You Have to Pay $249 to Own Your Own Stuff

by David on April 20, 2013

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This is nothing new for those of you who read and listen to my items about podcasting. Let me tell you a quick story.

A bully once sunk his teeth into my brother when he was a small child. He had been picking on my brother off and on for some time. My Mom had had enough, and went out into the front yard and sunk her teeth into his arm. It was an eye for an eye moment, and the kid left my brother alone from that point forward.

With this in mind, I hate that I regularly meet people online who use Blog Talk Radio, they want to leave, and they have to go through a painful process to move. Consequently, I don’t mind being “the guy who hates blog talk radio” because I do. They hurt my my clients. They thrive on new potential podcasters operating in the dark about podcasting. I recently found out something that I just couldn’t believe, but it’s true.

When you use blog talk radio, you no longer own your own content. See this post in their support forum.

It reads, “Yes.  You can visit all of the features with Premium and Premium plus here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/premium.aspx  Pro Account Profiles include all of the Premium and Premium Plus features, as well as ownership to your content, control of your Advertising Revenue, and allow you to monetize your show.

The premium account is $249 a month.

I will add this to my list of things I hate about Blog Talk Radio

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Ray Ortega, Danial J. Lewis (I vote we now call hm DJL for short), and Jeffery Bradury from the Teachercast podcast had a Google Hangout last night to discuss a couple of different scenarios for podcasting with a budget of $500. My scenario was two people in different cities who want to start a podcast.

Here is the gear I mentioned:

Audio Technica 2100

Windscreen

Music Radio Creative Jingle

Audio Jungle for production music

Behringer Headpones $20

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PODCAST CONSULTING: I would love to work with you via one on one podcast consulting and coaching. I can do as little or as much as you'd like. I can demonstrate and walk you through the podcasting process. Email me at dave@schoolofpodcasting.com, or schedule an appointment.

Self Paced Tutorials: The School of Podcasting has self paced tutorials that will walk you through the entire podcasting process, and has an organized resource section to equip you with the proper tools. Sign up for a week, or a year. There are many packages to meet your needs sign up today.

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PODCAST CONSULTING: I would love to work with you via one on one podcast consulting and coaching. I can do as little or as much as you'd like. I can demonstrate and walk you through the podcasting process. Email me at dave@schoolofpodcasting.com, or schedule an appointment.

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