I went to Podcamp Ohio. It was great. WE RAN OUT OF ROOM. My hat is off to Angelo and everyone involved with organizing the event. It was so smooth, and they handled everything (what a great problem to have - not enough room!).

Todd Cochrane had a great presentation about getting sponsors. HE also stated that typically a podcast episode sees traffic for 72 hours and then it dies off drastically.

I was not really use to the "group talk" style of some of the presentations (and it leaves room open for assertive people to take over the conversation).
I will definitely be going to more podcamps when my schedule permits.

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I sat in on a webinar from Paul Colligan. They have added a feature of making membership site at www.premiumcast.com and after watching his presentation I was able to set up a membership site in about 5 minutes. The great thing is some membership scripts allow you to make a "roped off" area, and others allow you to create premium RSS feeds, and premium cast allows you to do either or both. Check it out at premiumcast.com

Today I've got a BAD cold, and my throat is killing me. I share some stats from the latest report on Podcast consumers.

Podcast Listening is up 5 % both video and Audio
30% of regular Internet Users have downloaded a podcast
Video is catching audio podcasts with a 1 % lead going to Audio

What is the age of the podcast listener?
53% Male 47% female
25 to 34 (21%)
35-44 (21%),
45 to 54 (20%)
12 to 17 (15%)
18 to 24 (13%)
55+ (10%)

Last 5 in 5 from Dan at www.jimmpodcast.com

School of Podcasting's Morning Announcements (this podcast)
Marketing Over Coffee ( http://www.marketingovercoffee.com/ )
Eds Mixed Bag (www.edsmixedbag.com )
Media Bullseye (www.mediabullseye.com )
Six Pixels of Separatation (http://www.twistimage.com/blog/ )

This show originates at www.schoolofpodcasting.com

PODCAST CRASHING
If you are using a live podcast system like talkshoe.com you need to be prepared to keep your show on track. I've listened to a few live podcasts, and someone will come in and "Crash" your podcast and start talking about their podcast which is completely unrelated. YOUR LISTENER  doesn't want to hear about their podcast. I've heard podcasts that get completely derailed. Don't forget to keep yoru listener in mind, and be assertive, and point out that the "Crasher" is off topic.

Testimonial from J.R. Stanley of www.llmlive.com

Meet the Members
Today we meet one of the members of the School of Podcasting. It's Mark Wade of the www.a1artistspotlight.com Mark is using the Alesis Multimix 8 USB mixer (but he doesn't use the USB feature). He is also using an Audio Techniica 2020 and the free Levelator software.

Using Google Analytics to Obtain Wordpress Stats

Today we are talking about Google Analytics which you can find at

http://www.google.com/analytics/ and a great plugin for Worpdress that makes it very easy to install Google Analytics code into your blog.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-analytics/

When you sign up for Google Analytics, you end up with a piece of code that you would normally put on every page of yrou website. With the wordpress plugin, you place it into the plugin and the plugin puts it on every page of your site. I will be producing a video on how to set this up for members of the School of Podcasting www.schoolofpodcasitng.com

 

This show originates at www.schoolofpodcasting.com

Today I look at my stats from the first episode of 2007 vs the first episode of 2008. To make things fair, the first show published in 2007 has had 517 days to download so I divded the 2007 by 517. The numbers for 2008 were divided by 152 (as this is June 1).

School of Podcasting 2007 1400 Downloads (2.7 a day)
School of Podcasting 2008 801 Downloads (5.3 a day)

Musicians Cooler 2007 1689 Downloads (3.3 a day)
Musicians Cooler 2008 1032 Downloads (6.8 a day)

Building a Better Dave 2007 1617 Downloads (3.1 a day)
Building a Better Dave 2008 915 Downloads (6.0 a day)

This averages to an increase of 98% from 2007 to 2008

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I also looked at my stats from the now podfaded Podcast Promo Show.

It seemed that Libsyn numbers were higher by about 29% than Feedburner numbers. Here are some examples

Feedburner showed 29 downloads to Libsyn's 34
Feedburner showed 27 downloads to Libsyn's 37
Feedburner showed 30 downloads to Libsyn's 47

So the range of my 57 shows was from 13% - 57%

My conclusion? Pick one and go with it. I use Libsyn cause in theory "Everything comes back to the host." I like their stats, and I can get stats without involving another redirect to my mp3 file.

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If you are looking for more informatoin about visitors to your blog check out the Google Analytics Plugin for Wordpress .

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If you're interested in participating in our weekly roundtables check out www.schoolofpodcasitng.com

 

Today I give thanks for all who have paid for my freedom, and we get some emails from folks like 

Emails from

://OneMinuteHowTo.com
http://EclecticMix.com
http://DRiPInvesting.org
http://GLSmyth.com - blog: http://GLSmyth.WordPress.com

and

Jeff Roney
http://www.roneyzone.com
Twitter: twitter.com/roneyzone

Check out our new Video and More Show,
Magical Definition TV Episode 2
http://mdtv2.roneyzone.com

New World Army, a futuristic audio thriller
http://nwarmy.roneyzone.com

Our Lost TV On-Location Videos
http://lost.roneyzone.com

I also talk about some widgets that are pretty cool for your blog. You can find them at www.addtoany.com Jeff is using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730 to post to multiple blogs at the same time.

Are you just getting started? Are you ready to launch a successful podcast? Check out our new Quick Start Package at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/quickstart

You get:
6 month subscription $120
1 year blog hosting at www.coolerwebsites.com  $24
Wordpress Blog Set up and cusomitzation - $160
Intro/Outro Recording $80

All this for $299 Sign up at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/quickstart

Back Catalog - Is Anybody Listening To Old Shows?
My first Show "First Podcasts Always Stink" that were recorded back in October of 2005 have been downloaded 106 times in May of 08, 159 in April of 08, 154 in March of 08, 131 in February of 08. (That episode has been dowloaded 2947 total).

Meet the Members
Brian from www.dimacast.com suggested we get to know the members of the School of Podcasting, so today we meet J.R. Stanley of www.lordliftedme.com and the podcast www.lmllive.com

J.R. is using a Sure KSM27 Microphone and an Edirol UA4FX USB Interface which he likes for the tube emulation.

The Interview We Did Today with J.R. was actually "Time Shifted Interview" where I send a question, he records an answer. We repeat to fill in a quick "Meet The Members" section.

 

Today’s episode comes from our weekly meetings that we have at the School of Podcasting. The question is what is the difference between a post and a page in Wordpress?

 A post will be at the top of your blog until you enter another post. A page is something you enter and it can only be viewed if you link to it. (There is a way to have it show up on the front age by going to settings > reading and choosing to have the page be “static” on the front page.

 Why Wordpress? It creates an RSS feed for you, and IT’S FREE. If you need an inexpensive host for Wordpress check out www.coolerwebsites.com

 LISTENER FEEDBACK – NO AGE LIMIT TO PODCASTING
Fred from http://www.strugglingentrepreneur.com/ aggrees that there is no age limit to podcasting. He is 59, and he encourages all “baby boomers” to get involved with podcasting. Fred uses my www.podcastfastpass.com service to set up his blogs at www.strugglingentrepreneur.com and www.gaincontrolofyourday.com  (and more projects coming).

This show (download show) was originally recorded last week 4/25. In the hussle and bustle, I never published it. You can read about my "Passing out" at BetterDave.com

Audience Feedback
Vince from  www.bmoviecast.com agrees that you are never too old to podcast (as he is a baby boomer).

Audacity Feedback?
Steve from www.djideasharing.com does not use Audacity, but ubercaster (for the mac) had him losing an episode.

Blog Views and Blues www.blogsviewsandblues.com
This is a new podcast from Rich Palmer (www.richpalmer.com ) and he turned me on to www.springwidgets.com

Wordpress 2.5 Bugs
In working with the bugs, I can seem to get the image media manager to work. If i'm lucky enough to get an image to upload without error, I can't get to a screen to where I can insert it into the post. I did find I was able to to do this if I stopped using Internet Explorer and switched to Firefox and it worked. So if you are a big IE fan, then you may not want to update just yet. I've been using the Image Manager plugin.

More Fun Tools
www.twirl.org is a desktop Twitter tool. It works on both Mac and PC.

From www.celticmythpodcast.com an easy to customize wordpress theme at http://wpthemepark.com/themes/paalam/ It makes it very easy to turn on or off the text on yruo header (as well as upload a custom header. It's widget ready, and if know a little html, its easy to tweak the colors. If you need help with the "technical stuff" please see me at www.podcastfastpass.com

Today we talk with Richard Harrington and Mark Weiser authors of the book Producing Video Podcasts: A Guide for Media Professionals.

If you are a audio podcaster looking to get into video, it can help those looking to do it on a shoe string budget or the person looking to invest some big time equipment.

For more information about the Authors and the book go to www.vidpodcaster.com

The book is available at Amazon.com

 

Today we talk with Scott Sigler who was the first person to have a Podcast only novel. People became addicted to it as the only way to get it was through his podcast. Later he published this book (Earthcore) and a second book (which went to #2 at Amazon.com) and he continues to write and release books (giving the ENTIRE BOOK away in a podcast with each release). His latest book Infected was given away as a pdf prior to its release? Did it effect sales? Nope. Once again Scott was at the top of his genre.

In this interview Scott talks about how he got the word out about his novel/podcast, why it makes sense to give it your book away, and how you can use podcasting to start your own word of mouth campaign.

For more information about Scott go to www.scottsigler.com
You can buy his latest book inftected at amazon.com

You can see how he is utilizing social media like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube below.

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