Tools and Techniques - Podcasting

Ipods and podcasting are buzzwords these days.  If you have a voice and something to say, here’s a medium that’s easy to enter.

You can search the web and find all kinds of information explaining how to podcast.  At the Learning Center we have a white paper on podcasting that includes dozens of resources for creating and advertising effective blogs. Reading this paper will save you lots of time.

If you want to get going immediately, you can test the Free Trial at Audio Acrobat.  With this service, all you need is a telephone to record your podcasts.  Audio Acrobat stores the conversations and all you do is hyperlink from your website to where the podcast is stored.  If you’re in a hurry, you can have your first podcasts up today.  Click here to begin (SIGN UP FOR AFFILIATE)

With a podcast listeners can download the file and listen to the contents in the car or while they’re on a bike ride.  With podcasting your website content can be taken anywhere.

Tips for an effective podcast.

1. Like everything else, carefully match your content with your target audience.
2. Keep the podcast lively.
3. Add guest speakers when you can and record engaging conversation.
4. Always add a tagline at the beginning and/or end of the podcast that identifies your name, your book, and your website.