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Podcast Seminar: Spreading the Word Through Social Networks

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we cover the topic of Spreading the word through Social Networks.
First off, what is a social network? Here’s a good definition from Wikipedia, “communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.”  (You might [...]

Alesis Introduces iPod Based Recorder

Apparently there’s a lot of interest in turning iPods into portable digital recorders.  I mentioned the Belkin unit recently and then just today I saw this puppy from Alesis.  I guess the utility of having your recorder and your player as one unit is an advantage over having a separate unit.  The more I see [...]

Podcasting In and Out of the Enterprise

While checking out the logs recently I found a link from a document by DMN Communications that cites The Podcast Studio in the Additional Resources section. It’s a well written document that explains how to podcast and hits on a bunch of topics of interest to the new podcaster.
Here’s the document for your perusal:

The [...]

Another Mobile Podcast Studio Solution

One of the comments on the blog last week asked about a mobile podcast setup. I’ve had a couple recommendations in the past but another product has been out for a while and I haven’t mentioned. It’s the H4 from Zoom.
Check out this description:
The H4 is a mobile stereo recorder, a 4-track recorder, [...]

Podcast Seminar: Monetizing Your Podcast

This post continues the Podcast Seminar series. This week we discuss a popular topic, monetizing your podcast.
If you talk to 10 different podcasters and ask them how to monetize your podcast, you’ll get 10 different answers. A few of the popular models that I’ll discuss in this post are donations, “premium” subscription, promoting products, pay [...]

Security Now! Podcast Setup

I was checking out the TWiT podcast equipment page and realized that I have the same exact equipment here at at the home studio that Steve Gibson uses on his end of the Secuity Now! podcast. Steve uses a Heil PR40 attached to a M-Audio Fasttrack Pro. I’ll be recording the next Fat [...]

IPod: Belkin Podcast Studio, iPods Get XLR

Do you own an iPod?
Are you in need of a mobile podcast studio?
Supposedly this bad boy will be available this month from Belkin.  It takes your iPod and adds dual XLR inputs, a microphone and it runs on it’s own batteries so it won’t drain your iPod battery.  I did a search of Belkin’s site [...]

TalkShoe Quits Paying Podcasters

I was checking out the Typical Mac User podcast today and saw that Victor, the host of the show, was quiting his live show on Talk Shoe. What’s going on over at Talk Shoe?
Talk Shoe, if you haven’t heard of it, is a way to add interactivity to your podcast. Talk Shoe provides [...]

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 [...]