Nothing irks me more than stumbling upon a new podcast on someone’s website and the only option to listen to the podcast is to download the darn thing to my computer and have it launch through iTunes.
Please provide an online player, please!
If you’re using WordPress to publish your podcast, you have no excuse. There are 2 awesome plug-ins that provide flash based players that you can include right in your posts. Podpress is one, Audio Player is another. See one of my client’s site for an example of Audio Player in WordPress.
For Blogger, there are no plug-ins. However, you can use the flash players provided by Podcast Pickle or Odeo. See my podcast for an example. For Typepad, I’m not sure what the options are, so if you’re using Typepad to publish your podcasts, do leave your comments as to what you’re using.
In summary, if I stumble upon your podcast, don’t let me have to jump through hoops just to listen to it. Remember, because I stumbled upon it, I just want to get a taste of what you have to offer. Provide a flash player so I can listen right away.
Hey Leesa,
I’m on Typepad and I use Audio Acrobat to host my audio files and provide a player for website visitors to listen to episode right from my website.
My affiliate link: http://linda_dessau.audioacrobat.com/
(regular link: http://www.audioacrobat.com)
Linda Dessau
Ten Ways to Thrive as a Creative Artist