As someone who is still using his classic iPod, I get bummed when I have to travel. My iPod is synced to my DESKTOP computer and to move things to my laptop is a hassle. This means there are occasionally times when I run out of new episodes to listen to. I’m still on the…
The World gets a little smaller on Monday. I’m holding a conference call that is open to the public. Why? Simple. Producing great content is about knowing your audiene. Sometimes to get to know your audience you have to talk to them LIVE. You bring your questions, your comments, etc and I’ll be ready to…
I found a story about an interesting Podcast Success story. Here is the run down. Kathy and Steve Elkins own WEBS, the largest independent retailer of knitting, crochet and weaving supplies in the United States. Although they have a 16,000 square foot retail store, most of their sales happen online. So when a local radio…
I was reading an article from radio-info.com and here is what it has to say: The third edition of the now-annual Jacobs Media/Public Radio Program Directors Association “Public Radio Tech Survey” yields these insights: Smartphone ownership and use continues to grow, with the top choice being the Apple iPhone. Jacobs says that was even “before…
I’ve wanted a Mac for many, many years. The only Apple product I own is a classic iPod. When I heard the iPhone was coming to Verizon, I got all giddy. I figured I would wait till the Summer and get the next iPhone model that comes out (I currently have an old Droid). I’ve…
Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcast network, today announced that it recorded an unprecedented 1.64 billion podcast download requests in 2010 and topped 19,660,000 monthly audience uniques during the fourth quarter. Wizzard Media, through its premier podcast-hosting service Libsyn, received an average of 4.47 million requests for podcast episodes per day in…
I’ve been podcasting since 2005, and right now I’m saying this is the best deal I’ve found on production music (royalty free so you can use it in your podcast as intro/outro/transition music). You can get a CD with 40 production tracks for $8.41 (which is the cost of shipping and handling – the music…
I realized that I never peaked at the stats for my free Podcast promotion service Podcast Clicks. When I did I see where we delivered 208,012 clicks in 2010 to Podcasters. That calculates to 584 clicks a day. Currently there are 56 users which means they a typical users receives about 10 clicks per day…
Adam Corrola, Keven Pollack, and Kevin Smith will have their content put on to AOL (15 million viewers a day) according to a Reuters report. These are guys who have understood the Global reach of podcasting, and have embraced it. It hasn’t lead to over night fame (all have fame from acting, movies, comdy), but…
One host is in Kansas, the other host is in Liverpool England. The one thing they have in common is a skype connection, the love of soccer/football and a team (Everton). The podcast is call the falltonians. They wanted an “A list” soccer player Landon Donovan to come on the show. They didn’t have to beg to…