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How to Podcast
By Colin Gray
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How to Podcast
A Simple Guide
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................. 8
What is a Podcast? ...................................... 10
What Kind of Media can Make up a
Podcast? .................................................. 11
What Form does a Podcast Normally Take?
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Whats the Difference Between an Audio
File and a Podcast Episode?..................... 13
Using Podcasts as a Listener ........................ 16
What do I need to listen to a podcast? .... 16
Listening to Podcasts on your Computer . 17
Listening to Podcasts on the Move .......... 18
Automating your Podcast Listening ......... 19
How do I subscribe to a podcast? ............ 20
What If I dont have an iPod? .................. 23
Mobile Podcasting Apps .......................... 24
Manually Subscribing to a Podcast .......... 26
What Equipment Do I Need to Create a
Podcast? ...................................................... 28
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Introduction
Hi and Welcome to 'How to Podcast'
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What is a Podcast?
A podcast is really just a series of audio or
video recordings.
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Using Podcasts as a
Listener
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long run.
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What Equipment Do I
Need to Create a
Podcast?
Youll be pleased to find out that creating
your own podcast is amazingly easy, and
requires very little equipment. Even better,
the equipment you do require is often
already available to you.
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Microphones
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Podcasting Software
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its free!
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outline.
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Your Environment
Even though weve talked about the quality
offered by recording equipment,
microphones and software, one of the
biggest factors in how your recording will
sound is your environment.
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An Editing Proviso
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http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-
free/
A good site for royalty free music. All
tunes are available for free use as long
as you credit the creator.
http://www.jamendo.com/
This site has thousands of albums
worth of music free to use for various
purposes as long as you credit the
creator. It's mostly under creative
commons licensing.
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/
free_music_loops.shtml
Has some good music loops and a
number of sound effects.
http://www.sounddogs.com/
Great for simple sound effects for any
video project.
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Editing in Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/
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Making a selection
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part.
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at how to do this.
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Publishing My Podcast
Once youve recorded your podcast, edited it
and saved it as an MP3, its time to publish it
to a Podcast Hosting site so that your willing
public can listen to your efforts.
Podcast Hosting
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registered.
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Niche Directories
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Conclusion
http://www.thepodcasthost.com/contact-us
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Bonus Chapter
This book is squarely aimed at Podcasting
beginners, but I just had to include this
chapter for those that are looking to take
their podcasting to the next level.
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recordings.
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Conclusion
2. Your Budget.
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Image Credits
The following are creative commons images
used in the production of this book:
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