How to Podcast in 6 Easy Steps

Getting started with podcasting is easy. All you need is a computer with an Internet link and a portable media player. Im going to provide you with 6 easy steps to help you create your very own podcast studio london.

If you still have questions, there are other articles to help you at www.findpodcasts.net. So here you go:

1. CREATE YOUR CONTENT This is really the most fun part of podcasting. You can create a podcast for just about anything you can dream up. You can talk about religious, politics, entertainment or even your kids. Really, the content can be anything. Theres no formula for what makes great podcast content.

It also doesnt matter what platform or application you use to record the audio, or whether youre using a PC or a Mac. Dont worry about the quality of the microphone or the recording. Especially when youre just starting out, its more important to actually finish making your podcast than anything else. One option to consider is Audacity, a free open source application that lets you mix together multiple audio files. On the Mac, GarageBand is a popular choice, because it is free and also powerful.

2. SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! Once youve created the content, make sure to save your finished audio show at maximum quality in the native format of your audio application. That way you can go back and edit or reuse it and youll have a good version.
3. CONVERT. Now that youve saved the audio file you have to save it to MP3 format. MP3 is the defacto standard format for podcasts since its the most universal. Stick with MP3 unless youve got a very good reason for using another format. Using anything else will mean that some users may not be able to listen to your podcast.

Use the minimum bit rate that provide good results. Here are some suggested settings:

48 56k Mono sermons, audio books, talk radio
64k+ Stereo music, music & talk combinations
128k Stereo good quality music4.

PUBLISH. Save your MP3 files to your web server, and test them with any MP3 player. The files can go anywhere on your site, but you may want to put all of them into one directory, so they are easy to find and manage.

5. CREATE A NEWSFEED Podcast feeds are RSS files that describe your podcast, along with information for each show. An RSS file is bascially just a text file linking to your MP3 file. RSS newsfeeds normally feature news Items that contain a title, link and description. Each item in a news feed provides meta-information about a URL on the web. In the case of a podcast newsfeed, each item describes the content of an audio file referenced by the enclosure URL. Save your RSS file with a .rss or .xml extension.

Normally, youll want to have one news feed that contains all of your recent podcasts, ordered from newest to oldest.

6. PUBLISH YOUR NEWSFEED Transfer your podcast RSS file to your webserver, like you would any other content. Validate it using an online RSS validator. If the podcast news feed is valid, its ready to be published to the web.

Thats it! Check your podcast and publicize it. Several designers have come up with some great podcasting logos, so make sure you make it easy to find your podcast.