Podcode blog posts

The term “show notes” is confusing. Let’s take a loser look at show notes, and how to write ones your listeners will love.

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Transistor

Podchaser

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I started a show in 2019 called List Envy. Each week I featured a new guest, and we had a conversation on a topic they chose. I started by chatting with my improv performer friends, which meant getting us both in the same room.

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Zoom H4n handheld recorder

SquadCast

Riverside

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Notion is a knowledge management app, with a generous free tier and flexible features. You can use Notion to build just about anything, and share it with the world. Here’s how you can create a rich and interactive press kit for your podcast, using Notion.

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How do you make a website for your podcast?

The 15 directories to submit your podcast to in 2022

How to make a podcast trailer

Welcome new listeners with a gateway episode

Creating a Podcast Press Kit in Notion – video walkthrough

15 newsletters to submit and subscribe to in 2022

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There’s a lot of industry buzz suggesting video is the future of podcasting, and that if you don’t have a video strategy, you can’t succeed. That’s wrong for 99% of podcasts, including yours. Here’s why.

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Why video is the future of podcasting

72% of popular thumbnails on YouTube feature a human face, and attract more views

One thousand true fans

Blue-ocean strategy

Do things that don’t scale

Beware of the Leopard – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast

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Many podcasters are squandering the chance to build meaningful audience connections. Here’s how you can stop holding your listener at arms’ length and bring them closer to you, with one small change.

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The Guardian

What’s Your Problem?

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You can make a podcast for less than the price of a good night out, or a cosy night in.

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Samson Q2U

Audio-Technica ATH-M20X

SquadCast

Descript

Captivate

Unmute

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Mark announces a change to this feed coming soon, reminds you to check out a newly-added show, and introduces yet another podcast!

What’s Your Problem?… with Mark Steadman

Introducing Ear Brain Heart

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Mark replays episode one of the New Media Junkie podcast, his first ever contribution to the medium, which was released 14 years ago.

He’s put it off for a year so let’s finally do this. Today Mark is going to talk about podcasting’s discoverability problem. This is Podcode.

Podcasts are a living medium, and nothing we do is set in stone. Whatever stage you’re at with your podcast, it’s good to keep experimenting. Here are some experiments you can run, to figure out what’s working, and what isn’t.