How to Add Audio to Your Blog

Instead of writing and typing posts for your personal blog, you can add audio files of you expressing your thoughts and ideas. Here's how to do it.

Difficulty:

Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Media recording software
• Blog website
• Internet connection
• Microphone

1. Open your computer's media recorder (Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, etc.) and connect your microphone.

2. Rehearse saying what you want people to hear on your blog. The content will probably just be an extension of what you usually write for your blog: talking about your job, your day, your love life.

3. Click Record, say your piece and save the audio file with a name that identifies it, perhaps the date.

4. Log on to your blog and review the rules for uploading audio files.

5. Locate your audio file and upload it to your blog. Now everyone can hear you voice your words on your blog instead of reading them!

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't have a blog website yet, start with a free service. Try multiple services and programs to see which one fits you best.

• If you're a musician or singer, an audio blog can help sell your talent.

• Add links to your blog to generate more traffic to it.

• Read the user and license agreements.

• Make sure the audio format (mp3, wav, avi, etc.) is supported. Otherwise, your audio file won't work.

• Beware of copyright issues regarding use of material written by others, as well as copyright issues regarding your own work.