clarifying it, episode descriptions that exist but don't work, category and tag choices that limit your reach, and why consistency alone will never fix any of it. You'll learn why clever titles hurt you with cold listeners, what your episode description's first two sentences need to do, and how one client's organic downloads started climbing within 6 weeks, including episodes she'd already published, just by fixing these four things. 

Your attraction layer is either working for you or quietly working against you. This episode shows you how to tell the difference.

00:00 – Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing (Even When You're Doing Everything Right) 

01:14 – What Attraction Gaps Are and Why They're Blocking Your Discoverability 

02:05 – The Real Problem: Misalignment, Not Absence 

02:38 – The 4 Attraction Gaps That Quietly Kill Podcast Growth 

10:54 – The 4-Part Fix That Started Growing Her Downloads in 6 Weeks 

11:28 – How Fixing Attraction Signals Makes Your Back Catalog Work for You 

12:05 – What the Attraction Phase of the SEAMless Podcast Framework Actually Does 

12:38 – A Quick Discoverability Gut Check You Can Do Right Now 

Check out the full show notes and resources at

https://leahbryantco.com/podcast/podcast-discoverability-attraction-gaps

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