Enter the title of your episode

Add the season and episode number

Add the name of the podcast host/s

Enter your episode description (show notes). This includes the full description of your episode. With the text editor, you can add links, bullet-pointed lists, bold, italics, etc.

Include an optional episode summary. This should be 1-2 sentences that describe the specifics of this episode and entice the audience to click through and listen to the entire episode. This only populates on Apple distributed podcasts.

Select episode type (full/bonus/trailer)

Mark if it contains explicit content

Be sure to click 'Save details' when you're done to move to the next step in episode

creation

Episode title is what your listeners will see when viewing your podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

If you podcast in seasons, make sure to fill out the season field along with the episode number.

Some directories, like Spotify, do not show the episode number or season on their platform. Therefore you can put your episode number inside the title , for example: ‘E234: The Art of Podcasting.’

Each episode you create can have a description, most commonly refer to this as episode show notes

Podcast platforms will generally show the first 2-3 sentences of your description in the episode list so it's a good idea to summarise your episode at the start of your description.

You should also think about adding:

links to your social media sites

links to articles (if you'd like your listeners to do some further reading).

links to your merchandise or any books you've authored.

You can attach a short summary to your episodes, these are the 2-3 sentences summarising the contents of your episode.

This step is optional and currently, whatever you put in there, will only appear on Apple Podcasts in their episode list.

We recommend that you put the summary of your episode at the top of your episode description. This means that the summary of your podcast will be the first thing in your description and, as a result, will be displayed consistently, as a summary, on all directories like Spotify and Google Podcasts.

Alitu will ask you about the type of your episode. Most of the time, you will be fine with a default option, 'Full Episode.' This is what you would select for your standard podcast episode.

Bonus Episode: Any episode that is made up of extra content (things like behind-the-scenes information or interviews with the cast) can marked as a bonus episode

Trailer Episode: Are a great way to introduce your potential listener to your show or a new season. So if think of creating an episode like this, make sure to mark it as a Trailer episode.

Some distributors will mark your episode as "Bonus", "Trailer" if you select this in Alitu.

You will want to enter the name under which you podcast, here. You may podcast under your own name or a psuedonym, enter what it is and this will show up on podcast directories, under the name of your show, like so:

If you use swear words, profanities or anything that might not be suitable for children, you should mark your episode as 'containing explicit content.'

If not you can leave that checkbox unchecked.