Shannon Hernandez's video: How to Launch a Podcast in 2021 Part 2: Listing Your Podcast In Directories Using Buzzsprout

In this video I want to show you how to launch a podcast in 2021, Part 2: Listing Your Podcast In Directories Using Buzzsprout--Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon and others. ➡️ This is a continuation of last week's video that you can find here: https://youtu.be/rMthuS-QKnI Today's video is going to be lengthy and will walk you through each and every small step allow you to see what I'm thinking when I am setting up a podcast. Because I know you are in the research phase of the process, the steps I take are to help save you time in your own process. I highly encourage you to CHECK TODAY'S TIME CODES in case you want to skip to a particular part of the video if you've gotten the basic point. Here you go: 00:00 - Intro 01:33 - Starting a podcast with @Buzzsprout 02:12 - Buzzsprout pricing structure 04:30 - Enrolling into hosting plan with 05:28 - Adding basic podcast details within Buzzsprout 07:08 - ⚠️BEFORE SUBMITTING TO PODCAST DIRECTORIES, FOLLOW THIS STEP FIRST⚠️ This is a deep dive into the podcast settings. In this section you will watch me walk you through all the fields you need to fill out before you submit your podcast into directory platforms. 07:43 - How to add your podcast artwork 09:07 - Choosing categories for listing in directories 10:29 - Determining EPISODIC or SERIAL podcasts--breaking down the difference 11:33 - What are episode limits? 13:19 - Uploading a podcast TRAILER episode to Buzzsprout 14:23 - Titling your podcast episodes and filling out additional descriptive fields 15:29 - Setting your first podcast to show up as a TRAILER on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. 16:10 - Strategies for filling out episode descriptions 18:35 - Exploring more episode settings 19:53 - Publishing your podcast to Buzzsprout 21:16 - Setting your podcast player brand colors 23:11 - Embedding the podcast player into my own website 25:46 - Listing your podcast in directories like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, TuneIn and Alexa 28:03 - *IMPORTANT - FOLLOW THIS STEP BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY OTHER DIRECTORY OTHER THAN APPLE PODCASTS* -- How to submit your podcast to Apple Podcasts I reference another video in this section about Setting up your Apple Podcasts account. Go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P77KNFjaKRo 31:35 - Submitting your podcast to Spotify 32:45 - Checking your Spotify listing 33:39 - Submitting your podcast to other directories 35:21 - How long it took for me to get approved into all the directories *NOTE* After I submitted my podcast to get approved by Google Podcasts, it was approved about 5 days later. Amazon was approved about 3 days later. You can now visit my live podcast website and subscribe at http://www.thepodcasttherapist.com/podcast If your listing isn't showing up in a platform, go through the Buzzsprout website to double-check to see whether you have been approved in a certain directory. As of 12/12/2020 I have not been approved by Pandora. 💥 Get a $20 gift card to Amazon if you upgrade to any PAID Buzzsprout plan using this referral link: http://shanman.tips/getbuzzsprout Today's video was created using the following products: *Rocketbook reusable notebooks* - http://shanman.tips/rocketbook *Adobe Audition and the Creative Cloud* - http://shanman.tips/adobeaudition *TubeBuddy* - http://shanman.tips/tubebuddy Lastly, I have started a new regiment when it comes to lowering the consumption of my caffeine intake. I have switch from tea and coffee to a new coffee replacement drink called MUD\WTR. MUD\WTR has 1/7 the caffeine and is intended to boost your immunity (especially good during COVID) and lower the caffeine intake that causes jitters. It has been a godsend for me. You can learn more about MUD\WTR at http://shanman.tips/mudwtr ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ More helpful resources below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📌💥GRAB A COPY OF MY ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT GUIDE TO START YOUR OWN PODCAST: http://www.theshanman.com/p/quickstart-guide-to-podcasting 📌GET MY NEW E-BOOK, 6 CLEVER WAYS TO MONETIZE YOUR PODCAST! Use coupon code YOUTUBE16 for 16% off at checkout: https://www.theshanman.com/Monetizing-Your-Podcast-EBook 📌LAUNCHING A PODCAST BUT DON'T KNOW THE EXACT STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE LAUNCH? DOWNLOAD MY LAUNCH CHECKLIST HERE: http://www.theshanman.com/podcast-to-do-checklist-c