Free Online, On-Demand Podcasting Seminar from Apple
Here are three video tutorials on podcasting from Apple, titled The Podcast Recipe. They can be viewed online for free with Quicktime. I’m not sure why, but they don’t let you download them to watch on your video iPod.
There are three videos: Perform, Produce & Promote. Perform talks about voice and mic technique. Produce walks you through how to record and edit your podcast with Garageband. The Promote video is a just basic, but good, overview of how iTunes works as a podcatcher and podcast directory.
Two popular questions are addressed in the Promote video…
Q: How do I know how many subscribers I have?
A: The files are hosted on your own site. Look at your sever logs.
Great….except I would like to know on a daily basis how many people are clicking subscribe from the iTunes directory. When do we get to see that?
Q: How do I get featured in the iTunes podcast directory?
A: Apple get’s far more requests for this than we can fulfill. You can’t buy your way into it. It is purely an editorial decision. They try to balance major media and indie podcasts. They look for podcasts that are breaking the mold (the example is given of Fader Magazine who started using their podcast feed to distribute a PDF file of their mag).
Naturally, the tutorials are Apple-centric (they almost make it sound like Ask a Ninja got big because he submitted his show to iTunes), but I didn’t find them overly so. There are some interesting tidbits of info, especially if you are new to podcasting. Viewing the tutorials is free, but requires filling out some information.
January 4th, 2007 08:44
[…] If you want to know how to produce successful shows the “Apple” way, you may want to join them in their free, on-demand, three-part seminar “The Podcast Recipe” to learn producing high quality podcast shows. The seminar can be viewed online for free with Quicktime. The three part podcasting seminar will be delivered by Apple experts who will demonstrate what it takes to perform a great-sounding podcast, produce a professional show, and promote a podcast to reach as many audiences as possible. The first part of the seminar “Perform” will be given by Joe Cipriano, one of the most heard voices in America. He will assist you to the important aspect of a great podcast—your voice and give you techniques to improve your skills on a microphone. He will likewise discuss the well known and professional microphones in the market and teaches you how to link them GarageBand. Paul Garay, host of Inside Home Recording will deliver the second part “Produce”. He will reveal how he turned his zeal for music into a successful podcast. He will also tell how and why his podcast sounds very professional and show how anybody can utilize certain production techniques with GarageBand to attract and keep audiences. The third part of the seminar is “Promote” that will be given by Pete Alcorn, the Apple iTunes Podcast Directory Business Manager. This includes reviews of the ins and outs of the directory, from getting your podcast listed to tips and examples of the most popular podcasts on iTunes. He will also give insight to the various forms of podcasting technology including enhanced audio and video podcasts and even PDF. With all these topics and coverage that are all given for free, this is a seminar that you won’t dare missing.Tags: Podcasting, Podacsting Tutorial, Podcasting Seminar, Apple Online Event, iTunes […]