There are three essential pieces to a Podcasting workflow:
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Publishing audio content
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Distributing audio content
All three of these tasks are easier than ever.
Creating audio content can be done with free and inexpensive tools. All you need is a microphone, a computer, and some recording software. On Macs, use Garage Band (it’s really easy, and comes free with the OS). On Windows or Linux, use Audacity (it’s free and Open Source).
To publish your content, you’ll need a website.
If you are okay with having a third-party control your content, then you can publish on a Podcast hosting service like Lybsyn or Podbean.
However, if you want to control your own content — and integrate your podcast with text-blogging, videos, and your social media presense — you are better off self-hosting your podcast. The easiest way to do that is with WordPress. WordPress, a blogging-centric Content Management System, provides a great, easy-to-setup platform for all of your content: podcasts, blog posts, videos, and other media.
You can setup your WordPress site on either shared hosting or (if you expect a lot of traffic) a VPS plan. Use a podcasting plugin to easily integrate your audio content into your WordPress site.
Finally, you want to distribute your content — which mostly just means submitting your RSS feed to iTunes.
Best Podcasting software?
For creating podcast content:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->GarageBand is the easiest to get started with.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->If you aren’t on a Mac, Audacity is a great free and open source application.
For publishing:
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