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Podcast Promotion

So you want to get your podcast noticed, how do you go about it? Well podcasts, like web sites, just don't magically attract visitors. You need to go out and tell the people where to find you and there are a few sites that can help you with that.

I will be linking to my podcast pages on these to give you an idea on what the site you will be getting looks like. The resources that I will be talking about are: iTunes, Podcast.net & PodCast.Com, PodOMatic, and Yahoo Podcasts

First PodOMatic. Why this one first? Well mainly because here is where you can host your podcasts. Just type in the Episode/Podcast Title and upload the Mp3 or even record one right there. You start with 500MB of space and 15 gigs of bandwidth. You can upgrade to get more filespace and bandwidth for relatively cheap ($10 a month for 2gigs for filespace and 100gigs bandwidth) which makes this an ideal starting point. From here you get the podcast home page and RSS link you need for the other sites.

Next up is iTunes. Yes iTunes does handle podcasts, I have been on iTunes for a couple months now. It is good to get in on because, and let's not kid ourselves, a LOT of people use iTunes. Getting in on this through PodOMatic is usually pretty easy as they usually do it automatically, but it never hurts to check.

Podcast.net,PodCast.Com&Yahoo Podcasts are our next stops. This is the first place you will use your RSS Feed that PodOMatic gives you. Submission to all three is free and highly recommended as the word podcast is quite well known and so is Yahoo. This will help get your name out there directory wise.

If you follow these your podcast will have a shot in the arm over everyone else and hopefully get better results.

Matthew Ulmen
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