Podcasting

What You Need to Make Your Own Podcast

By Corey Deitz, About.com Guide to Radio

So, you're thinking about creating your own podcast. Maybe you have a business and want to promote a product or you have a hobby and want to share your knowledge with the world. Maybe you're the next great talk show host - only no one knows it yet. Where do you start when you want to start? Right here - with this list of clearly laid out topics to answer your questions how why and how to start your own podcast and what to do with it after you're up and running.

1. What is a Podcast and How is it Different from Internet Radio
2. Why Would I Want to Create My Own Podcast?
3. What Kind of Hardware and Software do I Need
4. Easy Podcasting With a Small Learning Curve

5. Helpful Software, Hardware, and Tips for Podcasting
6. The Legal Stuff About Podcasting
7. How to Market Your Podcast
8. Podcasting Success Stories

What is a Podcast and How is it Different from Internet Radio

A podcast is a simpler way to put your audio up on the Internet for the world to hear. I'm often asked by visitors to this site how to start an Internet radio station. But, usually they are over-thinking the solution needed to meet their objective. Offering audio on the Internet just keeps getting easier - and podcasts are so much easier than starting an Internet radio station. All the links below lead to articles and information that has been created to help you understand podcasting and make decisions about creating your own.

1. Putting Your Voice on the Internet: Podcasts a Stepping Stone to Internet Radio
2. Should I Podcast or Stream Internet Radio?
3. Difference Between Podcasting and Internet Radio

Why Would I Want to Create My Own Podcast?

There are a lot of great reasons to create a podcast from just having fun to making a profit. I'll give you some things to think about.

1. If You Podcast It, They Will Come
2. Why Create a Podcast? Here are 8 Reasons Off the Top of My Head

What Kind of Hardware and Software do I Need

Whether you plan to use a third-party to distribute your podcast or your own website, you will still need some basic tools to create each your audio. You can start out small and inexpensive or invest big bucks in a sweet rig. Ultimately, it depends on what level of audio quality you are willing to live with.

1. What Kind of Equipment Do I Need to Podcast?
2. Audio Mixers For Creating Podcasts or Internet Radio

Easy Podcasting With a Small Learning Curve

Most people want results and you don't care how the sausage is made, so to speak. There's nothing wrong with that. When podcasting first began, the early adopters were required to learn some coding in order to distribute their podcasts. Well, that changed rather quickly. Now, you can do the fun, creative part and leave the rest to someone else.

1. How to Create Your Own Podcast With No Technical Knowledge
2. Structure a Podcast with Basic Formatics

Helpful Software, Hardware, and Tips for Podcasting

The basics are good but often after mastering them, we look to accentuate and accessorize our projects. Podcasting is no different. Here are some tools and ideas to make it better and more fun.

1. WildVoice Studio for Recording Podcasts
2. Audacity Recording Software
3. Audacity Video Tutorial - Record and Edit

4. PodProducer Makes Podcast Creation a Point-and-Click Process
5. Free Teleprompter Software for Podcasts and Recorded Projects
6. 10 Podcasting Tips from Radio Personalities Dave and Geri

The Legal Stuff About Podcasting

The two biggest legal aspects that needs to be understood and respected by podcasters are music royalties and the use of copyrighted music and other material. Before you start putting together your podcast, familiarize yourself with your rights and how to respect the rights of others.

1. Do I Pay Royalties to Use Music on a Non-Profit or Hobby Internet Radio Station?
2. Using Copyrighted Music - Protecting Your Intellectual Property

How to Market Your Podcast

If you build it, they will come. Well, sort of. If you want more people than just your immediate family hearing your podcasts then consider promoting it in traditional and non-traditional ways. Marketing your podcast can pay off in more listeners and even more opportunities for you.

1. Promoting Yourself and Your Podcast
2. How to Write Press Releases and Public Service Announcements
3. The Proper Press Release Format
4. How to Move Your Podcast or Internet Radio Show to AM, FM, or Satellite Radio

Podcasting Success Stories

Podcasting started as a quirky new way to distribute audio throughout the Internet. After an initial love affair with the public it settled into a methodology which could inexpensively allow anyone to share their information - whatever that might be. Now, hobbyists, current and former radio professionals, and people from all walks of life podcast. Some of been very successfull - even to their own surprise!

1. The Accidental Podcaster
2. Dave and Geri: When Radio Turned its Back on Them - They Turned Up the Heat
3. Radio Pros Continue to Turn to Podcasting
4. Podcasting Puts A Soldier's Voice on the Face of a War

Online Tools and Software For Creating Podcast Feeds and Posts

You don't have to learn what RSS is or any code to create your own podcast. There are websites and software designed to help you assemble your podcast, host your files, and help distribute it. It's the easiest way to get your podcast out to the world. If you can click a mouse, you can create a podcast.

1. Create With PodcastSPOTS

TalkShoe Says It Will Pay You to Create Your Own Podcasts

TalkShoe is a website that allows anyone to become the host of their own Internet talk show. Uses include live talk shows, discussion groups, podcasts, conferences and friends and family chats. In addition, the website claims it's ready to pay you, too. Read more.

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Potential Podcasters: Just Create The Audio and Leave The Coding to These Guys - MyRSSCreator.com Writes RSS For You

If you're thinking of creating your own podcast but you're a little hesitant because even though you know how to create your audio, you're not too sure of that "RSS" stuff. Well, good news: MyRSSCreator.com takes the hassle out of the geeky part, leaving you to create that great radio show you've always wanted to share with the world. Read the review.

PodOmatic Brings Podcast Creation and More to the Masses

PodOmatic is a Podcasting portal which enables anyone to create, mix, host, search, share, and grab podcasts and mp3s. No experience or particular skills required, either!

BlogMatrix Introduces Free Browser-Based Solution For Podcasting

If you're itching to podcast but you still aren't quite up-to-speed on the technical end of it, good news: you don't have to be. BlogMatrix.com has introduced a browser-based solution which handles the geeky stuff automatically. Read more.