They Must Hit Play

Episode #034

• We read an article about Podcast Discovery Stats in 2020.

• Kyle focuses on how these stats point out the importance of description and episode titles.

• Tim focuses on how these stats point out the importance of timing and intro hooks.

What did we learn?

• If listeners don’t like the cut of your episode titles they will bounce.

• Listeners DO make judgments about your podcast based on its description BEFORE they hit play.

• If listeners don’t get hooks within 5 - 15 minutes they will bounce.

• Listeners WILL hit STOP and DROP your podcast if you don’t communicate what your show is about in the first few minutes.

• Tim talks about National Poetry Writers Month (NaPoWriMo) and how getting out of your comfort zone and writing poetry is good for creativity.

• Listen to the very end to hear Tim and Kyle get “The Sillies” and try very hard to recover from them!

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Quotes

“I’m still waiting for someone to suggest what our transition music should be.”
― Timmy Kay and the Den of Iniquity Band

Additional Reading

• Matthew McLean’s Podcast Discovery Stats in 2020 article.

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