The Podcast

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The Podcast

• How to make the most wicked sweet podcast you
  will ever see!

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There are four easy steps to follow

• Create Video or Audio File
• Create Personal Website
• Create RSS Feed
• Register Feed With Itunes

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Create audio or video file

• There are only certain file types that will work
  with the Itunes podcasts.
• These include.m4a, .mp3, .mov, .mp4, .m4v, and
  .pdf. So any file that is not saved as one of
  these will not work.
• The best way to do this would be with a
  microphone, video camera, or webcam.

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Audio

• Example Audio Feed
• You can do this feed by getting quicktime and
  creating a new audio recording.
• You can also use a program called audacity that
  is open source to edit your voice recordings.

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Video

• Example Video Feed
• You can use a webcam to create your video feed, a
  digital camera, or video camera. (featured video
  is using a digital camera)

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Create Personal Website

• You need to create a personal website that allows
  you to edit the coding (html).
• Make sure your web space is big enough to support
  a video file and has a distinct URL.

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Create RSS Feed

• These are the exact steps you need to follow,
  they are lengthy but they do help.
• CLICK HERE
• This can get complicated, but according to
  Wikipedia an RSS feed is a simple XML-based
  system that allows users to subscribe to their
  favorite websites. Using RSS, webmasters can put
  their content into a standardized format, which
  can be viewed and organized through RSS-aware
  software or automatically conveyed as new content
  on another website.

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Register Feed With Itunes

• On Itunes you need to go to the Itunes store and
  click on podcasts.
• Then there will be a graphic on the screen that
  says submit a podcast. Click on it.
• Then it asks for the podcast feed URL. This will
  be the URL to the page on the website your RSS
  feed video is on.
• It may take a few days for them to review the
  content of your feed.

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Using Podcasts For Business

• Here are some examples from apple on how they use
  Podcasts for advertising to users
• 1.
• Many businesses are using podcasts like apple is,
  for advertising a product.
• Some podcasts come at a price making some
  podcasts their own business.
• Many News organizations are also using these as
  some what of a cyber Newspaper. This makes money
  for their industry as well.

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Ways to Use Podcasts

• Pocasts can be put on your ipod so you can watch
  news, lectures or anything on the road.
• Watch the news or listen to political discussions
  on the go.
• Many schools like said above are using this
  technology to podcast their lectures so students
  can watch it again on their ipods.