Podcasting - You're On The Air

Have you ever wanted to be on the radio? Produce your own
radio talkshow? Ever since I was a kid I have been recording
my voice, or my music on to various formats of tape recorders
and most recently computers. (Check my music website at
www.colinarthur.com) I am excited about some brand new
recording devices and a new forum called "podcasting" to get
your message or music out to the world.

Podcast is a term coined for Internet broadcasting by combining
the words "iPod" and "broadcast." Podcasts are created and posted
to the Internet as an MP3 file that you can download to your computer
and listen to.

Using mp3 audio to broadcast a message was formerly known as
“audio-blogging.” With millions of iPod owners out there, the name
became associated with Apple's, iTunes. Podcasting software allows
you to be automatically updated when a specific podcast you subscribe
to has been updated.


Here's How Podcasting Works…

A Podcast, or your "Radio Show" is basically a file sitting ona website
waiting to be downloaded. When someone subscribes to the Podcast
by using easily available freeware. The program will check for updates
and download any new files to your playlist. To automatically sync files
to your iPod, you'll need to use a podcast client. iPodder is a free,
open-source client that is available for Mac OS X, Windows & Linux.

Podcasting is realtively new and because of this many new podcasts
are be created. The cool thing about podcasts is that anyone can create
them. It's quite simple to get started and there is very little start-up
cost to
creating your own podcast. All you need is some recording software, a
microphone, a show idea and a page on the Web to make your podcast
available.

Choose a topic that you're passionate about. It could be about music,
health and wellness, sports or politics, then plan your podcast.
The best way to post your podcast to the Web is using FTP. Podcasts
are typically large files so FTP protocol is designed to safely upload large
files.

Microphone
Soundcard
MP3 Player or computer with iTunes installed

Let's Get started

A: Record your Podcast to MP3 format
(I recommend the portable Edirol R-1, or the iRiver for recording directly
to MP3 remotely.)
I use Apple's Garage Band for editing and recording at home.

B: Upload your MP3 to a website

C: Create an RSS feed of your podcast
I am using WebJay an online html generator
http://www.smoothouse.org/smoothouse/webjay.asp


To find a podcast, simply type "new podcasts" into a search engine like
Google. You could also visit an online directory of podcasts such as
www.apple.com/itunes There are also communities such as: ipodder.org,
PodcastAlley, and Digital Podcast.


For more detailed instructions on Podcasting you may want to purchase the
e-book Podcast Secrets Revealed http://colinw.podcasting.hop.clickbank.net