Podcast Recording Software

Before you begin podcasting develop a plan and a format for your show. Determine the focus of your podcast and what types of guests you would like to interview. Time spent planning your show will contribute to it's success.

Location, Location, Location
When you are producing a podcast on a regular basis it is important that you select an appropriate location for the recording to take place. The location should be free of external distractions and relatively quiet. It is easiest if you use the same location each time, that way the equipment can remain in place and will not require moving or setup each time you produce a show.

Podcast Recording Tips

Foreign Language Podcasts and Feeds

Good summary of language feeds that teach Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi and Chinese. Additional foreign language feeds and podcasts can be found in the Educational Feed and Podcast directory.

Online Business Interviews

This is classified as an ecommerce podcasts but the interviews all appear to be with CEOs of some of the top online stores, from Peapod to Craigs List. Really a great collection of notable interviews.

Apple and Cisco Kiss and Make Up

Last wednesday Apple and Cisco resolved their long-running dispute over the iPhone name.

The companies released an announcement saying they had reached an agreement allowing both to use the hotly contested trademark. The agreement will permit both Apple and Cisco to use the iPhone trademark worldwide.

New Yorker Video Podcast

Animated versions of The New Yorkers famous cartoons are now available on iTunes. A venture called RingTales has apparently been given an exclusive license to animate and distribute The New Yorker's library of over 70,000 cartoons. Each week, three new video animations will be added to the feed.

TPU #21 | What is Your Podcast Worth?

Click here to download this episode.

On this episode of The Podcasting Underground I answer the question… How much is your podcast worth? This is based on a recent post on my blog. If someone were to buy your podcast today, how would they determine its value?

The purpose of this discussion isn’t necessarily to help you sell your podcast, but rather to illustrate a number of metrics you could use to determine the value and success of your podcast in addition to the traditional “size of your audience”-type stats.

In this episode I outline 24 points that you can use to determine the ongoing value and success of your podcast. Some of these come from this Blog Herald post. Here are the 24 points I talk about:

1. The number of listeners to each episode based on unique downloads
2. Audience growth trends
3. Current income sources for your podcast and site
4. Average monthly income from the podcast and site
5. Growth of income
6. Direct sales figures
7. Monthly traffic based on unique visitors and page views
8. Traffic growth trends
9. Recent traffic spikes from important sites
10. Amount of traffic to your site from search engines
11. List of which keywords are bringing in the most traffic
12. The number of inbound links listed in Google
13. Types of inbound links (are there some from quality long term sites)
14. The number of subscribers to your feed
15. Feed subscriber growth trends
16. Google Page Rank
17. SEOMoz.org’s PageStrength
18. Technorati Ranking
19. Blogging Platform used
20. Alexa Rank
21. Age of your site
22. Number of posts and episodes in your archive
23. The number of email list subscribers
24. Past press coverage and quotes

Looking for a Podcast Consulting Assistant

I’m looking for someone to assist in my podcast consulting. It’s a paying gig. You must be a podcaster. You need to be really familiar with WordPress. If you are interested please email me.

New Podcast Podango Station Brings You the Best in Podcasting Tips

The Podcast Mastery station is launching on Podango on Monday Mar 5. This will be a station containing the best audio tips and content from podcasting experts. You’ll find content from Paul Colligan, Leesa Barnes, Charles Stricklin and others.

Feed Icons

You can find the feed icons I mentioned here.

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PC Magazine Believes the Podcast Hype

Great podcasting article by PC Magazine:

All of the hype surrounding new communication technologies like podcasting may make you wonder why you bother paying attention. But like blogging, which I wrote about in the previous issue, podcasting is a relatively easy way to increase consumer awareness and create an open dialogue between your customer and your brand, ultimately creating loyalty.

Customers can also subscribe to your podcast, so that each time you produce a new show, they will automatically receive it. Much as a webinar can do (but without needing to be live), podcasts can reach your target market with regularly scheduled relevant messages and information about an issue, your industry, and your business.

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Prime Minister of England Podcasts

Number 10 Downing Street has entered the 21st Century. Tony Blair has been podcasting interviews with a number of  high-profile personalities.

Locate Niche Podcasts

These directories will help you find niche focused podcasts, see the original article!

Financial
Financial Podcasts

Security
Security Podcasts

Medical
Medical Podcasts
MedWorm  
HubMed
NHS

Real Estate
Realty Podcasts
ML Podcasts
RealtyFeedSearch

Religious
Religious Podcasts
Godcasts
Church Podcasts

Automotive
Automotive Podcasts

Legal
Blawg

Sports
Sports Feeds and Podcasts  
Sports podcasts

Educational
Educational Podcast network
Educational Podcasts

Political Feeds
Political Podcasts

Government Feeds
Government Podcasts

Governor Orders Webcasts of all Public Meetings

On his first day in office, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer issued an executive order requiring all public meetings to be webcast by July.

Spitzer, the state's former attorney general, issued the order Jan. 1 because the majority of New Yorkers are unable to attend such meetings. The citizens of New York must be "fully aware of and able to observe the performances of public officials and attend and listen to the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy," the order states.

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