I have my podcast that we have been recording since Dec 09, called The Because Show - mostly w/a female audience of moms - we have only about 200 500 downloads per episode and 200 of those within the first week - which kinda bums me out - We've had guests on, done contests, etc - any other suggestions on how to get a bigger audience> I haven't done alot of promotion with other shows, or calling into voicemails, or paid ads - is that the next step?

I have a bunch of articles posted at http://www.soyouthinkyoucanpodcast.com/members/podcast/blog/VIEW+00000003 that deal with this issue. Paid ads work - but are expensive.