Bill Masson 
October 12, 2009, 4:08 am|
Whatever your into online whether its making music or providing tutorials, Podcasting can add real value for you and your visitors.
Here are some excellent resources to get you started if you want to get into Podcasting.
Creating, promoting, and distributing your podcast to reach an online audience of possibly millions is relatively easy. You can get your podcast online in about 5 - 10 minutes. It can help to increase the audience for your business. Podcasting is becoming more popular as many bloggers turn to the internet radio shows to get their music/message out. source: WikiHow
Recording Apps
Record the audio for your podcast using: Mixcraft or GarageBand, for a free recording app’ try out Audacity
Create your RSS podcast feed
Start using your blog to produce your Podcast RSS feed: Free services Podblaze or Podomatic. To put your RSS podcast feed on the Internet. Go to Feedburner and type in the URL of your blog and click “I am a podcaster!”. In the next screen, configure the elements for your podcast. These are the elements that directly relate to the podcast. your feedburner feed is your podcast.
Publish your Podcast
Go to iTunes to upload your mp3, they have full instructions. To submit to more “Podcast Directories” just Google it. Make sure to place the appropriate subscription buttons on your website so people can subscribe to your RSS podcast feed.
Needful Things
- Microphone
- Audio recording software (You can download free, open source recording software such as Audacity or Wavepad from their respective websites. Download the software and install it on your desktop for easy access.)
- Podcast Manager & Hosting
- A computer
- A webcam/camcorder (If you are video podcasting)
PodPress for Wordpress
I was planning to create a podcast for my personal blog but anyhow I was not able to do it due to lack of knowledge of doing it….Its time to give it a second try after reading this post.
Thanks Bill
TC
Excellent idea. You will not only gea bigger audience but you can also build more backlinks by submitting your podcasts to directories.
I’ve never tried listening to a podcast yet. And who thought making a podcast can be this easy? Thanks for sharing the steps.