| What is Podcasting?
Podcasts are audio broadcasts created and stored digitally
on the Internet. Instead of being broadcast over the airwaves
once and lost, like with traditional radio, podcasts were
created to be stored and played at the user's convenience.
Think of them as radio shows waiting to be downloaded. There
are currently thousands of podcasts available covering everything
from automobiles to rock 'n roll, and of course, the messages
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How much does it cost?
Nothing!
Overview
Podcasting is a way to receive audio files over the Internet
by using feeds to deliver the audio broadcasts directly to your
desktop. You can listen to the files on your computer or load
them on your MP3 player and take them with you. Twelve percent
of Internet users have downloaded a podcast, according to a
Pew survey from November 2006; up from 7 percent in their February
to April survey.
Do I need an iPod? (No!)
No, you can use your computer or any other MP3 player. Podcast
receivers such as the FREE iPodder
program are platform-independent, so you can use them from
virtually any computer and play the files on any MP3 device
or from your PC's desktop. If you have an mp3 player, you
can set up iPodder to put the audio files directly on your
player.
What if I have an iPod?
Podcasting couldn't be easier if you have an iPod. Using Apple's
iTunes software, you can subscribe to our Podcast and as long
as your iPod is connected to your PC or when you do connect
your iPod to your PC, iTunes will automatically copy our latest
Podcasts directly to your iPod!
iTunes Instructions
Must I subscribe?
No. You may also manually listen to the current episode or any
of our podcasts by clicking the Hear
it All banner or by accessing the audio file directly on
the MP3 button
— you may right-click and save the file to play on your
computer; drag-and-drop the button to your MP3 player; or simply
click on the button.
What you need to know...
Simply Playing the Podcast
Anytime you like, without subscribing, you can go
to this page and click on the Hear it All banner.When
the player opens, simply select the Podcast you want to listen
to. All you need is a soundcard — you do not need an
iPod!
Our Podcasts are announced in the Growthtrac blog, Insidetrac.
The blog post always contains notes and relevant resource links.
To stay aware of new blog posts & podcasts, we suggest you
subscribe to our email announcements, below.
Subscribing
There are basically 3 ways of subscribing to our Podcast.
With any of the receiver programs (iTunes, iPodder, etc...),
you can issue a search for "Insidetrac" or "Growthtrac"
and once the Podcast is found, you can simply select it for
subscription. That's all there is to it. Once you've subscribed,
you will automatically receive the latest Podcast downloaded
directly to your computer and if you have you mp3 player or
iPod connected, directly to it as well.
Also, you may simply click
on this link to automatically subscribe in iTunes.
Another way to subscribe is by entering our Podcast URL into
the subscription request form of your software. To do that,
you'll need to know the url address of our Podcasting service
to subscribe to. It is:
http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_175.xml
You can simply copy and paste the above address from this page
into your appropriate subscription software. You can also find
our podcast on many of the free Podcast directory services.
Getting Set Up
To get started, all you need is podcasting software. Once you
download and install the software, you add the podcast feed.
The podcasting software will automatically check for updates
and download the files to your computer. Follow these links
to download podcast software:
• iTunes
(Windows / OS X)
• Juice
(Windows / OS X / Linux)
• iPodder
(Windows)
• iPodderX
(OS X)
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