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your best-sounding show. With LibSyn (shown in Figure 1-4), moving your

audio files to the Web server is as simple as pushing a few buttons, and the

creation of the RSS 2.0 podcast feed and even the accompanying Web page

are automatic.

If you want to take more control over your Web site, podcast media files, and

their corresponding RSS 2.0 feed, look at Chapters 10 and 12. In those pages,

we walk you through some essentials — not only how to upload a file but

also how to easily generate your RSS 2.0 file using a variety of tools.

Figure 1-4:

LibSyn

handles

many of the

technical

details of

podcasting.

Grabbing listeners

With media files in place and an RSS 2.0 feed ready for podcatcher consump-

tion, you’re officially a podcaster. Of course, that doesn’t mean a lot if you’re

the only person who knows about your podcast. You need to spread the

word to let others know that you exist and that you have something pretty

darn important to say.

Creating show notes

Before you pick up a bullhorn, slap a sandwich board over yourself, and start

walking down the street (virtually, anyway), you have to make sure you’re des-

criptive enough to captivate those who reach your Web site. First, you’re going to

want to describe the contents of your show to casual online passers-by in hopes

of getting them to listen to what you have to say.

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