• Using the Podcast Research Tool Chrome Extension

  Using Captivate’s Research Links feature, you can easily collate links and add them to your episode show notes. This is perfect for adding more resources to your show notes, as well as making it easy for listeners to find out more about the topics/people discussed in an episode. Thanks to Captivate’s Podcast Research Tool extension for Chrome, now you can add these links directly from any web page! [![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f04b36e7cd77b800/568cfa2b-eda3-4Some readers

• How to Use Episode Idea Recording Notes

  Using Captivate’s Episode Planning feature lets you plan ahead for your podcast, and turn ideas that you may have otherwise forgot int awesome episodes! Not only that, but thanks to our nifty Recording Notes feature, we make it super easy for you (and your guests) to make each recording session as effective as possible. What are Recording Notes? At their simplest, Recording Notes are auto-generated notes created in Episode Planning, giving you a quick-look resource that you can use when reFew readers

• How to Create a Research Link

  When putting an episode together, it’s always great to be able to link out to sites and resources that are mentioned in that episode. Not only does this make it easy for the listener to read more around the topics discussed, but it helps your show notes stand out and act as a deep-dive resource for the listener. With Captivate’s Research Links feature, you can easily collate these links for episodes: Create or edit a link from the Research and Planning section of your Captivate dashFew readers

• How to Convert an Episode Idea into an Episode

  With Captivate’s Episode Planning feature, it’s super easy to collate your ideas for upcoming episodes in one single place. These can then be used as a handy reference guide when recording your episode, or helping guests prepare ahead of their session with you. Not only that, but turning these ideas into episodes is super easy, too! Log into Captivate Click on Episode Planning on the left hand menu Click the little convert icon for the episode idea you want to turn into an episode [Few readers

• How to Create an Episode Idea

  Planning ahead for your episodes can be time-consuming as well as hard from a project management point of view, with multiple resource tabs open. Not any more, thanks to Captivate’s Episode Planning feature, available straight from your Captivate dashboard. This is perfect to use for your own reference when recording an episode, or for helping guests be fully prepared for their recording session with you. Better still, you can keep all your ideas and links together in one place and it’s superFew readers