So Easy, you too can make money Podcasting!

If Mr. Rush Limbaugh is podcasting, Why not You?

At least once a day, I am emailed with questions of how to rake in the cash by podcasting and have decided to begin looking at this and writing on the world of podcasting as a result. Hey if Rush Limbaugh can use podcasting to his benefit, so can you and make money while doing it. In future articles you will get a more detailed look into driving revenue from your podcasting, but for the time being you will just get an overview on the podcasting issues to get you started. Today, you can not wonder down a city street or an airport without seeing someone listening to their ipod and you have to assume some of those people are listening to a podcast. Have you tried to watch an evening of tv without seeing an Apple commercial? Obviously you will have plenty of consumers and competition with the overwhelming popularity of the ipod. So, we definitely have a demand for podcasting and this the first step in determining if you can make money in this marketplace. Podcasting content has become an important part of this hyped marketplace that is here to stay.

Now that this has been established, you have to also choose the right business model to base your efforts on. The choices can be endless here and can include charging a fee for each users downloads, asking users of your podcasting service for a donation, and charging advertisers for pushing their products on your podcasting site. In future articles, we will discuss each of these strategies to help you choose the best podcasting strategy for your needs. In the meantime, I will finish this discussion with you by providing an overview of how you can create a podcast and easily enter the fast moving world of podcasting. There are many programs out there that make podcasting very easy. Most notably, you can buy programs exceeding $49 from sites such as itunes and podcastblaster. Additionally, you can do a search for podcasting tools on MSN, Yahoo, and Google. This being said, I am going to save you a little time by providing you a direct source to create and quickly publish your podcast by going to LiquidShark.com. They offer a product called Quick podcast, which will let you create and host up to 3,600 one-hour talk show podcasts for as little as $3.99 per month. Please check it out and let me know what you think. I will follow this up shortly with a more detailed overviews to get you started so "Yes, you too can make money podcasting."

About the Author

The article on podcasting was written by David H. Butler. He has been consulting on internet commerce since the mid-1990's. He writes for various sources on web promotion, online marketing, hosting, domain registration and linking. The advice and commentary he has distributed is regarded as "expert advice written for the benefit of the readers." He currently operates Liquid