The first step to getting your podcast live in iTunes is to open a project in Dropbox for everything to be stored in as you go. Record the link to this in the form field below.

Next, you need to identify your target audience. Record your choice in the form field below.

Now you need to start drafting ideas for your show! Although not all will be used, trim down your initial list until you have a concise premise for your show.

Record this premise in the form field below.

Although this can be more down to personal preference, next you need to decide if you're going solo or partnering up. Note your choices in the form fields below.

Now that the preliminary decisions are out of the way, you need to come up with a name for your show! Write your choice in the form field below for safe keeping.

Aim to concisely summarize what your show is about, but make it memorable - no-one's going to remember a 20-word title of nothing but waffle.

The next step is to register a domain name for your show. As always, record this in the form field below.

Now you need to have artwork for the show. Upload the final file to this checklist using the form field below.

Every good podcast website should have a favicon, so this is what you must now have created.

This is pretty self-explanatory; you now need to buy hosting for your website.

You'll want to have an intro and outro sound bumper for your podcast so that your listeners are not alienated by sudden starts and stops. Use the form fields below to store these bumpers once created.

Once again, this is self-explanatory. You now need to create a mobile-responsive WordPress website.

Once that is set up, add in your email name capture offer or form to start building your subscribers.

What more is there to say? Go ahead and add a social sharing plugin (such as Social Sharing Toolkit) so that your delighted audience can share your posts at the click of a button!

Next up, you need to install the Blubrry plugin for Wordpress.

Now that you have the plugin, open a free Blubrry account to track your downloads. Note your username in the form field below.

View the stats page here

You have the site set up, but you're going to need to flesh it out a bit more! Start by writing your "About" page.

Another self-explanatory step, you should now add Disqus to the commenting system on your site.

Now you can finally get started on drafting the details of your podcast! Record what you have drafted with the subchecklist below - feel free to add items if you want to carve things out with a bit more clarity!

Nobody's going to listen to a muffled mess of an audio file - quality is absolutely vital when creating a podcast. Hence, you now need to get your best microphone ready for recording!

If you're planning to use Skype to chat with your co-host or guests, you need to select and set up a call recorder.

The time has come! Now you need to create your first episode. Upload a copy of the raw recording to the form field below.

Next up is the task of editing your episode to remove awkward pauses and add any extras, along with adding in your intro and outro bumpers.

To clean up the sound of the podcast, you should now run the final version through Auphonic. Save a copy of the final version with the form field below.

This is a post-production audio service for podcasts that normalizes the signal as well as reduces noise, compresses, etc.

Next you need to upload your completed audio to an Amazon S3 bucket or LibSyn. Record the link to this in the form field below.

Now you need to create the first post on your WordPress site. Record the link to this post with the form field below.

This post should contain the show's title, the show notes for the first episode, an MP3 embed and the show's picture.

Once your post is complete, go ahead and push it live! Record the date of publish with the form field below.

The moment of truth is here! Now that all of the preliminary measures are complete, go ahead and submit your show to iTunes.

Submit your show to Stitcher which comes standard in many car radios now.

This checklist, along with How to Get Your First 100 Podcast Listeners and a Podcast Formatting Checklist was taken from the blog post The Formula for Creating a 1,000,000 Download Podcast from OkDork. It was written by James Schramko, the founder of Sydney based online marketing coaching business SuperFastBusiness.

See also our Podcast Management Software blog post and our complete Podcast Publishing Checklist.