The PodRewind Blog

Tips, guides, and insights for podcasters. Learn how to grow your audience, improve your workflow, and make the most of your podcast transcripts.

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Guest Talk Time Analytics: Are You Letting Guests Speak?

Are you dominating your own interviews? Learn to measure host vs. guest talk time and improve your interviewing style with speaker analytics.

Dec 6, 2025
5 min read
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Mining Your Archive for Newsletter Content

Turn your podcast archive into newsletter gold. Learn how to mine transcripts for quotes, roundups, and subscriber-exclusive content in minutes.

Dec 3, 2025
5 min read
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Stop Repeating Yourself: Search Your Archive Before Recording

A 2-minute pre-recording habit that keeps your content fresh. Search your archive before hitting record to avoid repetition and build on past episodes.

Dec 1, 2025
5 min read
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Show Notes in 5 Minutes: Using Transcripts to Speed Up Production

Cut show notes creation from 80 minutes to 10. Learn the transcript-based workflow that produces better notes in a fraction of the time.

Nov 30, 2025
5 min read
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7 SEO Strategies to Get Your Podcast Discovered

7 proven SEO strategies to get your podcast discovered in 2026. From titles to transcripts, here's how to rank higher in search and podcast directories.

Nov 9, 2025
9 min read
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Best Practices for Podcast Show Notes

Write show notes that rank in Google and convert visitors to subscribers. Templates, examples, and SEO best practices included.

Nov 2, 2025
5 min read
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Rediscovering Gold: Finding Your Most Quotable Moments

Mine your podcast archive for shareable quotes without re-listening. Search strategies, quality criteria, and a workflow for building a quote library.

Oct 29, 2025
5 min read
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From 'I Said That Once' to 'Here's the Exact Timestamp'

Turn 'I said that somewhere' into episode 47 at 23:15. How searchable transcripts transform vague memories into exact timestamps.

Oct 26, 2025
5 min read
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Podcast Analytics: What Metrics Actually Matter

Downloads don't tell the full story. Focus on these podcast metrics—completion rate, retention, traffic sources—to actually grow your show.

Oct 19, 2025
6 min read
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Interview Podcast Tips: Making Guests Sound Great

Make every guest sound brilliant. Practical interviewing techniques from prep to follow-up that produce memorable podcast conversations.

Oct 15, 2025
6 min read
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Creating Social Clips: Finding Viral Moments in Old Episodes

Find viral-worthy moments buried in your podcast archive. Search strategies and criteria for clips that actually get shared on social.

Oct 5, 2025
5 min read