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8 step guide to podcast marketing
6/28/2008
Podcasting leader Christopher Penn has published a short PDF guide, 8 step guide to podcast marketing, that seeks to help you jump start how you’re marketing your own podcast. This is a very short PDF and covers topics that include whether your podcast is worthy of buzz, is easily found and how you’re measuring your success. The … Continue reading »
Publishing a Podcast with ExpressionEngine
6/24/2008
If you’re a user of the wonderful ExpressionEngine CMS (this site has been running on it for more than 2 years) and want to easily and efficiently publish a podcast with it, I just released a new screencast you might be interested in.
The latest episode of the ExpressionEngine Screencasts covers … Continue reading »
Voice Over Training
5/10/2008
One of the obvious aspects of podcasting is using your voice. And using it properly. If you’re looking for some more information about how to improve your voice technique in your podcast, I’d suggest checking out the Voice Over Experts Podcast from Voices.com.
Hardware Recommendations
- Kustom KM4 Mic with Cable
- Behringer XM8500 Microphone
- Shure SM58 Mic
- MXL MXL V63MBP Computer Desktop Recording Kit
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J - ABC of Podcasting
J is for Journalism Podcasted
No, this isn’t going to be an essay about whether or not podcasting is journalism. I think the Blogging v. Journalism discussions of the last five years have more than worn out that argument. Instead I want to focus on the use of podcasting in journalism.
With the launch of the iTunes Music Store podcasting support in June 2005, Apple Computer gave mainstream media companies a solid and supported avenue for distributing their content. This also prompted some new companies and organizations to enter into the podcasting fold. Many of these companies were “traditional” media companies, like NPR, CNN and the BBC.
Here are some examples of Journalism Podcasted:
National Public Radio - NPR jumped on the podcasting scene shortly after Apple announced their iTunes podcasting support.
Will NPR’s podcasts birth a new business model for public radio?
BBC Podcasting Download Trial - The BBC is offering a trial run of podcasting that was supposed to end in 2005 but they decided to extend it into 2006.
KCRW Podcasts - Probably one the most popular places to get public radio podcasts, KCRW is leading the pack. They have excellent original content like Le Show, Bookworm and others.
On the Media - the NPR show about the media is podcasting.
CBC podcasting - The CBC is embracing podcasting, offering up three of its shows for download.
CNN - CNN is podcasting two regular news update shows and then some of their special reporting.
Know one that should be on the list? Leave a comment with the link.
This is part of the series ABC of Podcasting from Podcast Free America.
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