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Sounder ā Discovery-first podcast management platform
Sounder is an end-to-end podcast management platform built for creators focused on growth and discovery. We want to make every creator successful by building discovery and monetization tools that support an open and thriving creator ecosystem.
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Also fun fact: This product was made remotely as our teams sit across the world in the US, Serbia, and the Netherlands.
@realrossgordon Seriously, the BEST team. Everyone is a rockstar at his or her craft.
Hey everyone š
Kal from team Sounder here. We are so, so excited to officially bring our Sounder Discovery Suite out of beta today! The team has been working hard to build a suite of tools for podcast creators unlike anything else on the market.
With millions of hours of content available to stream, we realized it was harder than ever for creators to grow their audiences and for listeners to find their next favorite podcast. At Sounder, we believe in facilitating new creator-listener relationships as itās essential for an open audio ecosystem to thrive.
Here are eight ways weāre helping creators build their communities:
šø Free Tools: Starting and building your community shouldnāt be expensive. In fact, it should be free. With Sounder, creators get all of the tools below for free.
š In-Stream Audio Search: Listeners can search for topics, interests, or keywords they care about in an episode (or across an entire podcast library) so they can engage with the content that matters most.
āļø Soundbite Audio Share: Creators have between 5-15 minutes to hook a new listener. Creators and listeners can share the most compelling moments of an episode with their communities.
ššæā Audio SEO: Sounderās proprietary technology enables advanced search engine optimization through a combination of metadata, analytics, and episode transcriptions.
š Transcription: With free speech-to-text recognition, itās never been easier for creators to transform their audio content to promotional content (blogs, social media, newsletters, etc).
š Sounder Player: A reimagined embeddable audio player, featuring all of Sounderās innovative discovery tools in a small and mighty package.
š Podcast & Episode Web Pages: We make creators look like marketing experts in minutes by providing SEO-optimized websites for their podcasts.
š Data & Analytics: Proprietary analyticsāincluding groundbreaking keyword search, demographic, and sharing dataāhelp creators track and improve podcast performance.
We canāt wait to hear your thoughts and feedback.
The world of podcasts is so unknown, but what is known how hard it is to search for audio. Love this, much needed.
@seanforrestsims We couldn't agree more, Sean! We are working hard to solve the frustrating audio discoverability problem that so many listeners face. Today's launch is just the beginning. Thank you for your support!
In stream audio search is huge! And all these free tools almost make me want to make a podcast. Congrats @kal_amin2 and team. Can't wait to see how this takes off!
@anthonyfrasier We totally agree. We were really tired of having to scrub through episodes to find THAT part that mentioned THAT thing... in-stream audio search cleans that process right up.
@katie_moriarty Thank you for the kind words, Katie, we're very excited to have a hand in developing these brand new discovery tools for creators (and listeners as well!)
@mike_fava1 Thank you, Mike! We're making Sounder WITH not just FOR audio creators. So your support and feedback mean the world.
@mike_fava1, thank you for the kind feedback! Happy to hear our team's hard work has paid off for you!
@drew_lyon1 Thanks, Drew! We're excited to make our discovery tools available to the podcasting community!
Thanks, @rarich01, we're excited to get these tools in the hands of more creators with today's launch.
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