A recent article about Wizzard media states that more people are starting podcasts, and that it is going more “mainstream.” I again point to the phone for this reason. I also point to the TV. Podcasts are cutting the syncronization cord of iTunes and following a much more direct path to listeners/viewers. Networks such as blubrry.com have…
This might be a tough call. I have Artisteer version 2. I love it. When I have someone that has an idea of how they want their website to look, and they don’t want 200 different options, I will use Artisteer. It makes it supereasy to create a custom WordPress theme. You can use a…
One of the ways you can earn money from yoru podcast is to ask for donations. Many people want to use PayPal. One way to spur on donations is to set up a goal. I went looking for script/plugin to help with this and it seemed like THE script that had everyone a flutter was…
I recently completed my eBook “More Podcast Money” and went to a linked in group to ask some questions about getting it into Amazon.com I was aware of Create Space, and went and read many books on self-publishing. Most of them good, but many of them decided to provide me with everything I ever wanted…
I was listening to Cliff Ravenscraft’s “Podcast Answer Man” as he interviews the person who approached him to sponsor his show. There are two interesting things here that point out what I talk about in my book More Podcast Money, that is, the power of your niche should never be undervalued. While it doesn’t happen…
Once again a podcast leads to a radio gig. In the begining there was Sex with Emily, last week we read about Marc Maron and his WTF podcast being edited for airplay. Now come Chris Hardwick and his “Nerdist” podcast which is coming to BBC America. The Nerdist is a pop culture podcast. Chris is…
Guinness World Records has confirmed that The Adam Carolla Show has officially broken the record for the Most Downloaded Podcast, receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011. Carolla made the announcement on the Jimmy Kimmel show. This breaks the previous record held by The Ricky Gervais Show, set in February 2006. The Ricky Gervais Show…
Research in Motion has released an updated version of its BlackBerry Podcasts app. Version 1.5 comes with a new web podcast search feature based on Google search. this lets you search for podcasts that aren’t already in the BlackBerry Podcast catalog. You can also copy and paste the URL of any podcast from another app…
Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast is one of my favorites. He has had some GREAT guests. Last week I listened to an episode featuring the Widow of George Carlin. While it was (to quote Don Hendley) getting the Widow on the set, it was truly engaging for any fans of the late great comedian who died…
I’ve released my book More Podcast Money as an ebook. Here is a quick video I create for YouTube to help explain affiliate marketing, and show you that you don’t have to wait for a sponsor.