In this episode Dave talks about the potential pitfalls of a diary - storytelling podcast. He started a new podcast Building a Better Dave. Keep in mind that EVERYONE can hear your podcast. You also never know when people will Google you. He mentions a few of his favorite storytelling podcasts including The Bitterest Pill and Digital Flotsam

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Last 5 in 5 From Mike Wills of http://newmusictoday.net
1.Geek News Central http://geeknewscentral.com
2. New Music Today (one of my podcasts on Podcasternews) http://newmusictoday.net - I always listen to my own shows to make sure they keep sounding good.
3. Security Now (http://Twit.tv)
4. UC Radio Podshow ( ucradio.podshow.com)
5. Podholes (http://www.podholes.com/)

Other Sites Mentioned
Podcast411 autor of Tricks of the Podcasting Masters

School of Podcasting End of Year Bonanza
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Dave talks about common mistakes that you can make that willcause errors inyour RSS feed.

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This was inspired by the Podcast Brothers www.podcastbrothers.com show where they talked about a feed reader having issues with their feed.

You can see a table of code to put display characters without causing errors. http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.aspYou can check your feed validation at www.feedvalidator.org

Dave also reminds all podcasters to report their songs at the Podsafe Music Network When looking at your playlist, click the "show playlist history" option at the bottom of the list. Be sure to report your songs. The musicians will thank you for it.

LAST 5 IN 5 by Cali Lewis of www.geekbrif.tv
1. Dawn and Drew Show www.dawnanddrew.com
2. Daily Source Code www.dailysourcecode.com
3. Mo Buzz Tv www.mobuzztv.com
4. Accident Hash www.accidenthash.com
5. Rocketboom. www.rocketboom.com

Check out the School of Podcasting with its hundreds of resources and hours of tutorials. www.schoolofpodcasting.com

Dave's favorite Podcast Host is Libsyn

Dave provides the results from last week's poll, a promtional Post Card Tool along with a podcasting idea.

The One Minute How To Podcast
A quick, fun way to cross promote your podcast. Check it out at http://www.oneminutehowto.com

Dead Science Podcast
http://www.deadscience.com

Voice Over Work From Scott Fletcher
http://www.caraworks.com

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Vertical Response - Postcard Creation tool. Only pay for those cards you sell, no contracts, etc.

Survey Results - Dave had a whole 6 people respond to last week's sruvey. Many people listen in the car on their portable media device. The audience is all male. (At this point) take the survey. HERE

Lane www.missingalert.com podcast

Last 5 in 5 From Rob of the Dead Science Podcast
1. The Morning Announcements (this podcast)
2. Podcast 411 www.podcast411.com
3. The Paracast. www.theparacast.net
4. Haunted New Jersey Podcast www.hauntednewjersey.com
5. Building a Better Dave www.betterdave.com

People say what they want for Christmas The Zoon H4 Handy Recorder

Dave talks about a new Podcasting Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Podcasting.pdf

Dave mentions how you can find out information from
your audience using www.surveymonkey.com

TAKE THE SURVEY (10 quick questions)
To take Dave's Survey  click the image to the above or click HERE

Dave will read the answers in next week's show.

ALSO MENTIONED
Dave also mentioned the Dead Science Podcast at www.deadscience.com
Kiptronic (http://www.kiptronic.com ) for survey listeners
Podtrac (http://www.podtrac.com ) for surveying listeners

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