What Are Show Notes (and do you need them)?
Streamlined Podcaster: Tips to Help Solo Podcasters Save Time and Create Great Content · Joe Casabona, Solopreneur Systems Coach
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Show Notes
If you’ve been listening to podcasts for a long time, the idea of show notes is intuitive. It’s the text that accompanies a podcast episode. It usually has some description about the episode and links mentioned in the episode.
This is CRUCIAL real estate for you to convert listeners into a more engaged audience. So today, we’ll discuss what are show notes, why you need them, and how to format them.
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Main Takeaways:
- The main function of show notes is twofold: get people to listen to your episodes, and make it easy for listeners to find the resources you mention during the show
- Your format matters! You should provide a great description, a primary CTA, takeaways, and resources, in that order. That way you hook listeners and keep them reading.
- You must create a frictionless experience. It's hard enough to get listeners to take action. Any additional steps make it that much harder, so meet them where they are: in the app they're listening.
Show Notes!
- (00:00) - - Intro
- (01:45) - - What are show notes?
- (04:03) - - Why you should have show notes
- (07:12) - - How You Can Do Show Notes
- (09:34) - - Formatting Show Notes
- (11:20) - - Do you need show notes?
- (13:00) - - Answering Feedback
- (15:19) - - You must create a frictionless experience