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Podonomics Selected a Power 50 (According to Canada’s Word of Mouth Expert)
Gotta love Sean Moffitt, Canada's Word of Mouth Expert, especially if you make it into his good books. Not only did he select Podonomics as one of his Top 20 Canadian Word of Mouth blogs last month, but he just expanded his list and selected The Power 50: Canada's 50...
How to Double Your Podcast Subscribers in 30-Days
Here's something I'm realizing. Most people still have no clue how to subscribe to a podcast. And looking at my site statistics (and those of my clients), more people will play the episode right off the podpage, rather than subscribe to it. On average, this rate is...
Transcripts for Sale vs. Transcripts for Search
I was perusing Paul Colligan's ever changing blog template this weekend (have you decided, Paul?) and I stumbled upon his post where he has transcribed one of his podcast episodes and has made it available for viewing right on the webpage. I've been telling my clients...
Who Preserves Our Online Conversations?
In an earlier post, I started to explore who is responsible for preserving our online conversations. Is it: The person who creates the discussion? The people who participate in it? Or, is it the entity that provides the means for these discussion to take place? Now, I...
First Russian Female Space Tourist to Podcast
One of the first women going to space as a tourist will be podcasting and blogging about her experience during her 10-day journey, according to this news release. Anousheh Ansari will blog and podcast from outer space. While I applaud this news, the article fails to...
Whirlpool Connects Brand With Audience (Possibly Through Podcasting)
Whirlpool announced 4 innovative moms who invented something cool for their product line. Each mom got a slew of cash and a chance to attend a business bootcamp to meet with product developers at Whirlpool. The quote from the grand prize winner really stood out. Mary...
Podcast Etiquette: How Not to Treat a Guest After the Interview is Over
In the world of podcasting, there are bound to be some hissyfits. One has been brewing over the last couple of weeks between Joseph Jaffe and the Podfather himself, Adam Curry. Jaffe, a new media specialist, recently interviewed Curry and Podshow CEO, Ron Bloom. The...
Why Can’t Podcasts Work Like Autoresponders?
I'm finding quite a number of holes in the podcasting process from a business perspective. For example, I'd prefer that when someone subscribes to my podcast feed, they start from Episode 001. Right now, anyone that subscribes to my feed gets the newest episode, then...
Podcasting Community Needs a Lawyer
At Podcamp, one of the things that became clear is that this community desperately needs a lawyer. There's way too many lay people trying to interprete the laws of the land when it comes to copyrights and they're doing a poor job of it. Yes, we have the Podcasting...