Introducing & ending your episodes
How you open and close decides whether a listener stays. You've got five minutes to hook a third of all podcast listeners — and a strong outro brings them back.
The main content matters most. But how you open and close decides whether listeners get there.
Each episode you release is someone's first impression of the show. And you only have five minutes to hook a third of all podcast listeners — that's from the Podcast Discoverability survey.
Leave them in no doubt this episode is a must-listen. Then finish strongly enough that they come back.
Sketch the skeleton below for your next episode. Just the bones — the next four microsteps fill in the detail.
Your task
Sketch your intro + outro skeleton
One line per box. Don't write the whole thing — just the structure.
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