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There is a real cool factor about having your podcast in iTunes.  It makes it easy for people to find you and to subscribe to your show. And it’s FREE!

The first thing to do is to get an account with Feedburner. This is a free service that does all the mumbo jumbo scripting that needs to be done for iTunes to recognize a podcast. Nathan did try to script it himself following iTunes instructions but I don’t think it was a pretty experience (he still twitches a bit). A feedburner account will give you a url that leads iTunes to the stuff that it needs and understands. Another reason for having a Feedburner account is that it will also give you statistical information on how many visitors your are getting and what episodes they are listening to.

Once you have the Feedburner account, download iTunes application and visit the (if you haven’t done so already) iTunes store page. Click on Podcasts in the left hand column. Once you are on the Podcast page it is just a matter of scrolling down to the bottom of the left hand column to where it says Learn More. One of the items is Submit a podcast. From there I believe it is pretty straight forward (although I haven’t actually done it myself but Nathan makes it sound easy).

You will need to plug in information as they ask for it. They will ask you for a credit card number but that is just to establish your iTunes account (unless you already have one). Posting a podcast is free just as subscribing to podcasts is free.

Let us know when you have your podcast up and ready for subscribers. We are always looking to promote student produced podcasts.

Take advantage of the Discussion button on the top of this blog where you can post questions or dicussion items.  Sending e mails also works nathan.toft @ocdsb.ca  or jane.smith@ocdsb.ca