In this podcast I answer one of the most frequently asked quesitons. "What is RSS, and why do I get jibberish when I click this orange thing?"

Dave also assigns some "homework."

LAST 5 IN 5 From John of The M Show (www.themshow.com )

Barack Obama Us Senator for Illinois
http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/

Rumor Girls
http://www.rumorgirls.com/

Accident Hash
http://www.accidenthash.com

Radio Adventures of Dr Floyd
http://www.doctorfloyd.com/

Kamakaze Comic Book Podcast (Fanboy?)
http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com

 Don't forget the Podcast Pickle contest starts February 1st!

Dave went back to colllege this week (but is still completely available to help new podcasters). He had a very difficult time getting bookmarks for his books. When he found one, he was amazed at how many times a day he viewed this bookmark. He did some research and found that you can have full color bookmarks create 500 bookmarks for 60.00 (see psprint.com ) or 1000 bookmarks for 94.00 (see brochures.com ) and if your target audience is college students - then I feel this is a decent form of promotion.

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Last 5 in 5 From Steve at www.lifespringpodcast.com

Griddlecakes Radio www.griddlecakes.com
The M Show www.themshow.com
Happy Tree Friends http://podcast.happytreefriends.com
Geekbrief TV www.geekbrief.tv
Your Wedding Your Way http://yourwedding.lifespringonline.com/ 

Sites Mentioned:

School of Podcasting www.scholofpodcasting.com
The Scene Zine www.thescenezine.com
brochures.com (1000 bookmarks )
psprint.com (500 bookmarks )
Today in Podcasting www.todayinpodcasting.com
Podcast Pickle www.podcastpickle.com
All Things Dave www.thepodcastfreak.com

Dave talks about cross promotion, different samplg rates, and how he records a skype call.

Special thanks to Jeff Lamb of www.buffalodick.tv for the awesome promo and testimonial.

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Dave talks about how easy it is (and free) to cross promote your podcast. This is helped by networking with other podcasters who have similar podcasts. I play a quick promo I did for the Daily Source Code, I then turned around and used the same set up and ending and substituted a personalized greeting for each podcaster. It worked. While cross promotion may not get you 100 listeners overnight, it will help with your branding online.

Thanks to Heather Vale of Success Unwrapped for our intro. Check her out at http://www.successunwrapped.com

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Last 5 in 5 Couresty of the Bucket Podcast (www.bucketpodcast.com )

1. The Godess and Banana www.bgaffair.com
2. Diggnamtion www.diggnation.com
3. Dawn and Drew www.dawnanddrew.com
4. Ask a Ninja www.askaninja.com
5. Daily Source Code. www.dailysourcecode.com
6. Griddlecakes Radio www.griddlecakes.com

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Dave gets some more feedback on shaping your image with a podcast (as some feel www.betterdave.com is not the right image for Dave), and he answers a question about using podpress (www.mightyseek.com/podpress ) with Libsyn and how to get the URL into WordPress.

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P.S. I realize this episode breaks format a bit. I am away from my typical system, and do not have access (but I think this episode is fine anyway - even if it doesn't let you know its episode 68)