Podcasting Observations Newsletter

School of Podcasting Episodes

May 11, 2010

Proof Content is King

Today I talk about an example of how content is king. When you have content that people want to forward to their friends, you have great content. The book is Stuff white people like by Christian Lander. Here is his story in a...

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May 3, 2010

Samson Go Mic Reviewed

Today we have a guest reviewer a Fred Castaneda of the Stuggling Entrepreneur Podcast gives us some hands on insight into the Samson Go Mic. This tiny little microphone is a easy to use USB device that can even clip on your l...

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April 20, 2010

Great Resource For Great Podcast Content For Free

I have said that one of the easiest ways to grow your audience is to do interviews. Why? Because the person being interviewed (in theory) has people who follow them. So if you interview someone who writes a book about getting...

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April 2, 2010

If I Had To Do it All Again…

I had a listener write in and ask, "What mistakes have you made in the past, that if you had to do it all again - you would avoid. 1. I would use wordpress. When I started I built my website in Dreamweaver, and I did my RSS f...

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March 23, 2010

WordPress Tags Are Google Food – REPOST

When you create a wordpress post for your podcast, are you using the "Tags"feature in WordPress? You should be. The image to the left show how many hits (visitors) I received based on tags that I have put into this podcast. N...

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March 19, 2010

Your Competition May Be Dead

You can research similar podcasts when starting your own podcast. You can go to www.itunes.com and download the software (click on podcast, then podcast directory in the bottom right hand corner, then search in the upper righ...

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March 19, 2010

Podcasting's Hardest Question To Answer

How are you getting your audience back to your website Mentioned in this episode: 2025 Audience Survey I Want Your Opinion I am doing an audience survey and I want your input to help me make this show exactly what you want. I...

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March 19, 2010

Free Podcast Theme Music

Free Podcast Theme Music Today I thought I would look into the Podsfafe Music Network. I’ve always known that you could find great music there, however in looking over the paperwork I was surprised that its not required to me...

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March 19, 2010

Audio Techinca USB 2020 Vs Zune H2

Today we compare the USB 2020 Vs Zune H2 Mentioned in this episode: I Want Your Opinion I am doing an audience survey and I want your input to help me make this show exactly what you want. If you have a few minutes, I have a ...

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March 19, 2010

Podcast Questions From OSU

Today you hear me get interviewed By Doug Dangler who is the Associate Director of the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing and Ohio University. This interviewed was done via Skype and Doug's class. Topics include: Wi...

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March 19, 2010

Gigavox: A Podcast that never goes out of date

NOTE: This technology was sold to Podango after this episode. Go to http://cms.podango.net however for the most part its been broken ever since. The great thing about podcasting is its getting big enough for companies to star...

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March 16, 2010

More Ways to Monetize Your Podcast

Free iPhone App For Your Podcast Today I have a few ways you can try to monetize your podcast. One (which costs you nothing) is to have Wizzard Media create an iphone app for your podcast. They sell it for $1.99 and you get a...

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March 9, 2010

Can You Make it on Donations?

Today I go through some numbers to give you an informed idea if you want to use "donations" as your primary form of having the podcast pay for itself. Last month I urged listeners to help me celbrate my 45th birthday and chip...

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March 8, 2010

Podcast Listener Loyalty

Interviewing a Very Loyal Listener Today we talk with "Carie P" who is a mega fan of the Geologic Podcast ( www.geologicpodcast.com ) hosted by creative genius George Hrab. How funny is George? He's an atheist and I (a lifelo...

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Feb. 22, 2010

Recording A Phone Call With No Budget

There is more than one way to record a phone call without expensive equipment or a skype out account. Today I explain that if your cell phone has a headphone (ear buds) jack. You can purchase a cord that goes from 1/8″ jack t...

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Feb. 15, 2010

Troubleshooting Your Wordpress Blog

This is show 209 originating from www.schoolofpodcasting.com The good news about Wordpress is it is free, and it is being developed on a constant basis. You get new features like the ability to search for plugins, upgrade aut...

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Feb. 7, 2010

Is Your Podcast Blocked From Google?

As I have mentioned in the past, the easiest way to get a podcast up and running is to use Wordpress. This way when you update your website, you update your RSS feed, which updates your iTunes, etc. I'm not sure if this has a...

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Feb. 1, 2010

The Hardest Part of Podcasting

I was chatting on Catherine Kames www.myspace.com/goosenotchicken and she had given up on trying to create a podcast. Where did she get hung up? Creating the RSS feed. Catherine is getting hung up on the same part that most p...

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Jan. 25, 2010

My Definition of Bad Audio Quality

Every time I hear "Talkshoe" or "Blog Talk Radio" I know the following show is going to have awful quality in terms of audio production. The last show I listened to was "book your self solid" and I couldn't take the scratch s...

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Jan. 18, 2010

Sticking to Your Topic

Today we talk about two shows who had their fans say "Stick to the topic." The good news is many people don't give that kind of feedback (they just unsubscribe). So when you are planning your podcast be sure to think about ho...

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Jan. 11, 2010

Is Podcasting Worth the Work?

Today we have a quick show with some podcasting news. First we hear that Radio Industry blog Radio Survivor has named podcasting one of the most important radio trends of the last ten years. They state that RSS podcasts feeds...

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Dec. 22, 2009

Plans for 2010

Where is Podcasting Going in 2010? Well I’m going to state the obvious. Yes iPods and portable media players are wildly popular, but after purchasing a Droid phone, I now see clearly how everything is going to end up on your ...

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Nov. 30, 2009

Is Podcasting For Free - Good Idea?

Is podcasting for free a good idea? Mentioned in this episode: 2025 Audience Survey I Want Your Opinion I am doing an audience survey and I want your input to help me make this show exactly what you want. If you have a few mi...

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Oct. 19, 2009

The Best Podcasting Plugin

People always ask me “What is the best plugin for Podcasting.” Originally I said Podpress, but the develop got too busy (and probably tired of working for pennies) and abandoned the plugin. I love the 1pixle player as you can...

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