Intros and Outros for your episodes

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Welcome to podcasting one on one with me your host

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Rachel. This podcast is for female business owners and

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solopreneurs that are looking to start a podcast that add to your

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own already awesome offering. I'll give you helpful advice

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that you can take away and use in your podcasting journey. I

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hope to answer those tricky questions that just keep you

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from starting. Once a month, I'll be joined by other female

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podcasters. They'll share their journey with you and offer tips

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and advice they discovered along the way. Let's get started.

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Hi, and welcome to episode 17. This episode is looking at

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intros and outros. So as you've probably deduce the intro is

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where you introduce yourself. And that's goes at the beginning

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of the podcast and the outro is where you sign off. And that

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goes at the end of the podcast. For my podcast, I use an

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evergreen intro and outro which means it stays the same every

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week. I pre recorded this at the beginning of my podcast journey

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before I started making my episodes. And then when I edit,

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I put this intro and outro on my episodes. So what do you include

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in an intro and an outro? So in an intro, I'd recommend that you

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introduce yourself and the podcast. Tell the listener what

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it's about and who it's for. And then the outro you sign off?

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Thanks for listening, then you have a call to action. What do

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you want them to do now? Do you want them to follow you on

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Instagram? Do you want them to go to a Facebook group? Do you

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want them to DM you? Let them know what to do and where to do

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it. Ask them to like and subscribe to your show. Perhaps

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reference your show notes for the links if they want to remind

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them they can go to your show notes. You can include you can

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do this every week. If you want to you can do a live sign off if

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you prefer if you want to add specific details in for the next

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episodes or what's coming up. Or you can pre record them, which

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is what I've done timewise I would keep it to 30 seconds to a

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minute. You don't want it too long. Because people might lose

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interest and switch off before the end. As you can tell by my

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intro, I have some music and most podcasts that you'll listen

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to have a bit of music when they're intro and outro. So

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choose some music that you like I use you can get some music for

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free or very little for the licence. I use. I have used a

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company called melody leaps. So I will link that in the show

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notes. And I have also come across a guy on LinkedIn that

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provides music for podcasts. I think it's the scared cat. I

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will link that in the show notes as well. What I'd recommend you

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do is to just listen to a few different podcasts and have a

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think about their intros and outros what kind of information

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they give. What do you like about it? What do you not like

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about it? And then I would use this to shape your own intro and

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outro. So that's quite a short and sweet episode this week. And

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there's not much detail to the intros and outros. They are very

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simple. You can update them as you go along. As your podcast

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evolves, perhaps if you have got a new Facebook group now you'd

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like them to go into, you can include that you can update your

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your intro and outro. And I would recommend that you do that

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just to make sure that it's relevant. I mean, if it's still

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relevant when you first recorded it absolutely fine. But just

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bear that in mind. If your podcast is starting to evolve.

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It would be good just to review your intro and outro at

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different times. As always, if you have any questions about

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this topic or you'd like to get in touch, then please do I love

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to hear from you. And take it easy catch you next time

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Welcome to podcasting one on one with me your host Rachel. This

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podcast is for female business owners and solopreneurs that are

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looking to start a podcast that add to your own already awesome

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offering. I'll give you helpful advice that you can take away

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and use in your podcasting journey. I hope to answer those

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tricky questions that just keep you from starting once a month

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I'll be joined by other female podcasters. They'll share that

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journey with you and offer tips and advice they discovered along