Podcasting 101: Resource List

Hi there

Here are some useful (and in some cases essential) tools and websites you should visit, bookmark, download and buy if you’re looking to get started in Podcasting …

Some are free, some are not, but all are well worth your time looking at …

Podcasting Resource Websites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Wikipedia is an online open encyclopedia that collects and synthesizes information. Anyone can contribute and add to pages so it provides real value as an ongoing source of information. If you want to learn more about podcasting and many of the related terms and technologies, go here.

http://www.ipodder.org/
This site is one of the original and most popular sites available on the internet for podcasters. It acts as a directory for people interested in listening to podcasts, although it can be difficult to navigate around if you want to find other information than whatâ€™s on their main page. Visually, it is so-so but it is a pioneer in the podcasting industry.

http://www.apple.com/podcasting
Apple, from whose product podcasting derives its name, has a very visually pleasing site on podcasting. It is fairly comprehensive and even a non-apple owner should find useful information and links there.

Podcasting Forums

http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/
This is an excellent forum about podcasting, covering absolutely everything you could imagine about the industry from content and creating podcasts to podcasting and the law and the business of podcasting.

An excellent site for podcasts and for information on podcasting also has a great forum: http://www.podcastalley.com/forum

If you have questions about podcasting, whether technical or otherwise, these forums should help you. But be a good Internet citizen and help others who have questions once youâ€™ve gained some experience!

Getting Started With Podcasting

http://www.dopplerradio.net
Start here to get podcasts on your computer

http://www.blogger.com
Sign up here as a place to write about whatâ€™s going on in your life or the world of your interests or hobbies and as a place to put your podcasts.

http://www.audioblogger.com/
Once youâ€™ve signed up here, you can phone in your podcast. Itâ€™s a great way to start!

http://www.openpodcast.org
This is an interesting site for the budding podcaster who doesnâ€™t want to commit to doing a regular podcast, but would still like to podcast occasionally. This is an ongoing, open podcast that people can submit when they want, as if everyone in the world is part of one big podcast. Itâ€™s an interesting concept and there will undoubtedly be a wide range of material to hear! You can call or email your less-than-5-minute podcast in and it gets posted to the open podcast in just a few minutes.

Essential Podcasting software

http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Audacity a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
* Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
* Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
* Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

And a lot more more! Highly Recommended!

http://www.feedforall.com
On this site you can buy a program that will let you create RSS feeds for your MP3 files. This is one of the leading sites in this field.

http://www.wimpyplayer.com
With this site you can buy and download a file that can help you save your file as an MP3 file and then post it with an RSS feed. It replaces the free Doppler program you downloaded and lets you create and post podcasts as well.

http://www.nickthegeek.com/PodcastTeleprompter
Finally, now you can Podcast like a pro saying exactly what you want to say without “erm” all those stupid “um” noises in the middle of your recording - talking just like you normally do without having to be self-conscious or think about what to say.

With Podcast Telepromter, you’ll get it right first time and you’ll save hours every week editing out all those “um” noises …

An Essential Purchase For Serious Podcasters.

Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed this Podcasting mini-course, if you’d like learn a lot more detail about Podcasting for Fun and Profit then I’d advise you take download a copy of the book from here and who knows … you could be well on the way to becoming a podcasting celebrity …

Just remember who got you started …