A Guide to Video Blogging

Think of video podcasting, or video blogging, as broadcasting to computers or iPods from your very own private television studio. You set up that station, which people can subscribe to from internet locations such as the iTunes music site. When someone subscribes (not necessarily in the cash sense of the word, but in the sense of selecting you to provide them with content), whatever you produce for your station--be it music, news or anything else in the form of sound files--automatically shows up on your subscribers computer. They can watch your videos whenever they want. And you can broadcast whenever you want. Selective television at its finest!

Podcasts are very effective ways to target a very specific audience in a short period of time. For example, during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, festival goers could subscribe to a daily podcast which provided up-to-the-minute concert updates and previews of bands playing that night.

In this series of free podcasting videos, our internet broadcast expert tells you how to set up a video podcast. He gives you advice on how to set up your camera, from the right microphone and mixing board to the computer programs you can use to monitor your video files. Not sure how to publicize your podcast and get the exposure you deserve? Don’t know what an RSS feed is? James A. Donnelly works for a major podcasting site and knows the answers to all of your internet and iPod questions.