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Audio Articles: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Audio articles have not really caught on yet, but I expect them to soon. You can call them podcasts, but there is one major distinction between a podcast and an audio article. An audio article is when you take a written article and read it into a digital recorder, creating an audio presentation of the article. A podcast need not start as an article. Many podcasts are simply people talking off the cuff or conducting interviews or presenting a particular message, maybe even a speech at a banquet, or such. An audio article requires more planning.

But like podcasts, you can distribute your audio articles through directories. I suspect that we’ll soon start seeing article directories that will allow you to upload digital recordings of your articles. You could still distribute them to various podcast directories, but many podcast directories now want you to submit your podcasts into channels or as ongoing RSS feeds. With audio articles you should be able to submit your audio versions of articles to article directories one at a time. I see that day coming.

Another thing you can – and should – do with your audio articles is post them on your website. By putting your audio articles online, you can appeal to the visually challenged who may not be able to read, or who may have difficulty reading online. Your audio articles will be well received by them and you could create an entirely different new and different target audience for your product or service.

Article Marketing: A Repurposing Plan For The 21st Century

Many successful article marketers have learned to repurpose their content and usually it simply entails taking your articles and rewriting them with another focus or offering them through another medium. For instance, many article marketers repurpose their articles by packaging them as as e-book. That’s perfectly acceptable.

One way to repurpose your articles is to repackage them as audio articles. This can also be called podcasting. You simply take your articles and read them into a microphone, recording them onto a digital recording then submitting them to podcast directories. The advent of the audio article has yet to come, but there is potential there.

One thing you can do is to repurpose those articles that you’ve written and put them on your own website as audio articles. Visitors to your site will be able to listen to you read your articles while they do other things, saving themselves time. They can also download your articles to their ipod or mp3 player and listen to them any time they want. With audio articles, you can give your visitors what they want in more ways than your competition. Why not take advantage of all the possibilities?

Audio Articles: Tips On How To Turn Your Words Into Recordings

Do you publish articles on your website? Why not make a digital recording of yourself reading an article and publishing it on your website along with your article. Call it a podcast or an audio article, it doesn’t really matter. It’s a powerful medium nonetheless.

There are some things you need to know about audio articles, though, before you make one. No. 1, practice before you do it. You don’t want to come across sounding like a thirteen year old boy asking a girl out for the first time. Uh, ah, will, you, hmmmm … you know what I mean.

For professional audio recordings, you want it to go as smooth as possible. The first way to ensure that is to practice reading your article until you’re sure you can read it through without gaffes. Secondly, the editing of the actual audio will make a big difference as well. You want to make sure that you can edit out any background noise before your audio article goes live. It would help if you record the article in a quiet setting so make sure you get rid of any background noises before you start recording.

It doesn’t cost much to make a digital recording. Chances are, you’ve got everything you need right there at your fingertips. And you’ll be surprised at the number of people who will opt to listen to your article instead of reading it.