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The
internet has definitely evolved to the point where just about
anyone can find an audience online. In years gone by, being heard was
reserved to the celebrities of the day. Aside from them, it was near
impossible to get your thoughts and ideas into the public domain. No
longer.
Today,
you have a wide variety of choices to get your message
out. You can start a blog. You can post a video. Or you can start a
podcast series.
Much of this technology has been fueled by the introduction of RSS
tools. For those that don’t know, RSS stands for Really
Simple
Syndication and that’s exactly what it is. It an option where
someone can subscribe to the content you’re churning out and
any
time you post something new, they automatically get notified. In other
words, it’s a tool that allows you to build an audience
online
without any of the obstacles that existed years ago.
Podcasting is one of the most interesting vehicles for getting your
word out. No only is it extremely easy to do but it allows your
listeners to actually listen to your voice and get to know your style,
your content and your delivery. For me, podcasting has changed my
career and I’m absolutely thrilled today’s
technology
allows me to communicate my ideas through such an effective medium.
There are only a small handful of things you need to start recording
your own podcast and this article will focus on three of them. In my
own case, I posted my first podcast on the same day that I first
learned the definition of the word. In other words, on the morning of
January 19th 2006, I didn’t know what a podcast was and by
that
same evening, my first podcast was available on iTunes. Hopefully, that
gives you some indication of how easy it truly is.
The first thing you’ll need is a microphone with a pop
filter. A
pop filter is one of those large foam-rubber bubbles that covers the
top of your microphone and it filters out the P’s,
D’s and
B’s. If you don’t use of these pop filters, those
letters
tend to pop into the microphone and then they pop into the ear of
whoever is listening later. So go to your local Best Buy or Circuit
City and spend $50 on a microphone with a pop filter.
The next thing you’ll have to do is open an RSS account.
There
are plenty of providers out there and I suggest putting the words RSS
hosting into a Google search. Personally, I use Liberated Syndication
and have always been happy with their service. They’re one of
the
few hosting companies that do NOT charge for bandwidth and their basic
plan starts at just $5 per month. My podcasts have now been downloaded
over 17,000 times and I have used the $5 account since the beginning.
Last, you’ll need to get some recording software. If
you’re
on a Mac, you’ll probably be using Garage Band. But if
you’re using a PC, I recommend Audacity. It’s free
and
extremely simple to use. Just put Audacity into a Google search and
it’ll come right up. Download the file and install it. The
whole
process will take about 5 minutes and you’ll be ready to
record
your first podcast.
I’ll be publishing a second article about podcasting
tomorrow. It
will deal with the actual execution part of the process.
What’s
the fastest way to make your first recording? How do you get it
registered with iTunes? Where else should you get it registered? Those
questions will be answered in the subsequent article so check my author
profile to find it along with a variety of other articles.
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