If you have been reading as much as I have on podcasting lately, then this may be the article for you. I learned so much about podcasting within the past year, that I decided to write an article about it for this week's ezine. Here you go.

First and foremost, what is podcasting?

Wikipedia.com states, podcasting is "the practice of making audio files available online in such a way that allows software to automatically detect new files and download them." In nongeek language that means that you put audio files on the Internet for people to save to their computer or iPod or mp3 player. The way I see it podcasting is that it is the audio equivalent of blogging.

Ok so now we cleared up what podcasting is. I know you are thinking, so why should I care about this great new technology called podcasting. Simple, podcasting is in its early stages now. It's where the first Bloggers were 4 years ago. If you get in on podcasting now, you will be light years ahead of your competition in your field.

You don't have to be a geek to know how to podcast either. If you can speak clearly, and talk on the phone then you can record your own podcast. Blogger.com has a service that allows you to call a number and record your post instead of typing it. You do have to be registered with them, but it's free to regi

Another way to get your podcast set up is to use audioblog.com there is a fee associated with this service, but you can record longer posts with this service. Blogger's service only allows you to record a 5 minute audio post. Audioblogger.com's service allows you to record up to a 60 minute audio post. Of course you could always do some digging and find sophisticated equipment, but that is beyond the scope of this article.

Here's what you need to do next. Go to blogger.com and sign up for an account. Once you have your Blog set up, go to audioblogger.com and follow the directions they give you. The site is very user-friendly. So why are you still sitting there get going and make this happen.

Copyright 2006 William Clemens

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