FREE video tutorial on how to install and use iPodder.

I couldn't find any video tutorials on how to install and use iPodder, so I created it for my 'Create A Podcast' Handbook class, and decided to share it publicly.

Just go to http://www.1stpod.com/7155.html or go to 1st Podcast Publishing (www.1stPod.com) and go to the Podcast Directory.

Now you have a tool to help convert your ezine subscribers to podcasters.

This simple tutorial will allow anyone to receive podcasts within 10 minutes! So create a podcast, share the video, and let everyone hear you!

Penny Haynes
http://www.Create-A-Podcast.com

Major players take podcasting seriously
The headlines below reveal that podcasting is a viable business and entertainment tool. Anyone can create and download a podcast. And major companies want to take advantage of that.

APPLE to make iPod podcast-friendly
CNN - USA
Popular audio files, which can be played on any MP3 player, said to be easily organized on iPod. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.
...
<http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/technology/personaltech/apple_podcast.reut/>

GARAGEBAND.COM Adds Podcast Studio Functionality The Mac Observer - USA ... bills itself as a "grass roots community" devoted to giving up-and-coming musicians exposure, on Monday announced the addition of GarageBand Podcast Studio to ...
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/05/23.12.shtml>

Podcasting levels the playing field
You don't need money or an audio engineering degree to create a podcast. You need something worthwhile to talk about. And you need instruction about how to do it affordably.

Why aren't you podcasting?
If you are reading this post, you can podcast. If you have a phone line, you can podcast. If you have something to say, you can podcast.

It's an inexpensive way to self-promote. Create good content in a professional manner, and you're on your way. The real issue is desire, time, and knowledge about how to create a podcast.

Join us for our free podcasting seminar
We are offering a free podcasting seminar at Co-Op World during their Summer Sizzler event. You can attend in their audio conference room. http://co-opworld.com/member/50522/?summersizzler
If you can't attend, contact me via the QMTP box on this site, and I'll tell you when the next seminar will be.

Podcasting is just the beginning
Once you begin podcasting, this opens the doors for you to create audio seminars, audio books, and more. The key is learning how to do it well - the first time around. If you want to learn how to create a podcast without the trial and error, learn more here.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon - literally!

Penny Haynes
http://www.Create-A-Podcast.com

Understand How To Create A Podcast

If you are interested in learning how to create a podcast for your hobby or your business, but don't really understand what podcasting is and how it can be used for your business, I invite you to come to my free Introduction To Podcasting seminar, which will be held in a Co-Op World audio conference room during their Summer Sizzler session.

It Doesn't Have To Cost An Arm And A Leg

I will be telling you about all of the things that you need to create a podcast inexpensively, but professionally. You can go to: http://co-opworld.com/member/50522/?summersizzler to register, see the expo hall and review the schedule. My seminar will be at 9:50 am EST on Saturday morning, June 4th. I'd love to meet with you there.

Penny Haynes
http://www.Create-A-Podcast.com

The Complete 'Create A Podcast' Podcasting Handbook for Busy Entrepreneurs.

The Complete 'Create A Podcast' Handbook for Busy Entrepreneurs is a 5 week course that, by its end, will have you recording, editing, mixing music, uploading files to your server, creating your RSS podcast feed, listed in all podcast directories and more. Participants receive:

Training in a recorded audio conference room (seating is limited to 24), with access to the recordings and videos within 24 hours after the class.

Instructions on receiving and listening to podcasts.

Audio Recording 101+ - Everything you need to know about recording and editing high quality audio files on your own computer. This course goes beyond the original AR101 class, adding in music mixing, special editing tricks, and more. No special or expensive equipment necessary, other than a headset microphone to plug into your computer's sound card. For those who have purchased the original AR101 course, you will be given a discount coupon equal to the amount which you originally paid.

A password protected forum for questions and answers, which will also contain all of the curriculum for download and review.

***While supplies last***, participants will receive a 128 MB MP3 Player/Recorder/Storage Key (a $70 value) so they can download and listen to podcasts.

Training in vocal delivery for the most professional podcast possible.

Constructive reviews of participant podcasts. Different ideas for new and interesting types of podcasts.

Upon completion of the course, each participant will receive the entire recorded curriculum, with all audios, videos and texts, on CD. Late breaking news! RPM Success has offered their 2-CD set, Introduction to Busines Blogging, a $100 value, to all podcasting students!

Participants will also receive a 10% discount off of any single editing service, and a 20% discount off of any continual audio editing services.

The Outline is as Follows:

Week 1 - What is Podcasting, What Can It Do For Me, What Do I Need and How Much Will It Cost? (Not much, by the way!) Homework: Download a podcasting program and subscribe to several podcasts.

Week 2 - Resources For Your Podcasting Needs, including where to find it, what it costs, and how to use it. (No expensive investment necessary!) Will include how to upload your files, where to upload them to, and how to create a podcast entry in your RSS feed. Also where to find music. Homework: Review the Audio Recording 101 Program in preparation for next week's class.

Week 3 - Audio Recording 101+. Intensive instructional course on recording, editing, mixing music, saving files, and the differences in frequencies and bitrates (it's not as complicated as it seems). Homework: Record and edit a practice recording, and put music behind it.

Week 4 - Vocal coaching for delivery and recording. Discussion and review of the different types of podcast styles and productions you can create. Review of existing podcasts for do's and don'ts. Everyone will get a chance to try out their skills by the end of the evening (don't panic! It will be fun and non-threatening.) Homework: Record and edit your own podcast. Upload it to your server and place the information in the RSS feed, so we can review your podcast next week. (We'll be gentle, I promise.)

Week 5 - Review of participant podcasts. All of the places to submit your podcast. Ways to use podcasting for marketing your own products and services. Peripheral ways to make money with your newly found recording skills!

Next class: June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (Thursday nights, 9pm EST)

Price: $199.00

Register to create your podcast here.

This is the excerpt from the New York Times May 12, 2005 article. Thanks to Judith Brown of PlaceOfPines for sharing it with me! (smile)

Unencumbered by professional standards or government broadcast rules, podcasts can devolve into fits of uncontrollable giggling and include more than their share of expletives. (Family Friendly Podcasts, at www.familyfriendlypodcasts.com, has some suggestions for those who prefer tamer shows.) Still, it is the freedom that has inspired many homegrown podcast producers.

For the entire article... [Read More!]

"Firefighters Featured in New Podcast May 19, 2005 The Firehouse Radio podcast is giving firefighters and paramedics a show of their very own. "Firefighters and paramedics are in the news every day," says show creator Jim Goetz. "Firehouse Radio is a combination talk radio and news blog for them - firefighters doing radio right," he continued."

Podcasting News: Firefighters Featured in New Podcast

You know, I thought about going down the street to the local fire station and asking them to share stories, and adding that as an inspirational section of Your Voice, but I never did it...partially out of fear of rejection (can you believe that?), and partially because of lack of time. Who could you interview locally (or virtually) that would have interesting stories?

There is a woman in our town who is giving her daughter's kindergarten teacher a kidney...I'd love to create a podcast from that story too. I really need to interview them...let's see if I have the time and dedication to do that!

This is an interesting article - tell me what you think about text-to-speech podcasts. Do you think people will accept them in place of real human voices? I found out that people would rather pay a little more for a human-read audio book than less for a text-to-speech generated audio book. I had been thinking about doing a podcast on business news, since that's really all I have time to study. I have to think about whether or not I would be willing to listen to it via computerized voice.

By the way, you can create such podcasts yourself with a product called TextAloud - they have some great voices, and I think I will let you hear what this would sound like with one...I'll try to create a podcast with Text Aloud this weekend.

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"New Services Translate News Feeds Into Podcasts May 19, 2005 As interest in podcasting builds, news services are emerging to help deliver web-based text information as audio podcasts. Two new services, Talkr and Speakwire, promise to take RSS news feeds from blogs and other sources, and convert them into audio podcasts. The services provide a new option for creating podcast content and generating audio versions of web content."

Podcasting News: New Services Translate News Feeds Into Podcasts

As you can see below, the networks are picking up on the power of podcasting! Why would the big boys create a podcast when they have all of those money-making sponsors already??? There must be a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow somewhere, or why would they be publishing a podcast? Just my opinion...What's yours?
Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing

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ENTERTAINMENT Podcast
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Brad, Jen, Paris, Tom, Britney and MJ. What do these people have in common?
You just might hear what they've been up to on our entertainment podcast.
...
<http://www.nbc5.com/entertainment/4437014/detail.html>

RUSH Limbaugh Announces Podcast
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has announced that his site will begin offering a commercial podcast starting June 3rd. ...
<http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/05/rush_limbaugh_a.html>

Corey's description is short, sweet and to the point. You can also check out his other e-courses by going to his site: http://radio.about.com

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Creating Your RSS Feed File

by Corey Deitz

An RSS feed is actually a text file with the extension .rss . You can name it anything you like as long as it ends with .rss . As an example, we’ll call the one we’re going to create MyPodcast.rss.

Now, inside the RSS file are several directions created in what is called Extensible Markup Language or XML. It’s similar to HyperText Markup Language or HTML.

If you’ve ever written any HTML or just seen the code of a webpage, then you might know web pages are created using what are called “tags” like:

<Title> This is the Title of my page </Title>

XML uses a similar tag system to describe exactly what is inside the RSS file.

The good news is, you can copy another RSS file as your template and then modify it as needed.

Open up your windows Notepad by clicking:

Start | Run| and typing in Notepad then press ENTER

It’s important you use a text editor like Notepad because a text editor does not include any text formatting like a word processor.

If you used Microsoft Word to create your RSS file, it would fail miserably because of the hidden formatting.

Now, with Notepad open copy this code into it:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>My Program</title>
<link>http://www.mywebsite.com/myaudio.mp3</link>
<description>My first podcast</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>2005</copyright>
<lastBuildDate>Today’s Date</lastBuildDate>
<webMaster>youremail@whatever.com</webMaster>
<ttl>1</ttl>

<item>

<title>Today’s Radio Show - Monday</title>
<description>Here’s my Monday podcast. Hope you like it.</description>
<pubDate>Today’s Date </pubDate>

<enclosure url=" http://www.mywebsite.com/myaudio.mp3" length="4834743" type="audio/mpeg" />

</item>
</channel>


</rss>

I'm sharing the different articles that people have created, and are public knowledge, about how to create a podcast. If you are a do-it-yourselfer, and are not put off by textual how-to manuals, then this is the way for you to go.

But if you need more hands-on instruction, I invite you to join our 5-week audio and video live instructional seminar on recording, editing, mixing with music, RSS feeds, uploading and more. To find out more about the Complete 'Create A Podcast' Handbook seminar, go to 1st Podcast Publishing or go directly to 'Create A Podcast' Registration. We are offering a 128 MB MP3 player as our gift to those who learn to inexpensively create a podcast - but only while supplies last. The course will also be shipped to you on CD when completed.

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How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-by-Step Tutorial

From Corey Deitz, Your Guide to Radio. So, What Exactly is a Podcast? First: Why is the Radio Guide writing about Podcasting? Because it's very clear to me the Internet coupled with pesonal technology like iPods and MP3 players have empowered everyone with a new voice while redefining what "Radio" is in the 2000s from both a technical and distribution sense. Although I love traditional Radio, I'm also willing to embrace new paradigms. If you're reading this, then apparently you are, too.

A Pocast is:

1. An audio file you create in .mp3 format... 2. Which contains your own radio show or any audio you wish others to have... 3. That you upload along with an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) file to a server (your website for instance)... 4. Read More from Corey's Site

Des Moines,IA,USA BitPass has announced BitPass Unplugged, a new service that will give content providers the ability to charge for their podcasts.

This bit of news tell us that if you create a podcast, it is not a pipedream to hope to be able to profit from it at some point. Not necessarily like Rush Limbaugh, who even if he charged only $1/month, could make $25 million dollars. But if you know something that others will pay to learn or enjoy, then you may be able to create a podcast around that niche or market.

What do people want to know? And what do you know that meets that need? Recording a podcast just to hear yourself speak will not get you there - you need to record and edit a professional sounding podcast that deserves payment.

If you'd like to know more about how you can create those professional podcasts, check out 1st Podcast Publishing's new Complete 'Create A Podcast' Handbook - 5 week seminar.

Des Moines,IA,USA Infinity Broadcasting's KYOURADIO, the world's first podcast-based radio station, is set to launch on Monday, May 16 at 9:00 AM, ET. ...

What does this tell us? Someone must think there is money in creating a podcast. I have a friend who is inviting podcasters to sign up for internet radio, and when I asked her why a podcaster would pay to be on internet radio, she stated that it was a chance to get sponsors to help pay for their costs. That made me wonder why sponsors would not want to get on board a popular podcast. If you create a podcast that is popular, I would think that sponsors would want a piece of the action, don't you?

Let me know what you think...

Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing.

Todd Cochrane contacted me about his new book about how to create a podcast, and I wanted to share the press release with my readers and listeners. If you're a do-it-yourselfer, then I encourage you to get Todd's book. If you need more than that, such as someone walking you step by step through it, and having access to the person teaching you how to create your podcast, then I invite you to check out the Complete 'Create A Podcast' Handbook - 5 week seminar. You can also learn more about how to create a podcast at 1st Podcast Publishing.

May 13, 2005

Wiley Publishing has announced a new Podcasting how-to book, Todd Cochrane's Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide. The book, part of Wiley's ExtremeTech series, shows readers not only how to find, download, and listen to podcasts, but also how to create a podcast of their own.

Author Cochrane is the owner and host of Geek News Central, a technology news hub and weblog that serves more than 250,000 weekly visitors. Todd's podcasts, which began in Oct 2004, were among the first.

Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide has a publish date of May 30, 2005. It will retail for $19.95. It's available for preorder at Amazon for $13.59.

The book covers:

-Creating a podcast with just a PC or Mac
-Building a more professional recording studio
-Integrating on-air phone calls, interviews, music and more
-Dealing with copyright, music ownership, creative commons, and RIAA issues
-Integrating advertising into broadcasts
-Hosting and distributing podcasts
-Understanding the geeky stuff RSS, XML and Enclosures


PODCASTING: Do It Yourself Guide
By Todd Cochrane
Published by Wiley
Publication Date: May 30, 2005
$19.99; Paperback; 314 pages; ISBN: 0-7645-9778-7

Publisher's Blurb

Podcasting has taken the online world by storm, and even some traditional radio stations have begun to experiment with delivering their content using this technology. But is doesn't take a professional to create a podcast. PODCASTING: Do It Yourself Guide puts the power of broadcasting into the hands of anyone who feels they have something to say.

May 13, 2005

Microsoft has announced that it has acquired MessageCast, a leading provider of automated alerting and messaging technology. MessageCast technology currently supports Microsofts MSN Alerts service.

MessageCast has also announced that its LiveMessage service now supports podcast alerts. LiveMessage is a broadcast application that sends out alerts when information is updated. The LiveMessage service is being used by some podcasters to communicate with listeners via alerts.

With LiveMesssage alerts, users can pick and choose among various delivery options including cell phones, PDAs, and desktop alerts..

This acquisition extends MSN Alerts to new content channels, helping to expand the ability of MSN to connect consumers to the information and people they care about most.

"Microsoft and MessageCast have created a significant information channel for consumers," said Royal P. Farros, the co-founder and chief executive officer of MessageCast. "It's incredibly innovative and effective, leverages RSS, and the best part is the customer is totally in control. This is obviously a significant milestone, and we're very pleased to join the MSN team."

MSN Alerts lets consumers receive time-sensitive information from sources via any combination of MSN Messenger, Microsoft Windows Messenger, e-mail and text messaging on mobile or handheld devices that are compatible with MSN Mobile. The service is currently offered in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish, and is available throughout the U.S. as well as select markets in Europe and Asia.

FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com Provides Safe-Haven for Podcast Listeners

Over 6 million people have downloaded podcasts, but many people receive quite a shock when they realize the podcast is "R" or "X" rated. FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com is a directory of podcasts without foul language, sexual situations or positive drug promotion, with sample podcasts for each show.

(PRWEB) May 5, 2005 -- According to an April 2005 study by Pew Internet & American Life Project , “More than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players and 29% of them have downloaded podcasts from the Web so that they could listen to audio files at a time of their choosing. That amounts to more than 6 million adults who have tried this new feature that allows internet “broadcasts” to be downloaded onto their portable listening device.”

That’s the good news. The bad news is that many podcasters, in their enthusiasm to exercise their freedom of speech (and freedom from FCC regulations), have chosen to create programs with adult content and language. That is why 1st Podcast Publishing, the first Family-Friendly Podcasting Station, has created FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com their newest service - a no-cost, ‘safe for the whole family’ Podcast Directory in podcast format, which will allow listeners to sample previewed podcasts prior to subscribing.

Podcasting is still in its infancy. Podcasts are like internet radio shows that people can download and listen to on portable players, like iPods and MP3 players. People utilize podcasting as an excellent tool in combination with blogging (web logging) to help increase search engine ranking. For example, when 1st Podcast Publishing’s Comedy Clip of the Week was converted from an audio blog into a podcast, hits went from less than 100 to 2000 in 2 weeks.

“One podcaster listed in our Directory made an interesting observation”, says Penny Haynes, President of 1st Podcast Publishing. “He stated that podcasts seemed to be divided into two groups: “R” and “X” rated podcasts, and religious podcasts, with very little in between. FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com wants to fill that gap by providing an oasis of safe programming. The podcasts listed in FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com will be free of foul language, sexual situations, and positive drug promotion. Both listeners and podcasters who are concerned about the usage of ‘adult language and situations’ in podcast programs will have a place to post and review shows.”

Listeners can search through the alphabetical directory at http://www.FamilyFriendlyPodcasts.com, or they can subscribe to the “Latest Listing” podcast version at http://www.FamilyFriendlyPodcast.com.

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