Are These 5 Podcast Choices Costing You Listeners? with Courtney Elmer

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Chapters
0:00
Guest Intro: Courtney Elmer
7:01
Podcast Health Score
12:41
The Five Content Gatekeepers Explained
13:43
Cover Art That Stops Scrollers
16:53
Podcast Names For Search Visibility
25:40
Descriptions That Answer Why Care
35:45
Episode Titles With Relevance And Urgency
45:40
Show Notes As Teasers Not Recaps
54:59
Adding Scores And Reading The Results
58:38
Post Show: AirBnB Of Her Own
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Are These 5 Podcast Choices Costing You Listeners? with Courtney Elmer
Jul 17, 2026 Episode 237
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A great podcast can still get ignored if the packaging doesn’t convince anyone to press play!

Courtney Elmer, founder and CEO of PodLaunch and host of Insider Secrets to a Top 100 Podcast, joins us to put Buzzcast through a live audit of the five Podcast Content Gatekeepers: cover art, podcast name, podcast description, episode titles, and show notes. 

Score your own podcast along with us, while she helps Buzzcast figure out where it may be losing potential listeners, and why small changes can make a bigger difference than chasing the latest podcast growth tactic.

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