Yes, You Do Need a Podcast Intro and Outro!
Podcast Launch Pad
English - July 12, 2021 23:00 - 8 minutes - 5.81 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMarketing Business business launch tips small business marketing microphones headphones recording audio editing interviewing podcast presenting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's basic good manners, isn't it, to welcome your podcast guest with some introductory information and at the end, to bid them farewell?
How you do it, is up to you but in my experience a decent intro and outro demonstrates your production values.
It signposts to both potential and regular listeners that they're in the right place to find the information they're seeking.
Should you have music in your intros and outros? I think so - but it's not obligatory.
Should you worry about people skipping over your intro to get to the meat of the episode?
No. There'll be plenty of other listeners who love your intro.
Should you be concerned that people won't bother to listen to the very end to catch your carefully crafted outro?
No, most people listen to the end according to statistics published in the RAJAR 2020 report - so use their loyalty to issue your call to action.
Links mentioned or promised on the podcast for sites that we find the easiest to download music from.
Audio Jungle for an excellent choice of music and reasonable prices
BBC Sound Effects for free sound effects
YouTube for free music
Pixabay for free music
CC Mixter for free music
Purple Planet for free music
About me
Hello, I'm Serena Gay, a BBC-trained journalist and a former international satellite TV presenter.
I have many years of news and audio production experience which I now use to great effect as CEO of a podcast making company called "Made4U Podcasts".
I've also helped run family businesses in the UK and Germany in the tourism and wine education fields.
So I understand the pressures on businesspeople to perform, promote and reach new and profitable streams of clients.
That's why these podcasts are short, pithy and full of information - not blather!
Contact...
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