have you heard that now you can get your
podcast feature on spotify a few days
ago spotify announced that its editorial
submission form is now available for
creators in the us what does this mean
for podcast creators like you and me
well spotify says that part of its
mission to democratize audio means
giving every creator a chance to be seen
and hurt too being featured on a podcast
player like spotify is prime real state
it means that your podcast is showcased
on spotify's main podcast page new
releases section and other curated lists
over millions of other podcasts on the
platform this is a great marketing
opportunity for your show for you and
for your business because spotify users
browsing for new shows will see your
podcast first thing increasing your
chances of getting a fresh batch of
listeners submitting your podcast or
video podcast to get featured is a
simple process and in this video we'll
show you the exact steps as we actually
submit our podcast content hipfig
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hello amigo welcome to the pad sound
school i'm veronica marketing and
content strategist always looking for
ways to get more eyes and ears on your
content here at the patreon school we
love to try new things and put ourselves
through the test every time a new
service gadget feature or strategy is
released this is why a few weeks ago we
recorded our trailer for our new video
podcast content jeffy
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content jeffy is brought to you by pod
sound school
video podcasting is a feature spotify
released last year after recording your
video podcast you uploaded to anchor
anchor then distributes your video
podcast to spotify and voila you fancy
because now you have a video podcast we
demonstrated the whole process in this
video where we use reverse side fm to
record our video podcast remotely this
time we're going to submit our video
podcast content jeffy to the spotify
editorial team to be featured i'm super
excited and freaking out a little
unfortunately we won't be able to know
right away but we'll keep you posted and
hopefully after watching this video you
go straight to submitting your podcast
because your podcast cool you're cool
and everybody needs to know about it the
process is super simple we'll get to it
in a minute but before let's talk about
the submission guidelines
first your content must follow the
spotify platform rules of not posting
content that is dangerous deceptive or
illegal there's a link to the rules in
the description of this video and i
encourage you to go check it out but
basically don't be a jerk and don't post
katka content
second and the obvious you must have
your podcast on spotified and in the
form that we're going to see in a minute
you're required to provide the spotify
link to your show is your podcast on
spotify let me know in the comments
below
third you will need a show description
this is your podcast tagline and
elevator pitch telling people what your
show is about
fourth if your podcast is not selected
one month you're welcome to apply the
next month as long as you have posted at
least two episodes since the last
feature request
how are we doing do you like the video
so far if you do make sure you hit the
thumbs up
spotify says that once you have
submitted your podcast the editorial
placement is at the whole discretion of
the editorial team but what makes the
editorial team choose a podcast over
another
what is their criteria i researched this
further and i found an article from
spotified that talks about the specific
qualities the editorial team seeks in
the podcast they choose to feature
basically they're looking for creators
and storytellers who have the ability to
inspire their audience into action so
storytelling is a big component they're
looking for content that is authentic
and inclusive the personality and
chemistry of the host is also a factor
and also lots of creativity and
experimentation with different formats
audio quality is also a factor they take
into consideration and it says in the
article that it doesn't have to be a
full professional studio but the
production value should not detract from
the listening in summary they're looking
for content that is original well
produced and with lots of personality
and production quality and if that
sounds familiar it's because that's what
we teach here in our channel and to our
students okay now let's get to the
submission process
hey studio steve here veronica put me in
charge of submitting the form and
showing you how to do it she's a tough
boss let's get right to it so right here
we're going to be sharing this link for
you right where you're watching this
video this is the news announcement the
spotify released and it has some cool
information about how to get your
podcast featured on spotify you'll see
some other links and some submission
guidelines and things that you should
really read through on this article and
then you'll see the submit now link
right here at the bottom that will bring
you to the error table or the form that
you'll actually fill out to have your
podcast considered to be featured and
here you'll just need to fill out all of
this information so for the name of
podcast i'll just put in content jeffy
for the submitter name i'm going to say
pod sound school here you would put in
your email address is this your podcast
yes i work on this podcast the release
date you're going to want to put the
release date of your podcast if you've
forgotten what the release date is you
can figure that out by going to your
podcast hosting site we just barely
release content hefe on anchor so we can
come here to see that i can come to
episodes and look at our trailer episode
and it was published on may 3rd so back
here i would say may 3rd
and that's our release date the type of
podcast it is this is really cool
because this shows you that a new
podcast is something that spotify is
going to take into consideration or a
podcast that's announcing a fun new
season so i'm going to say new podcast
and then podcast log line give us a two
to four sentence description of your
podcast and this is something you really
want to spend some time on this is your
elevator pitch this is how you're going
to hook them in and not just the
editorial team on spotify you want to
have a good tag line a good hook line
just prepared anytime you're talking
about your podcast anyway so you should
already have this teaching online
business owners to make better content
and more money that's sort of our
tagline and then genres you can select
an option here i'm going to say business
and tech and then down here network or
indie we're going to say indie spotify
show url this you would get actually
from your podcasters portal on spotify
or if you host your podcast on anchor
from your anchor website you can come to
where it says settings and from settings
there's this podcast availability you
can click on that and right here you'll
have your spotify show address right
there so that's easy enough i can copy
and paste that there favorite episode
url so we're actually gonna come here to
spotify where you see your podcast on
spotify and pick your best episode if
they can only listen to one i'm gonna
choose the trailer here we're gonna say
link copy to clipboard by clicking on
this icon right here and i can come back
here and i'll pop that in there social
handle links this is really important
how did you hear about this form and it
says this does not affect your
submission in any way so right here go
ahead and type in pod sound school
youtube
video that would be great and then would
you like to share anything else about
your podcast and here it says examples
hosted by anchor timely topic notable
guests featured etc okay now i have all
of the information put in and i'm going
to go ahead and press submit now it says
make sure to check our editorial
services to see if your podcast is
featured and don't forget to share and
tag us so this is really important if
they feature you tag at spotify and also
tag us at podsoundschool and also while
you're at it just come follow us on
instagram or twitter we also have a tick
tock pod soundschool this is really
exciting stuff we've got our fingers
crossed for you your podcast deserves to
be featured
okay amigo if you get featured make sure
you tap spotify at spotify podcast and
me ipad sounds cool i know you want to
stay here and hang out with me but you
have an idea to do so go keep creating
don't forget to submit your podcast to
spotify to get featured and
peace