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Learn how to set up Open Podcast yourself; on-premise or in the cloud.

If you’re hosting a podcast you know how important it is to learn about your audience to grow the channel. And chances are you listen to this podcast to learn more about just how to do that.

The start of the year is a great time to start something new, so today we give you a complete walkthrough on how to set up our Open Podcast analytics platform yourself. No more excuses. ;)

• Installation instructions: https://openpodcast.dev/#/install

• Matthias Endler (https://mastodon.social/@mre)
• Wolfgang Gassler (https://twitter.com/schafele)

• Email: echo@openpodcast.dev
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenPodcastDev

The theme music is U.S. Army Blues - Kelly’s Number and is licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

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Finding customers for open source tools is important for the success of the project.

How do developers find customers for their tools? Do they just write code and wait for customers to jump on their product? Or do they talk to potential customers before they write their first line of code?

If you build an app that is not just a hobby project, customer acquisition is one of the most important things to do to ensure long term success. But customer acquisition is not easy; it takes time and effort.

In this episode, we talk about potential marketing channels for open source tools, how to find interview partners, and how to get feedback from potential customers. We will share our experience of building an application for podcast hosts and how we approached the market. We will share our learnings and insights and how we built a network of potential customers and partners.

• Open Podcast: https://openpodcast.dev

• Matthias Endler (https://mastodon.social/@mre)
• Wolfgang Gassler (https://twitter.com/schafele)

• Email: echo@openpodcast.dev
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenPodcastDev

The theme music is U.S. Army Blues - Kelly’s Number and is licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

We talk about the different business models for open source projects and how we could apply them to our podcast analytics project.

There are many trade-offs to consider when choosing a business model for an open source project. We discuss the pros and cons of the different models like open core, consulting, and contracting. Along the way we look at some examples of successful open source projects and how they monetize their work.

We also explain the open core model, which describes business models where the core of the project is open source, but some features are only available in a paid version. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this model and how we could apply it to our podcast analytics project.

• Elasticsearch license change: https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing
• Plausible: “How we made it to 1 million MRR: https://plausible.io/blog/open-source-saas
• Cal.com open business data: https://cal.com/open

• Matthias Endler (https://twitter.com/matthiasendler)
• Wolfgang Gassler (https://twitter.com/schafele)

• Email: echo@openpodcast.dev
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenPodcastDev

The theme music is U.S. Army Blues - Kelly’s Number and is licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.