A brief introduction to podcasting, podcast RSS feeds, hosting and delivering your audio podcast online.

1. Introduction To Podcasting An introduction to Podcasting Artlinks Podcasting Day – Monday March 1st, 2010 Visit LovePodcasting.com after the course

3. How do they work?

4. What can they do for you?

5. Creating and releasing a podcast.

6. Promoting your podcast.

8. Podcast (term) derived from combination of iPod + Broadcast

10. Your website – own site, or podcast host

11. Your RSS feed – for syndication. This contains details on where users can find your podcast and subscribe for latest episodes.

13. Upload to podcast site

14. User subscribes to your Podcast RSS feed

15. User downloads latest version of podcast via site or iTunes to listen anywhere they like.

17. Not restricted to any kind of schedule

18. Your programme content, your way

19. Access anytime, anywhere

20. Great promotional / educational tool

22. Computer, microphone or video camera

23. Finished audio or video file

24. Somewhere to host your podcast (delivery)

26. Your RSS feed gets updated

27. Listener (subscriber) automatically gets the latest episode of your podcast.

29. The greater the quality, the larger the file

30. The longer the podcast, the larger the file

31. Typically, 20 minutes spoken-word audio = 20mb in 128k MP3 format (basic CD quality)

32. MP3 created from ProTools / Audacity etc.

34. XML format document (i.e. Contains certain tags and instructions on your podcast).

35. e.g. Show name, author, episode number, date, where your audio or video file is stored.

36. Most hosts generate this for you.

38. Tools like PodPress, Blubrry PowerPress can be added to Wordpress to distribute your podcast. These are used by Kilkenny Arts Festival, Playlist Mix, Devious Theatre, Kilkenny Music and thousands more...

40. Advanced account $4.95 per month

41. Organises your iTunes listing and RSS feeds

42. Basic account is limited to 100mb (approx 5 x 20 minute podcasts, audio only)

43. Mixed reviews on availability and downtime

44. Limited podcast stats, no scheduling

46. Demo account available: Username sandbox, password sandbox

47. Starts at $5 per month

48. Space available 50mb per month

49. Good for entry level users

50. No statistics at beginner level.

52. Install Wordpress (Free)

53. Install PodPress (Free)

54. 10gb disk space, 100gb bandwidth per month

55. Allows full control over your podcasts

56. Allows full statistics

57. Takes time to set up, worth your investment.

59. You must have your RSS feed URL e.g. lovepodcast.com/?feed=podcast

60. Must have iTunes installed on computer

61. Visit http://short.ie/itunespodcast

63. Podcasts with no episodes will be removed. Podcasts with no recent episodes can remain in iTunes but may disappear from some areas.

64. Itunes won't list private podcasts

66. Podcast Alley (PodcastAlley.com)

67. Podcast Pickle (PodcastPickle.com)