How affiliates can have their own radio show...
by Anik Singal
Published on this site: August 5th, 2005 - See
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Before we start, I want to ask you one simple question. If
you knew what you know today about how big blogging would
be before it started, would you have started a blog? Well,
in that case, you better pay close attention to podcasting!
Pretty much everyone and anyone who knows the slightest bit
about Podcasting thinks about the Apple I-Pod and how I-Pod
users are using Apple's I-Tunes software to download their
favorite songs over the internet.
But what if I told you that you don't even need an I-Pod
to podcast? As a matter of fact, to have your own podcast
show, an I-Pod is absolutely unnecessary!
The name "podcasting" is a combination of the name
for Apple's portable mp3 player, the "I-Pod," and
the word "broadcasting." Using mp3 audio to broadcast
a message was formerly known as "audio-blogging."
It only became known as podcasting after a million I-Pod users
subscribed to Apple's I-Tunes directory within two days of
when I-Tunes launched.
So for those of you who don't know, here's the scoop:
Podcasting is a way to listen or view the files you want,
when you want. Special podcasting software now also allows
you to be automatically updated when a specific podcast you
subscribe to has been updated.
How it works?
It works by first having someone first make a podcast,
which is basically a file sitting on the internet waiting
to be downloaded. The next step is for the user to
subscribe to that Podcast by using readily available "podcatching"
software. The software will periodically check for updates
and download any new files.
"So I'm an affiliate, I want to make money from podcasting,
but I don't have an I-Pod. How can podcasting helping me?"
Podcasting has been around in one form or another since the
year 1991. Before it became known as Podcasting, it was known
as audio blogs. In other words, many affiliates may have already
been using this technique, just without the title of a "podcast."
How you can start implementing podcasting?
It is not very different from having a newsletter or an
Ezine (something we talk about a lot). But from now on, you
can start adding audio files to the newsletter and instantly
you have an active podcast.
- Record your message
- Convert into MP3 file
- Create an RSS feed of your podcast
- Upload MP3 to your website
- Listeners can now subscribe to be notified when you make
updates using pod-catch software
The only part here where it gets a bit technical is the process
of creating an RSS feed of your podcast. However, even that
step will only take a few minutes to learn completely.
Using podcasting, you can immediately differentiate yourself
as an affiliate and begin building a unique list of loyal
subscribers! Congratulations, you are just a few steps away
from having your own radio show!
Anik Singal,author of this article, the founder of
The Affiliate Classroom. If you want to learn his system that
helped him make over $10,466 in 60 days please visit the following
link to enroll into a free course: http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com
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