The Audacity to Podcast® - tips and how to start and grow profit in podcasting

As podcasters, we should be setting the examples of being great listeners and encouraging our audiences to be the same.

This is a hot topic for Internet content-creators: bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers—almost anyone with a presence on the Internet could be affected.

While everyone is making New Year's Resolutions in their personal lives, think about how you can improve your blogging and podcasting passions in 2012.

Listen to hear me comment on the following new features in Audacity 1.3.14.

Back to basics! Learn what you need to edit your first podcast and some tips you may have missed if you're already podcasting with Audacity.

5 things to consider as you decide whether stereo or mono is best for podcasting: File size Bandwidth Download speed Audio quality Listeners

5 simple steps to get your own website, install WordPress, and start blogging or podcasting: Pick a domain Get web hosting from either https://noodle.mx/site5 or https://noodle.mx/bluehost Install WordPress. Install plugins Publish content

Learn twelve things you can do to get content for blogging or podcasting.

Like any program, Audacity has its limits that can't be broken. Each of the following would be best done in a different program.

We chase away the undead ideas that scare away many people from podcasting or blogging, or frighten even seasoned podcasters or bloggers.

In-person social-media events are a lot of fun and can be opportunities to grow your audience. Learn 9 tips for taking advantage of these events without being a spammer.

Feedburner provides useful subscription stats and powerful overrides that any blogger or podcasting can use. Learn how to setup Feedburner with your WordPress website for your blog or podcast.

Learn what ID3-tagging software you can use (most free), how to enter ID3 tags, and taking advantage of iTunes fields for podcasting with PowerPress.

Whether live-streaming or only offering a download, your timing is important! Learn some tips on picking the best time for you and your audience.

Learn three easy Audacity tips for making your voice sound better, regardless of what microphone you use.

Your shownotes are the life of your Internet home for your podcast. Writing and posting them effectively will give you several benefits.

Stever Robbins, host of the Get It Done Guy's Quick & Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More, and author of Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More, shares his tips to help us podcast more and better by being more productive.

Your podcast's live page shouldn't be merely another page on your site. This page needs special content and optimization to be effective. Learn nine things you should include on this page.

Encourage viewer-participation with a chat room during your live-streaming, podcast-recording sessions.

Once you have your podcasting gear setup, it's time to pick your live-streaming service and embed it on your website!

You've added a cohost to your podcast, and you want to record in front of a live Internet audience. We've previously talked about recording multiple onsite cohosts. But if your cohost is offsite, there are ways you can record and live-stream with just a few extra cables, or do it easiest with a mixer and two computers.

Continuing the series of how to live-stream your podcast while recording, we'll look at how to do it when you're flying solo.

This is the launch of a miniseries about live-podcasting. Before we get into the "how to podcast live" specifics, it's best to answer why you should podcast live.

Whether you're only a blogger, a blogger wanting to upgrade to podcasting, or a podcaster trying to do things better, this list of WordPress plugins will help you. These are all compatible with WordPress 3.2.

I have almost never had problems with Audacity, except when I did something stupid. If you'd like similar success, try the following and share any suggestions and experience you have.