Scripting Your Podcast Intro, Outro, and Teaser
Scripting Your Podcast Intro, Outro, and Teaser

When you’re starting a podcast, one of the first things you’ll want to do is script the standard intro and outro for your episodes, plus the teaser (the teaser is essential for setting up distribution channels like Apple Podcasts, and Spotify).

Putting together these short scripts is more challenging that you might expect - but the process will help you distill and focus your thoughts around your goals for your podcast and your ideal audience.

Here are some tips and examples for each of the three elements:

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Pandemic Podcasting Tips
Pandemic Podcasting Tips

We’ve temporarily closed our studio to minimize the risk to our staff, clients, and those most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. If you’d like to keep recording episodes from home, the resources on this page should help.

For more personalized assistance, book a free consultation with one of our experts, and if you’d like support all the way through your home-based podcast journey, our remote podcast recording sessions are the perfect solution.

Here’s what you’ll need to record your podcast from home:

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How to Sound Your Best on a Podcast Interview From Home
How to Sound Your Best on a Podcast Interview From Home

Remote podcast interviews are a great way to keep recording episodes when you and your guest can’t connect in person. We usually suggest Zoom.us for these types of recordings, and we’ve even got some tips for setting up a Zoom podcast interview, recording it, and making sure it sounds great.

But whether you’re connecting by Zoom, Skype, or some other means - there are a few basic things you and your guests can do to ensure the final product sounds great. If you’re the interviewer or podcast host, you’ll nail these tips in no time, but remember to share the following with every guest before you connect:

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Zoom.us Podcasting Setup
Zoom.us Podcasting Setup

Sometimes you can’t come in to the studio - so here are our tips for recording your podcast via Zoom.us. We like Zoom’s teleconferencing app because:

  • The free account is all you need for one-on-one remote podcast recording (calls with more than three people have a 40-minute limit without a paid account).

  • Many people are already familiar with the software, and might already have the app.

  • Zoom allows for multi-track recording, which is essential for keeping sound quality at its best.

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Podcast Music Sources
Podcast Music Sources

A great way to enhance your podcast is with music to set the tone. In addition to intro and outro music, you may want to think about what sounds/music you can use to break up segments, add sound effects, and to play underneath. This is a part of creating podcast content that you may not have given much though to yet, but it can be a lot of fun - so you should!

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Podcaster Gift Guide!
Podcaster Gift Guide!

We made a gift guide just for podcasters!

Whether you’re an aspiring podcaster, a podcasting pro, or just have a special podcat in your life, you’ll find plenty of gift and wish list worthy options in our 2018 Podcaster Gift Guide.

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How Long Should My Podcast Be?
How Long Should My Podcast Be?

Podcasters have a lot of freedom: no gatekeepers, fewer rules, and no broadcast schedule dictating how long or short each episode needs to be. As a result, podcasts range from as short as a minute to as long as 3+ hours. But what do listeners really want? And can tweaking your episode length get you more downloads?

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