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Viewing Several Tips that can Help You Create Your Own PodcastSeveral Tips that can Help You Create Your Own Podcast
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What do you get when you mix the Internet with iPods? Podcasts! Podcasts are the 'radio' for the Twenty-First Century. The technology allows anyone to create his or her own podcast and to have a voice. The process is relatively easy. Read on! By Jason Cox What do you get when you mix the Internet with iPods? Podcasts! Podcasts are the 'radio' for the Twenty-First Century. The technology allows anyone to create his or her own podcast and to have a voice. For those who do not know what a podcast is, it is an MP3-format file that can contain your own radio show. You can easily upload your podcast to a server. After uploading, people are then able to download your podcast and listen to it on their own iPod or any other MP3 player. Before you get started, think about some reasons why you might want to create your own podcast. Maybe you would like to have your own show and do not have the ability to do so otherwise. You might be a musically talented person and want to recruit some fans by letting them listen to your music. Maybe you want to sell a multi-part speech, but do not feel like going through all the hassle of making CDs, or labels. Perhaps you already have your own show and want to give an added extra to people who download your podcast. Another reason might be that you are an author who wants to sell more books, so you read a few pages to get a following. You might be an educator who wants to send messages to students. Maybe you want a podcast for some other reason that compels you to get your voice out to the world. Once you know what your podcast will be about, you must learn how to podcast. First, you must understand how to record an audio or video file and save or convert it as an MP3 file. Second, you must learn how to make an RSS file that will tell how to use your podcast when a person's program wants it. Third, you must know how to write the RSS file and then upload that and your MP3 file. Lastly, you must know how to make sure that everything is correct and that it will play when someone requests it. A popular program, like Audacity, can help you with your podcast. Once you have created your podcast and RSS file and uploaded them to your website, you must make sure that you correctly wrote your RSS file. This is actually the easy part. Go to any RSS-scripting site. There, you can type in the exact address where you uploaded your podcast (your server). Then, you simply push the 'validate' button and it will come back saying whether you correctly wrote your RSS file or not. If it comes back saying it was correct, you can now send your podcast out to anyone who wants it. Podcasts have become popular because they allow anyone to run their own radio station, or something similar, without the hassle of expensive hardware. Many like podcasts because they give them a certain intimacy with people that otherwise could not have been achieved. The iTunes Music Store offers thousands of podcasts on many subjects. With the number of people who own iPods and MP3 players, your podcast has the chance of reaching hundreds of thousands of people; and with podcasts, you are not constricted by the FCC regulations. There is really no limit to what you can say! It is easy to get your podcast out into other people's view. Online websites list many of the podcasts that are available. There, people can easily browse through the different categories of podcasts and select which ones they would like to download. Hopefully, yours will be one of them. Now that you have successfully created your podcast and put it out for everyone to see, you can sit back and relax while people are listening to and/or watching what you have created. About the Author: For several years now, Jason has been reviewing hundreds of online products and services. Many consider his reviews very insightful and reliable. Please visit his website: Best-MP3-Players-Online.com. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com |
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