Sometimes it's easy to forget that technology you're used to, other people find alien! A few people just couldn't find out how to listen.
Firstly, remember that
a podcast is just an MP3 file. It's just a music or audio file that plays in your internet browser. Nothing fancy or strange. :) So here are some points and tips for people new to listening to podcasts:
On the StudioWaves.libsyn.com page you can click on the little grey "pod" button to listen to the podcast. This will open a page with the MP3 file in it, which will load and then play.
On my Blogger page you can click on the little blue "podcast" button and the same thing will happen - this will open a page with the MP3 file in it, which will load and then play.
- Alternatively, on either site, you can download the file by right-clicking (or alt-clicking) and choosing "Save File as" or "Save Link as". Then you can save the MP3 file directly to your computer and play it in whatever sound or music programme you prefer. You can also download the file directly for putting it onto your MP3 player (such as an iPod)
You can also subscribe to the podcast! Click on the little orange and grey "RSS" button in the StudioWaves.libsyn.com page. Clicking this brings up a new page where at the top you have options for how you want to subscribe. If none of these makes sense to you, don't worry about it - and see below for what I'm going to improve.
What am I going to do?
After all, this podcast is my responsibility and I want to make it as easy as possible for you! I ask that you bear with me a little bit because some of this podcasting promotional stuff is new to me too.
- Firstly each post from now on, on BOTH sites, is going to include an easy obvious "listen" button.
- Second, I'm going to try and make subscriptions easier. I will figure out how to include an email subscription option and an iTunes option.
- Thirdly, I promise that the podcasts will ALWAYS be posted in my Blogger blog too. So if you already subscribe to my regular blog then you will see the updates anyway. You don't ever need to worry about the StudioWaves.libsyn.com webpage!
- And finally, I'm going to try and figure out how to embed the audio in the blog post itself. I've seen podcasts that just have a little player included right in the post, so I'll try to figure that out!
Thanks for reading. And listening!
In case you missed it, the very first podcast is here
Listen Now.
