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Blue Snowflake USB Microphone

I had heard about the new Blue Snowflake USB Microphone a couple months back. The release of the microphone passed me by without notice. That’s a bummer too because judging from the sound coming from the microphone and the incredible price point it looks to be a winner. Check out the latest [...]

Podcast Generator

The Podcast Generator just entered my radar this last week. It’s a set of scripts that will create your podcast from the beginning or from a set of existing audio and video files.
To check out the functionality of Podcast Generator I downloaded the latest version on the web site, 1.0 Beta 4. I [...]

Podcast Seminar: Marketing your podcast.

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we discuss, Marketing your podcast.
Getting your podcast out into the ears of your listeners is the next necessary step. There are a couple of initial steps you must take. After you have produced your first show and posted it, submit your podcast to [...]

Podcast Seminar: Creating your podcast with a blog.

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we discuss, Creating your podcast with a blog.
Blogging and podcasting go hand in hand. Both are distributed by RSS feed. A podcast feed is differentiated by the use of the enclosure tag to add the podcast content to the feed. Because of this similarity, [...]

Podcast Seminar: Should your podcast be daily, weekly, monthly?

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we answer the question, Should your podcast be daily, weekly, monthly?
How often do you want to do your podcast?
Do you have content to share with listeners every day? Podcast daily. Can you roll up that content and make it a weekly show? Podcast [...]

Podcast Seminar: What equipment/software do you need?

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week, What equipment/software do you need?
I’m not going to go into all the different types of microphones, mixers, software programs, etc. Search for each of those items here on the blog and you’ll find a bunch of links to great podcasting gear and software.
So…my first [...]

Podcasting in Plain English

Common Craft creates some wonderful explanations of technology in “plain english”. I saw this one linked to today on Twitter.

It’s a very good explanation. Almost better than the Ask a Ninja, ninja. You can get the transcripts here and check out more explanations at Common Craft.

Apple’s Top 6 Podcasting Questions

From the Apple discussion boards comes the Top 6 Podcasting Questions. I have to admit that I was looking for a reason that my podcast description hasn’t updated. I modified it in Podpress over 3 weeks ago, and iTunes hasn’t updated the podcast page. Also in the past, I’ve also had my [...]

Podcast Seminar: What type of podcast should you produce?

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we answer the question, What type of podcast should you produce?
In general, there are two types of podcast you can produce, audio and video.
First let’s discuss audio. In audio there are basic podcasts and “enhanced” podcasts. Basic podcasts are most times [...]

Podcast Seminar: What length should your podcast be?

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we answer the question, What length should your podcast be?
It should be as long as it needs to be. There is no set length of podcast. Here at The Podcast Studio, when I do a podcast, which is very rare, it’s about 3 [...]