Chapter 11

Providing Show Notes

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding good show note etiquette

Bullet Planning your show notes

Bullet Deciding on your level of detail

Bullet Using images effectively

Bullet Posting with searchers in mind

Show notes are brief summaries of each podcast episode. Show notes can take the form of an outline, a detailed bulleted list, or just a few sentences of text. In this chapter, we show you how to effectively use show notes to enhance the listener experience of your show and bring in additional traffic to your podcast through search engines.

And where do you find these show notes? Simply enough, on the podcast’s website.

Remember Getting additional traffic means additional bandwidth consumption, which can cause issues. Flip to Chapter 10 for tips on ways to reduce the load on your servers and for info about optional hosting plans that don’t charge for additional bandwidth.

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