A Podcasting Blog from Podcasting Tools - Daily Podcasting News and Information for Podcasters and Listeners.

Daily Podcasting Blog and news related to podcasting, RSS, podcast news and aggregation. Information related to podcasts are added on a daily business and cover the gamut, from new podcast product announcements, podcast directories, marketing for podcasters and much, much more.

04/28/2008 More Agencies Turn to Podcasts To Get Messages Out One of the first agencies to move into podcasting was the Defense Department. It began offering audio downloads of programs on the Pentagon Channel http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/ in spring 2005. The channel offers news and documentaries, among other programs. Since then, more than 7.1 million podcasts have been downloaded, said Michael Winnaker, a marketing coordinator for the channel. complete article Other Government Podcasts

04/21/2008 Blog Posts that Get Attention Blogs are now a dime a dozen, and bloggers need to make their blog posts stand out. Developing a blog following is not as easy as it once was. Learn how to write blog posts that attract readers and retain their attention. Follow these guidelines to cultivate readers... Blog Posts that Get Attention

04/16/2008 Podcasting Boosts Language Podcasts are a valuable tool for learning a new language, as demonstrated by a class of seven year-olds at ACS Egham International School. The children grow in confidence as they hear their language skills improve, and teachers have found that podcasts are ideal for reviewing progress across the class. According to Apple Podcasts Boosts Languages

04/15/2008 Top Podcast Tips to a Great Sound What defines a good podcast? Make no mistake -- there is a difference between a good podcast and a not-so-good podcast. A high-caliber podcast is much more than just decent content. The sound quality, and the way a podcast is recorded, will impact the value of the podcast as well. Podcast structure and pre-planning are also important; do not skimp on the production, as it too can make or break a podcast. Top Podcast Tips to a Great Sound

04/14/2008 PodioBooks - Free Serialized Books on Your Schedule Why are the books on Podiobooks.com free of charge? Many authors do this to get exposure for their work, others do it in the hopes you'll buy their next work in development. Still others simply do it for the sheer joy of writing. And while it's not required, you have the option to donate money to the author of your choice. When you consider that audio books run usually 50% more than their hardcover counterparts... we hope you'll be generous. Authors receive 75% of all the proceeds from the donations from listeners. The smaller portion goes to the maintenance and upkeep of Podiobooks.com.

04/09/2008 Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties While it may still be debatable whether all the major search engines currently employ a duplicate content penalty, all have made it abundantly clear that they do not have any desire to provide search results that rehash the same content over and over. Actively avoid any potential penalties by taking a proactive approach to building unique content. Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties

04/08/2008 Software Industry Conference The 2008 Software Industry Conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Quincy from July 17-19, 2008 for another exciting Software Industry Conference.

04/08/2008 Apple Overtakes Wal-Mart in Sales Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S.

04/08/2008 Podcasts Used for Book Promotion Giving away books as podcasts is new way to promote sales. But well before Sigler revealed podcasting as a new frontier for book promotion, the San Francisco author was rebuffed hundreds of times by major publishers. Siglers science fiction-horror thrillers attracted little attention. That changed in 2005, when he offered his first novel, Earthcore, as a free, downloadable 22-episode podcast on iTunes and his own Web site.. A few hundred early listeners soon swelled to 5,000. By the time he posted Ancestor and The Rookie, his second and third books, which he also narrated, he had 30,000 digital disciples. complete article

04/05/2008 Educational Sector is Teach How to Teach with Technology The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created for teachers looking to incorporate technology into their classrooms! THWT aims to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, games and quizzes that incorporate technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. See examples for United States History and World History courses.  Technology includes RSS and Podcasting!

04/04/2008 Educational Podcast Directory This is  a UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 440 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals. Another educational directory that includes both educational feeds and podcasts is Educational Feeds.

04/03/2008 Create an iTunes Compatible Podcast You can use software to create an iTunes compatible podcast. The software will automatically encode the podcast feed for you. Use FeedForAll to build the iTunes compatible podcast (there is both a Windows and a Mac version). There is a tutorial that will walk you through setting up an iTunes compatible podcast.

04/02/2008 Sony BMG Online Content The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players.

04/01/2008 Some Say Podcasting is Recession Proof Podcast Secrets is a program designed to teach business owners how to use the power of podcasts to grow their businesses. In fact, Alex Mandossian has said that he will, show you how to recession-proof any information marketing business via the power of Podcasting. Taught by Alex Mandossian and Paul Colligan, this six-week course is a blueprint that provides strategies, best practices, tools and techniques to help book authors and publishers, coaches, consultants, information marketers, independent professionals and entrepreneurs to navigate their way through the details of podcasting.

03/24/2008 The French Do Not Podcast France is protecting itself from the dreaded English language by banning the terms fast-food and podcasting. complete article

03/13/2008 Great Podcasting Tips The sound quality, and the way a podcast is recorded, will impact the value of the podcast as well. Podcast structure and pre-planning are also important; do not skimp on the production, as it too can make or break a podcast. Top Podcasts for a Great Sound

2006
december archive
november archive
october archive
september archive
august archive
july archive
june archive
may archive
april archive
march archive
february archive
january archive

2005
december archive
november archive
october archive
september archive
august archive
july archive
june archive
may archive
april archive