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Black Friday Podcasting Bundle
The day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States is called Black Friday. On this day, consumers enjoy steep discounts and huge bargains on many items. I decided that I too would offer a steep discount on some products that I know will help you launch a podcast with...
Are You a Generalist or a Specialist?
I've noticed as of late that alot of my colleagues in the podcasting space have divorced themselves from the word "podcast" and now embrace the word "new media." In other words, being a new media generalist seems to be more attractive than being a podcasting...
What’s Your 10, 20, 30, 40 Plan?
I was reading an article in today's Globe & Mail about Microsoft's plans to become the #2 online advertiser (currently, Microsoft is #3). This is truly fascinating. In sales, we want to be #1, but here's a company - a really big and profitable company - who's...
What Is Podcasting
I keep getting this question, so here's a 3 minute video where I explain what podcasting is using the example of 2 talk show divas, Marilyn Denis and Oprah Winfrey. Does this help clarify what podcasting is?
Time to Share New Media With Non Technical People
This morning, I attended a breakfast networking event hosted by the Mississauga Board of Trade. I only found out about the event yesterday afternoon, but decided to go because I hadn't networking with non-techie people in forever, the location was right in my backyard...
7 Things that Influences How We Say Things
If there's one thing that prevents people from starting a podcast, it's their accent. I hear this so much, especially from those with a southern drawl. "I don't like my accent," said a baby boomer to me recently on a teleclass. "It's too southern." There's little...
There’s a Writers’ Strike, But Does Anyone Care?
Although the Writers' Guild of America is on strike, they have support on the set. For many shows, the scripts have been written. All that needs to be done is to act out the parts and then go into post-production. However, many who supervise the actors on set don't...
7 Steps to Podcasting for Profit Video
In the time it would've taken me to agonize...oops, I mean write every word, I threw together this video program using the wonderful Camtasia. Here's the 7 steps to podcasting for profit in 7 minutes. [coolplayer width="350" height="250" autoplay="0" loop="0"...
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers AGM
I'll be speaking at the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers Annual General Meeting taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've never been to Nova Scotia before, so I'll try to take some pictures while I'm there as I'm only staying for a few hours. Here's the...