Cody Ko: Podcast Cold Opens Must Deliver a Laugh Before the Intro
Cody Ko · Cody Ko On Building A YouTube Empire, Partying With Elon & Stand-Up Comedy (#503) · Oct 3, 2023 · at 44:59
Digital creator Cody Ko gives constructive feedback to Shaan Puri on optimizing podcast structure and viewer retention for My First Million.
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“It's such a great opportunity for a laugh right before the smash cut to the intro. It's such a beautiful thing, and so we tend to, like, take our cold opens pretty seriously, or, like, we need a good laugh right at the beginning of the show, so when someone turns it on, they're like, huh. I knew I liked this show.”
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