Well this is my 200th episode of this podcast. Let me say up front, just becuase there are 200 episodes does not mean that these are great episodes or I am better than any other podcaster. It is a fun to listen back on some of the old episodes. I play some clips from my [...]

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Should I Start a Podcast? Some people wonder, ?Should I start a podcast?? and they wonder if they have the material. I am always amazed at the number of people who give away a free newsletter, but don?t turn that exact same material, record it as audio, and turn it into a podcast? As most of you [...]

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People always ask me “What is the best plugin for Podcasting.” Originally I said Podpress, but the develop got too busy (and probably tired of working for pennies) and abandoned the plugin. I love the 1pixle player as you can change the color of the player to match the theme of your wordpress blog. I’ve been [...]

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On today’s brief show, I explain how I took the name “Podcast Fast Pass” (say that out loud) from the “Fast Pass” idea at Disney Land (where you can legally cut in line). Well after a year or so, I finally changed the name as I had to over pronounce the name every time I [...]

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How do you generate lots of traffic, and get people talking about you? You state in a conference from a podium that “Podcasting is Dead,” or you make a blog post that “Podcasting is Over” etc. Then all the podcasters get bent out of shape (and I count myself in that category) and we all [...]

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This show originates from www.schoolofpodcasting.com This is show number 195. Defining Podcast Success My last episode had 515 downloads in two weeks. If I compare myself to Leo Laporte who has THOUSANDS of listeners I will feel awful. However, if I got in a room of 515 people that would be a lot of people. There are [...]

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This is show 194 that originates at www.schoolofpodcasting.com The Importance of ID3 Tags I got an email from a listener of one of my listeners: “I recently also subscribed to Weekly Web Tools and downloaded all the back episodes. When listening back to them, they are all out of order, since they are sorted by title if there [...]

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This is episode 193 of the School of Podcasting originating from www.schoolofpodcasting.com Today I talk about the New Media / Blogworld Expo where I will be a presenter. You can get a discount on the expo and hotels if you order before the 14th of September. Check it out at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/expo Last 5 in 5 from Jerry [...]

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Today I talk about an episode in a popular Podcast of  “No Agenda” which features Adam Curry and John C Dvorak. This podcasts  gets thousands of dollars in donations, but calculates to .01 a listener. On the episode for 8/13 John makes a great point that we spend up to 50 dollars for a 2 [...]

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As a podcast consultant, I recently had someone send me a file that was exported at 190 kbps. What is a kbps (kilobit per second)? We don’t care (and not its bit, not bytes). Think of it like this: The more paint (bits) you use, the more accurate a picture you can paint. With this [...]

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