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Today
on
five
minute
Monday,
we'll
discuss
some
best
practices
for
uploading
your
podcast
episodes
into
Buzzsprout.
Welcome
to
five
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Monday.
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Now
today
I
want
to
walk
you
through
some
of
the
best
practices
for
uploading
your
episodes
into
Buzzsprout
and
specifically
which
fields
matter
more
than
others.
Now
here
are
the
fields
that
are
a
requirement.
You
need
to
feel
fill
these
fields
out
no
matter
what.
Number
one,
the
episode
title
and
by
that
might
seem
kind
of
obvious,
but
yes,
confirmed
right
here
on
five
minute
Monday.
You
need
to
put
in
a
title
for
every
episode.
You
also
need
to
include
an
episode
description.
Now
the
episode
description
is
where
you
get
to
summarize
the
episode.
Give
people
an
idea
of
what
you're
including
in
your
podcast
episode,
links
to
things
that
you
discuss.
You
know
if
you're
promoting
a
product
or
a
service,
whether
it's
yours
or
somebody
else's,
right
?
Those
are
all
the
kinds
of
details
that
you
want
to
put
in
your
episode
description.
And
I
like
to
think
of
it
as
like
the
the
field
guide
to
your
podcast,
right?
That
someone
can
look
at
your
episode
description,
look
at
your
notes,
and
very
quickly
get
a
sense
of
what
they're
in
for
if
they
choose
to
listen
to
that
episode.
But
it
also
serves
as
a
very
nice
reference
after
you've
listened
to
the
episode,
if
you
want
to
take
further
action
on
any
of
the
calls
to
action
that
you've
put
out
in
your
podcast.
And
then
the
third
thing
that
you
must
include
in
every
episode
is
the
artist.
And
so
that
could
be
you,
your
name,
that
could
be
the
artist
for
the
podcast
itself,
or
it
could
be
your
guest.
So
if
you
have
a
really
prominent
guest
on
your
podcast,
then
you
might
want
to
consider
putting
their
name
in
the
artist's
field.
And
the
reason
that
these
are
required
is
not
just
because
they're
just
good
as
in
general,
but
also
because
those
are
the
specific
fields
that
apple
podcast,
Spotify,
Google
podcasts
,
we'll
search
through
for
keywords.
So
when
someone
is
searching
in
their
podcast
player
for
something
to
listen
to,
those
are
the
three
fields,
episode
title,
episode
description
and
artist
in
addition
to
the
name
of
your
podcast
that
they're
going
to
be
looking
for
to
see
if
your
episode
is
the
right
fit
for
that
person.
Now
a
couple
of
optional
fields
,
uh
,
mainly
for
the
apple
podcasts
app
are
the
episode
summary,
which
is
a
very
simple
one
sentence
summary
of
the
episode
,
uh
,
which
appears
under
the
episode
title
when
you
see
it
in
apple
podcasts
and
also
the
season
in
episode
number.
Now,
most
apps
just
list
your
episodes
with
the
newest
at
the
top,
most
recent
at
the
top,
and
don't
display
season
or
episode
number
anywhere
in
the
app
,
uh
,
which
is
totally
fine.
That's
why
a
lot
of
people
use
episode
numbers
in
their
episode
title,
but
,
uh
,
but
just
know
that
those
fields
do
appear
in
apple
podcasts.
And
then
also
,
uh
,
you'll
notice
there's
an
option
to
include
episode
artwork.
And
so
that
will
appear
in
some
podcast
players
and
not
others.
A
Spotify
shows
your
episode
artwork.
If
you
send
people
to
your
Buzzsprout
website
that
includes
the
episode
artwork.
So
also
a
great
thing
but
not
required.
Now
I
get
a
lot
of
questions
about
tags.
Uh
,
so
in
the
bottom
you'll
see
a
tags
field.
And
if
you
were
in
like
a
youtube
space,
tags
would
be
used
in
searches
but
not
in
podcast
players
unfortunately.
And
so,
so
those
tags
are
really
just
a
tool
for
you
to
be
able
to
organize
your
embedded
episodes
on
your
website.
So
for
instance,
if
you
had
a
series
like
five
episodes
that
were
all
kind
of
related
to
each
other
that
you
wanted
to
put
on
a
page,
you
could
give
them
all
the
same
tag
and
then
embed
the
player
with
that
tag
as
a
filter.
And
so
then
if
you
included
any
episodes
in
the
future
with
that
tag,
that
website
would
automatically
update.
And
if
you
have
any
further
questions
about
the
use
of
tags
in
the
best
practices
,
uh,
just
shoot
me
a
comment
in
the
Facebook
group
and
I'd
love
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
And
then
the
final
thing
that
you
can
do
when
you're
uploading
your
episodes
is
to
add
chapter
markers.
You
can
kind
of
think
of
these
like
chapters
in
an
audio
book
or
you
can
just
kind
of
skip
around
to
different
parts
of
the
episode.
Uh
,
some
apps
will
allow
you
to
click
the
chapter
marker
and
go
directly
to
that
section
of
the
episode.
So
it's
just
a
nice
added
touch
to
give
your
listeners
more
control
over
what
parts
of
the
episode
they're
more
interested
in.
And
also
just
makes
your
podcast
look
more
professional.
So
hopefully
that
helped
answer
some
questions
about
uploading
stuff
into
Buzzsprout
.
If
you
have
any
questions,
go
ahead
and
join
the
bus
route
podcast
community
on
Facebook.
If
you
haven't
yet,
and
just
shoot
me
a
question.
That's
it
for
today.
Thanks
for
listening
and
I'll
talk
to
you
soon.
