Podcasters Should Write More Show Notes

There are many reasons to write complete show notes for your podcast and internet radio show and the most important reason in my opinion is that search engines can’t listen to your show!

If you’ve recorded a twenty minute podcast and only write about 20 words to describe it, you’re not providing the search engines with enough food to index to pull in good traffic.

Always try to write at least 100 words to describe your topics and guests.  It takes a little extra time but I tackle this by working on show notes all through the week.

When I interview someone, I write up a brief note about them and our discussion for the show notes right then.

When I think of a topic I want to cover during my solo time I go add the show notes for that idea right at that moment. (It helps me to remember what I wanted to say later so it serves a double purpose.)

When I’m all done with the show and am uploading the audio, I give the notes a final tweak, adding links and details mentioned during the episode.

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