How to Start a Podcast: The Step-by-Step Ultimate Guide

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Just Go Grind

25 min readJul 13, 2019

How to Start a Podcast in 2019

I had no idea what I was doing when I first launched the Just Go Grind Podcast. Between podcast hosting, finding the best microphone, interviewing guests, and trying to get my podcast on directories like Apple Podcasts, it seemed overwhelming. But, learning how to start a podcast was worth the effort and has been a great decision for me personally and professionally.

In this guide you’ll learn all the essentials of starting a podcast, step-by-step, so you can set yourself up for success from the beginning.

If you want to learn how to start a podcast in an easily accessible format you can also check out Podcast Launch, my FREE course I created on Teachable with video lessons on launching your podcast.

Note: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. I will make a small amount if you buy items or sign up for software through the links — AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. Just wanted to make sure you knew!

The Steps Needed to Start a Podcast

There are a thousand things you can do when starting your podcast, but the overarching steps for starting a podcast are:

Choose a topic you’re passionate about and you’ll stick to
Research your target audience to come up with a plan for your show
Decide on your podcast title, description, and artwork
Buy and setup your equipment
Prepare for recording your first episode
Record your first episode
Edit and publish the episode
Launch and promote your podcast to the world!

What is a Podcast?

A digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.

With a quick Google search you’ll get this definition for what a podcast is:

That may be more of an “official” definition, but really a podcast is a form of audio where you can learn anything or be entertained.

I’m a huge fan of podcasts, love the audio format for its ability to be consumed while doing other tasks (Like driving or working out), and I typically use them more for learning about specific topics or people.

Podcasts come in many formats, from short 5 minute episodes with a single person talking to a 3+ hour episode with multiple guests. There is literally a podcast for everyone and in almost every niche.

5 Quick Tips for Starting a Podcast

Podcasting is amazing and will open many doors for you both personally and professionally. As you work to launch your show, here are some quick tips for getting started:

Just. Get. Started. Seriously. You can ponder and plan for YEARS, I’ve done it, so just get your show out there. Remember, you can always adjust course later.
Commit. It’ll be a long journey to podcast success, but if you commit to it, you’ll succeed eventually. Just be warned, building something great takes time.
Don’t expect perfection. Things will go wrong. Some interviews won’t go well. Mistakes will be made in editing. Understand this before you start your podcast.
Be strategic, but flexible. Yes, you want a plan before you start your podcast, but you also can’t be afraid to adjust, try new things, and implement feedback from your audience.
Have fun! Enjoy the process and embrace just how fun this medium can be. Ultimately, you get to talk to some amazing people, share your message with the world, and be creative — it’s an incredible activity, so enjoy it as much as possible.

What are the Benefits of Podcasting?

I briefly mentioned how podcasting has benefits both personally and professionally, and I want to elaborate on those for you a bit more, drawing from my personal experience with podcasting and what I’ve seen with other podcasters.

Professional Benefits of Podcasting

Professionally, starting a podcast has a few benefits:

Growing your professional network
Becoming an “expert” in your space
Building an audience you can monetize in the future
Landing speaking gigs

Since launching the Just Go Grind Podcast in June of 2018 I’ve connected with dozens of entrepreneurs, have continually gotten more inquiries for my business coaching services, and have been growing an audience. All of this has formed a foundation for future business ventures. It’s a long-term investment.

Personal Benefits of Podcasting

When you start a podcast and go through the process of producing new episodes every week you get more than the professional benefits of the finished product — you gain the benefits from actually doing the work.

Here are a few of the personal benefits of podcasting:

Becoming a more articulate speaker
Getting better at asking questions
Growing your personal network
Improving your time management skills

Additional Benefits of Podcasting

There are benefits of podcasting both personally and professionally, but the medium itself of podcasting also has particular benefits.

It can be replicated and consumed by an infinite number of people
It’s easy to produce (Much faster potentially than blogging)

What can I Expect from Podcasting?

Everyone who starts a podcast seems to want to know a few things:

How much money can I make podcasting?
How many downloads will I get?
How long will it take to succeed in podcasting?

From my experience, there are a few things I can tell you about what to expect from podcasting.

Making Money from Your Podcast

First, in terms of making money from your podcast, unless you already have an audience built somewhere else, it will take A LONG TIME to grow your podcast to a point where you can monetize it directly from advertising, which is the way most people think about making money from a podcast.

With that being said, you can monetize much quicker through methods such as offering coaching services, selling products, or even becoming an affiliate for other products or services. A more recent development in podcast monetization is live recordings, where podcasts are recording in front of a live audience and admission is charged. Podcast events have grown like crazy and will likely continue.

But wait, how long does it actually take to monetize at all? The answer is one you probably won’t like — it depends. Ask 10 different people and you’ll get 10 different answers. You could make money from your podcast from the very beginning or it could take years.

Tim Ferriss, host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, has an article called, “ How I Built a #1-Ranked Podcast With 60M+ Downloads “ which provides some great thoughts on making money from podcasting and shares some of his top insights as well.

One of the things Tim mentions is that he didn’t accept sponsors till he had 100,000 downloads per episode. 100,000! This is a number many podcasters will NEVER reach — and that’s okay. But for major advertisers, many of them do require tens of thousands of downloads per episode.

In thinking about monetizing your podcast, play the long game, and focus first on creating a great show that is valuable to your audience.

How Many Downloads can I Expect per Episode?

For reference, my show, the Just Go Grind Podcast, is a business-focused podcast putting out about an episode per week and in the first year it had around 7,000 total downloads.

I started the show without a prior audience, haven’t been in the “New and Noteworthy” section in Apple Podcasts, but every month the show has continued to get more downloads.

It’s not tens of thousands of downloads, but it’s a start. In a couple more years I expect it to continue to grow and get to the point of thousands of downloads per episode — but it’ll take time.

When starting your podcast I would tell you this — don’t focus on the downloads, focus on making a great show and putting in the time to promote it through various channels to your target audience — the downloads will come as a result of this.

Overall, what can you expect from podcasting? Growth. You can expect your show to grow if you keep putting in the work and providing value to your audience in some capacity.

How to be Strategic About Starting Your Podcast

To give yourself the best chance at success you want to be intentional about creating your podcast. Answering a few questions early on in starting your podcast will set you up for success moving forward. Take the time to go through the following questions.

Why are you podcasting?

This is the first and most important question you need to ask yourself when you start a podcast. If you don’t know why you’re podcasting, you won’t have a guide for what you’d like to get out of your show.

So think about it. Do you want to start a podcast just for fun? Do you want your podcast to be a source of lead generation for your business? Do you want your podcast to help grow your personal brand leading to new career opportunities? Why do you want to start a podcast?

Podcasting is a long-term commitment and figuring out why you are podcasting will also keep you motivated as you continue to produce your show each week — even when you sometimes don’t feel like it or are too busy to put in the time.

Who are you podcasting for?

Understanding who you are podcasting for drives who you interview, what questions you ask, and the types of episodes you create.

If you want to be strategic about creating your podcast you’ll do some research beforehand to understand who the people are that’ll be listening to your show. You can think about the following questions:

What problems are you solving for them through your show?
Do they just want to be entertained?
What specific skills are they trying to acquire?
Are they trying to increase their understanding of a certain topic?
What is your show doing for them?

Why should anyone listen to your show?

What is going to make your show stand out?

Expanding on your reasoning for podcasting in the first place and deciding who you are podcasting for, you’ll want to figure out why someone should listen to your show versus someone else’s.

John Lee Dumas, who I interviewed on the Just Go Grind Podcast, created a daily podcast interviewing entrepreneurs because, at that time, nothing of that sort existed. He found a hole in the market and executed perfectly on producing a high quality show with great guests. He built a 7-figure business out of this.

Think about how you can make your show different. Will it be the guests you have on? The frequency of your show? The depth you go on various topics in your show? The subject matter you discuss on your show? There are so many ways you can make your show unique — find what it’ll be for your show.

How to Choose the Right Topic for Your Show

When thinking of a topic for your podcast, can you imagine talking about it for the next year? Two years? Three years? Ten years?

Choosing a topic for your show starts with having some level of passion for that topic. It’ll be way more difficult to succeed and keep putting out podcast episodes without that passion.

Remember, podcasting takes work, passion helps you keep going for the long term. Passion is also your starting point from which to create systems around to ensure your success moving forward in your podcasting journey.

The Riches are in the Niches

There are over 700,000 different podcasts available. How do you stand out? Finding a niche.

Choosing a niche can accelerate your progress in podcasting. Unless you already have a big audience somewhere else, this niche can help your podcast become the go-to resource on the subject. It can also help you choose which guests to have on the show, which episodes to create, and it makes it easier to promote your show.

That being said, don’t get paralyzed trying to find a niche. Just choose a topic, create amazing podcasts around that topic, and constantly work to grow your show. Don’t let choosing a niche hold you back from starting your show.

Brainstorming Topics for Your Show

Can you think of 50 ideas for episodes or guests for your show?

Once you have an idea of the topic you’re going to podcast about, start writing down ideas for episodes and create a list of potential guests. If you struggle to come up with these, you might want to reconsider the topic you chose.

Your topic can be too niche, where there is simply not a big enough audience for it. Depending on your “why” for podcasting in the first place you’ll need to consider this as well.

Not sure how to gauge the size of your audience? Take a look at sites like Reddit, BuzzSumo, Google Trends, Quora, and Google Keyword Planner to get an idea of how much people are talking about your topic, what’s getting shared, and what questions people are asking.

The Format of Your Show

Podcasts come in many different forms. Some examples are:

When you start a podcast you’ll want to give some thought to whether it’ll be an interview show, a solo show, or some mix of the two.

With solo podcasts you can simply outline the episode, you don’t need to schedule guests, and it’s less logistically challenging but there is more pressure for you to come up with content.

Interview shows of course require you to book guests for your show, but they provide the content for you. It also requires research on your end to prepare for each interview and you have to deal with the logistics involved with scheduling and recording another guest. However, by doing an interview show, you get to connect with very interesting people and build your network.

How Long Should a Podcast Episode Be?

You’ve probably heard something about the average commute in the U.S. being around 25 minutes so your podcast should be that length — not so.

As I mentioned earlier, there are podcasts ranging from 5 minutes to 3+ hours. There is no correct answer on exactly how long your podcast should be. Instead, you can think about creating quality and engaging episodes, regardless of how long they are.

Furthermore, you can ask your audience and get feedback on your show once you’ve released your podcast. You may gain some insights from that on just how long your show should be.

How Often Should you Release an Episode?

The main objective with your podcast is to be consistent. Many podcasts release an episode every week and I think that’s a great cadence to stick to.

However, if you want to be unique, standout even more, and potentially gain traction much faster, you could release multiple episodes per week or even an episode every day. It depends completely on what you think you’ll be able to do consistently.

The Important Details of Your Show

So you know the topic and the format of your show — Now what? Well my friend, now you’re going to name your podcast, create the podcast artwork, and write a description for your show.

What Should You Name Your Podcast?

If you’ve already built up a personal brand or simply want to build it moving forward you could use your own name as the name of your podcast. You’ve seen it before — The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show, and so on.

Another option for naming your show is to use the name of your business. You’ve seen this before with different publishers and business owners. This is used mostly when these businesses want to grow relationships with their audience and strengthen their brand, but you could do the same.

Furthermore, you could choose a name based on the topic of your show or what your target audience will resonate with. Pat Flynn is a great example of this with his show, The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast. With his show, Pat clearly describes what the business is about and it caters clearly to his target audience.

How to Name Your Podcast Episodes

When it comes to naming your podcast episodes you have plenty of options. Since I mostly interview guests for the Just Go Grind Podcast I almost always include my guest’s name, their position, and what they discuss.

For example, my episode title for episode 59 is: #59: Austin Rief, Co-Founder and COO of Morning Brew, on Growing to Over 1 Million Newsletter Subscribers. The listener knows from the episode title who I’m interviewing, their position, and something interesting about the episode.

When you interview more mainstream guests, you may not even include their position, instead opting to just include their name and what’s discussed.

In episode 56, I interviewed Rand Fishkin who is well known in the SEO and marketing world and the title I chose was: #56: Rand Fishkin, Founder of SparkToro, Author of Lost and Founder, and Former Co-founder and CEO of Moz. Because Rand is a very accomplished entrepreneur I chose to mostly focus on him and his accomplishments to spike intrigue in potential listeners.

There are tons of approaches you can take when naming your podcast episodes, but just think of this question: What name will make someone want to listen to this episode?

How to Create Amazing Podcast Cover Art

The image you see for different podcasts in your favorite podcasting app is the cover art. You’ll need to have this artwork ready before you can launch your show.

For Apple Podcasts, the dominant player in the podcasting space, your cover art needs to be a minimum of 1400 x 1400 pixels with a maximum of 3000 x 3000 pixels. You can include text on your podcast cover art, but keep in mind that this artwork is often viewed on a mobile device so be sure to make the text large enough so people can actually read it. Take a look at a few podcasts on your phone or the screenshot below of the top charts in Apple Podcasts for an example.

You can create the artwork for you podcast yourself using a tool like Canva or, if you don’t have the design skills, you can also use services like Fiverr, Upwork, or 99designs.

I initially had my friend design my podcast logo and a few months later I used 99designs to get an update version. I’m a huge fan of 99designs and, though it’s more expensive than other options, you get a variety of quality options to choose from, all from different designers on their platform. It’s definitely worth taking a look at, especially if you’re serious about making your podcast a success.

This also brings up another important point — you can change your podcast cover art over time. So, don’t let this hold you back from starting your show.

How to Write a Compelling Podcast Description

Your podcast description shows up right underneath your podcast cover art when someone views your show in the Apple Podcasts app. This description will help potential listeners decide if your show is worth checking out so it’s definitely important.

You want your podcast description to be enticing to your target audience and here’s a few things you can do to create a compelling podcast description:

Mention what your show is about
Say who your podcast is for
Explain why someone should listen to your show
Include keywords someone would search to find your podcast

Including these elements will ensure you have an amazing podcast description. Just remember, you’re writing this description for your target audience — think about what would make them want to listen.

The Best Podcast Microphones for all Levels

The Super Basic Podcasting Setup

If you’re alright with okay audio quality and just want to make podcasting as easy and cheap as possible you can simply use your phone to record podcasts.

I actually use my iPhone as a backup for in-person interviews using the VoiceRecorder app just in case, for some odd reason, my microphone decides to fail me.

Is using your phone to record podcasts your best option? No. Will it do the job to help you get your podcast started and serve as a backup to another microphone? Yup.

The Most Popular Podcast Microphones (And What I Use)

The Blue Yeti, a USB condenser microphone, is one of the most popular podcast microphones in the world and it’s also the one I’ve used for almost every episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast.

With the Blue Yeti’s versatility and ease of use it’s easy to see why so many podcasters choose it for their go-to microphone. I love it and will continue to use it for a long time.

Another podcasting microphone I’ve used that’s also very popular is the Audio Technica ATR 2100. It’s rather inexpensive and, unlike the Blue Yeti, offers both XLR and USB outputs. This XLR feature allows you to use a mixer or digital audio recorder to record your podcast episode. You can even record with both the USB and XLR cables to have a backup in case one of your recording methods decides not to work for you.

Advanced and Probably Not Needed Podcast Microphones

Looking for a professional podcast microphone that’s the best of the best? I’ve got a few options for you.

First, is the Shure SM7b which is basically on everyone’s list of “best podcasting microphones.” I’ve never actually used this microphone, but I’ve done the research for you and it’s one of the best podcasting microphones available. You’re welcome.

Second, is the Heil PR40. This is another microphone that’s held in high regard. Again, look at almost any list of the top podcasting microphones and you’re bound to see the Heil PR 40.

Other Podcasting Equipment You Need

Besides a microphone there are a few other pieces of equipment you’ll want to consider for the production of your podcast.

First, is a boom arm. This will allow you to hold your podcast right by your mouth without having to worry about bumping it.

Second, is a shock mount. Having a shock mount also helps eliminate any unwanted noises that come with bumping the table your microphone is sitting on or attached to.

Third, is a pop filter or windscreen. These will help you reduce or eliminate the “popping” noises and plosives that come with “p” or “b” sounds.

Finally, we have digital recorders. Depending on the microphone you choose, you’ll need to purchase a digital recorder. The advantage of using a digital recorder is that, unlike your computer, it won’t crash. You just need to make sure you have room on your memory card and enough battery before you start. The Zoom H6 is one of the best and used by many people.

Software for Your Podcast

From hosting your podcast to promoting it to new listeners, there are lots of different websites or software that’ll be useful when you start a podcast.

For hosting your podcast files, Libsyn is the gold standard. They host over 50,000 podcasts including some of the largest podcasts that exist today. This is also what I use to host the Just Go Grind Podcast and it’s pretty intuitive.

Additional options for hosting your podcast include Buzzsprout, Anchor, PodBean, and Blubrry. I can’t speak from personal experience with these other podcasting platforms, but those will be near the top of all your podcast hosting lists.

For actually recording your podcast I have a few suggestions:

In the free course I guide you through Audacity, Zencastr, and also Libsyn. Take a look.

Furthermore, when it comes to scheduling guests for your podcast I highly suggest using Calendly. I started using Calendly a few months into creating the Just Go Grind Podcast and it saves me so much time by eliminating a lot of back and forth emailing.

Often when you start a podcast you’ll also want to create a website to host your show notes and be able to capture emails.

WordPress is the behemoth in the website game and has an easy integration with Bluehost to host your site as well. I’ve been creating websites with WordPress and Bluehost for years and always suggest them for a website because of the flexibility and solid out of the box SEO capabilities.

Besides WordPress, there are also website builders such as Squarespace, Wix, and Weebly which give you a lot of flexibility with drag and drop website creation capabilities.

On your website you’ll also want to collect emails, as an email list is the foundation of any online business and is another channel to reach your audience.

I use a combination of Sumo and ConvertKit for email marketing purposes. Sumo has great pop up forms for gathering emails on your website while ConvertKit is the email CRM where you can send emails from. Besides ConvertKit, you can also look at Mailchimp, a CRM I used before ConvertKit and still run my Just Go Fitness email list from.

Finally, the last piece of software I love is the Smart Podcast Player. You can see a couple different versions below.

The Smart Podcast Player makes it really easy for people to consume your podcast on your website. Sites like Libsyn will have built in podcast players you can use on your website as well, but they don’t look or function as well as the Smart Podcast Player.

Finding and Scheduling Amazing Guests for Your Podcast

For many podcasts, guests are at the core of their show and drive its growth. So, the question is: Where do you find guests for your podcast?

Where to Find Podcast Guests

A few places to find guests for your podcast are:

Early on in my podcasting career I used a variety of these sources to find guests for my show.

In fact, here’s a list of my first 10 podcast guests and how I found them:

As the Just Go Grind Podcast has grown, I have more and more people reaching out to me to come on the show. I’ve also gotten a few guests through PR companies that have contacted me after finding me through social media or referrals.

Furthermore, I’ve become more intentional and selective with who I have on the show and have had to turn down guests I feel aren’t the right fit. This is a luxury I now have because of the work I’ve put in to get to this point.

As you can see, when starting a podcast you have a plethora of options for finding guests. Tap into your various networks and find those guests you feel will be a great fit for you show.

Scheduling guests

As you search for podcast guests you’ll eventually get people to commit to coming on your show. What you want to do next is to make it as easy as possible for them to actually do the interview.

I send all my podcast guests a Calendly link to schedule the interview. All they have to do is choose a time. I also make sure to mention how long the interview will last, how to use Zencastr, and I ask if they have any questions about the process.

In addition, I send my guests a reminder email a day or two before the interview and also ask them for a bio and picture I can use to promote the episode once it goes live.

Something else you’ll want to do is to choose one or two days per week to record interviews and batch your interviews on those days. This will help you stay ahead on your podcast recording and just makes it simpler for you as your equipment can already be setup and ready to go.

I’ve batched as many as 4 interviews in one day and, with releasing an episode every week, this helps me stay a month or two ahead of my podcast release so I’m not scrambling to find guests, record, and edit.

Everything you Need to Know About Guest Interviews

Interviewing guests for you podcast involves a few steps:

Finding and scheduling guests
Preparing for interviews
Recording the actual interview
Follow up after the interview

All of these steps are important to ensuring your guest has the best experience possible and you get a great interview out of the interaction. If you do it right, guests will have an amazing time and be happy to refer new podcast guests to you.

I’ve already talked about finding and scheduling guests, so let’s dig into the preparation you should do for guest interviews.

Prepping for Podcast Interviews

I like to keep a Google Doc with general topics and questions I want to ask my different guests. This document serves as a starting point for the final document I’ll use during the interview.

What I’ve found is that it’s useful to break up your interview into different sections and have questions for each section. I generally break up my interviews into three sections. Since I interview lots of entrepreneurs who are currently working on growing one of their companies, I break down the interview like this:

In those sections I have a set group of questions I start with. These serve as a guide and I always have them as a fallback.

Of course, you don’t just want a bunch of generic questions in your prep document — you want questions specific to your guest for that episode. That’s where the research portion of guest prep comes in.

To prepare for guests you can look at all different sources of information. What you’re looking for are interesting stories, things that you naturally have questions about, and even just questions or topics they’ve never been asked before.

Sure, some of the things you ask your guests will be things they’ve talked about previously, especially if they’ve been interviewed many times before, but you don’t want all of your questions to be a carbon copy of everyone else. Where’s the fun in that?

Here are some places to do research on your podcast guests:

From this research you’ll add more questions to your interview prep document. I like to keep this document to one page in length and then send it to my guests a couple days before the interview so they have an idea of the types of topics I’d like to discuss. Again, it’s all about doing everything you can to make sure the guest has a great experience.

How to Crush Podcast Interviews (In-person or remote)

The first step in crushing any podcast interview is to come prepared. Your prep document will help with this.

The day of the interview you’ll also want to figure out all of the interview logistics.

For in-person interviews you want to make sure the room is a comfortable temperature. Because of the noise, you’ll typically turn off the air conditioning or any other loud noises that could disrupt the interview.

If the interview is taking place in a hot place this means you’ll need to keep the room cooler before you start the interview. This is something I learned on recording days when I was living in Las Vegas. If we didn’t keep the room cool, it’d heat up throughout the recording and it’d get nearly unbearable.

In terms of the room itself, you’ll ideally be in a quiet room with carpet and as little echo as possible. Placing rugs on the floor or even hanging blankets around can help with the audio quality as well. If you’re doing remote interviews like most of mine are for Just Go Grind, you can even just record in your bedroom.

During the interview, there are a few useful tips I’ll mention:

Right before your interview starts, make sure your guest is comfortable. Ask them if they have any questions for you, ensure they understand how the recording software works (For remote interviews), let them know that you can edit anything in post production, and explain that they don’t have to feel the need to word vomit — you’ll ask follow up questions and direct the interview.

Keep your mouth pointed in the same direction at your mic and at the same distance throughout the interview
Make sure the correct mic is selected in your recording software
Don’t just stare at your interview prep sheet thinking of the next question
Ask follow up questions to things your guest says
BE CURIOUS and let that curiosity guide you

Remember, the prep document you create for the interview is just a guide — that’s all. You likely won’t get to every question and you’ll probably skip around a bit too. That’s okay.

After the interview you’ll want to do a few things:

If you enter the interview well prepared and you are genuinely curious about your guest and what they have to say, the interview will go well. Over time, as you do more interviews, your skills will also improve and you’ll feel more comfortable as well.

Thank your guest
Make sure you get your guest’s bio and picture to promote the episode
Ask your guest if they know other people you should have on the show

Also, I like to record the intro for the episode as quickly after the interview as possible. That way, the interview is fresh in my mind and I can mention specifics from the episode as a teaser in the introduction.

Editing Your Podcast

When you start a podcast, it’s often best to keep things as simple as possible. For this reason, when it comes to editing your podcast, I always suggest starting with Audacity. Audacity is free audio editing software and will allow you to do all the basic editing you need for your show.

When I used to do all the audio editing for my show, I used Audacity every time. It’s really easy to use and you can learn the nuances in a matter of minutes.

Depending on your show’s needs your editing could be as simple as adding an intro and outro or as complicated as a well-produced NPR show with sound effects, background music at different times, and more.

Editing your show could literally take a few minutes or a few hours — that’s up to you.

Because of the amount of time it can take to edit a podcast, many podcasters opt to outsource the editing of their podcast. After about 30 episodes I chose to do this as well.

At this time, I have to briefly but shamelessly self-promote my own podcast production company — PodPuppy.

With PodPuppy we can handle your audio editing, write show notes for each episode, and create images and audiograms that you can use to promote your show — all at an affordable price per episode. Take a look.

How to Submit Your Podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and More

Whatever platform you use to host your podcast will also provide you with the feed URL you need to submit your podcast to various podcast directories.

A few of these directories include:

All you have to do is copy and paste the URL into the submission forms for these directories and enter a few different pieces of information to get your show live on these platforms.

It can take a few days, but once your podcast is on these platforms they’ll automatically be updated once you upload new episodes to your podcast hosting platform.

I go through a video demonstration of this for Apple Podcasts in my Podcast Launch free course as well.

Should You Create a Website for Your Podcast?

Yes, yes you should. Not only does having a website allow you to rank in search engines when you create amazing show notes, but it also provides a method for gathering emails and building a real business. You know, if that’s what you’d like to do with your show.

At its most basic level, having a website for your podcast provides another opportunity for more people to find your show. And you want more people to find your show, right?

I wrote an in-depth article on how to create a website that you should check out for the details on how to get started.

As I mentioned previously, some of your best options for creating a website include:

Many top podcasts will also have a website for their show, but you don’t have to have a website. You could just produce podcast episodes, promote your show through social media, word-of-mouth, and outreach, and call it a day.

What’s Next?

You’ve made it this far and all you have to do now is TAKE ACTION.

Go through the various steps I mentioned, create an amazing show, and get the word out to the world!

Want an easy way to get your podcast live? Go through the free course I created on how to start a podcast with videos that walk you through the process as well.

Finally, please share this blog post on how to start a podcast with anyone you think needs to read it 🙂

Originally published at https://www.justgogrind.com on July 13, 2019.