Promote Your Blog With a Podcast

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Podcasts on iTunes

I’m a self-admitted podcast addict. When I wrote Ode to My Podcasts in September of this year I had over 800 podcasts in my iTunes library. Today I have over 1,000.  Watching podcasts can often be very entertaining but most of the episodes I subscribe to are tutorials and how-to videos created by those that are highly knowledgeable in their given field of expertise.

This video short pays homage to my favorites.

Blog Promotion With Podcasting

Here’s how Apple describes iTunes.

iTunes is a free application for your Mac or PC. It organizes and plays your digital music and video on your computer. It syncs all your media with your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s a store on your computer, iPod touch, iPhone, and Apple TV that has everything you need to be entertained. Anywhere. Anytime.

We all know the powerful and lasting impact that videos can have, but unlike YouTube, podcasts are downloaded and stored by subscribers, who will most likely watch them over and over again.  I encourage you to create videos and include them as a podcast on iTunes. Podcasting can extend your social network and expose your blog to new audiences that otherwise may never find your blog.

Professor Walter Lewin – Best Way To Learn College Physics

[tweetmeme source =”Ileane”]I don’t try to stay ahead of the curve, sometimes I just do.  About six years ago I did some science research.  To be exact it was on February 1, 2003 when NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere killing all seven crew members (may they rest in peace) and altering my outlook on life forever.

You see NASA and the media continue to say how the foam hit the shuttle, and I know it’s just a matter of semantics, but what actually happened was that the shuttle hit the foam.  Subtle difference I know, yet for me an all too important one. This distinction (and the event) sparked a hidden passion inside of me and a desire to learn more.  It was on this scientific journey, this quest for knowledge, that I encountered Professor Walter Lewin and his lectures on Electricity and Magnetism.

Ode To My Podcasts – 11 Top Rated Podcasts on iTunes

I’m an iTunes junkie.  The music player is great, yet to be honest it’s the podcasts that I overdose on.

iTunes

Today I have a total of 818 not including the 3 that are downloading as I write. “Wrote a poem about it, wanna’ hear it?? here it go!”

I Get Exercised each week with Miss Dina Prioste,

Watch Mr. Excel where Bill Jelen’s the host.

Dekepods feature R-rated content mixed with a funny song,

Russell Brown’s Photoshop tips are always the bomb.

Chaz’s Yogamazing helps me practice every imaginable pose,

Creative Cow has got you covered, from your head to your toes.

Bert Monroy creates pictures of  Times Square, Shrek and the stars,

JPL keeps me current with Spirit, Opportunity, and Mars.

Scott, Dave and Matt are the 3 Photoshop guys,

No More Boring Fitness has me totally stretching my thighs.

One can master all the new software watching Lynda.com,

Got more to tell you, but this ode’s getting way, way too long.

I know just what you’re thinking, “She sure loves her podcasts”,

Now it’s your turn to comment and don’t make it your last!