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Of all the questions I get about podcasting, one question seems to be almost universal. That question is can you make money podcasting? That’s the question people want the know about.

At the last Blogworld conference, I learned that there are people making money. The key is having your own product and using your content to promote your product.

The reason I revisit this, is that I just read a great report by a guy named Gideon Shalwick. I’had never heard of Gideon before, but I saw his report referred to by a number of people I know. So, I signed up and got his report. It’s free, so why not.

What I found was really interesting. Gideon has taken the next step in the business model. Gideon shows how to turn your video podcast into a business.

See the diagram after the jump.

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This week we have a fresh best seller list, with James Lee Burke's new audiobook The Glass Rainbow rocketing up to #1.

Stieg Larsson's three "The Girl..." audiobooks are right up there too.

Coming in at #12 is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was this week's free audiobook.

Hope you find an audiobook you like.

1. The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Unabridged) by James Lee Burke
Summary: James Lee Burke's eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered. While the crimes have all the telltale signs of a serial killer, the death of Bernadette Latiolais, a high-school honor student, doesn't fit: she is not the kind of hapless and marginalized victim psychopaths usually prey upon. Robich...
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I'm not sure anyone else noticed, but I was stunned by a PSA run tonight by USA Network in association with its new show Covert Affairs.

In the PSA, USA Network has one of its main characters talking about the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it's impact. (the full press release is below.)

This would be great given the impact the ADA has had leveling the playing ground except they use a guy who can see to play a blind person.

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