Welcome to Pocket-Sized Podcasting, brought to you by Alitu: The Podcast Maker. And on this episode, we’re talking about introducing and ending your episodes. Obviously, the most important part of any podcast episode is its main content. But the way you open and close your episodes is vital when it comes to listeners even getting to that stage. Think about it, each episode you release is going to be someone’s first impression of your show. On top of that, you only have five minutes to “hook” a third of all podcast listeners. That’s according to recent data from our Podcast Discoverability survey. So you need to leave them in absolutely no doubt that this episode is a must-listen. Then, after you’ve delivered on your promise, you need to finish strongly enough that they’ll come back for more. On the following episodes, we’ll have some tips and pointers to help you do just that. For a deeper dive on this topic, head over to https://www.thepodcasthost.com/strongstarts And, remember to leave your feedback for Pocket-Sized Podcasting at http://ThePodcastHost.com/PSP