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Krishna Needs Your Vote!

If you have listened to our recent show you'll know that I am looking for a campaign manager!

You see I have been nominated and shortlisted for the ''Best Business Podcaster' award by the Irish Internet Association in the Net Visionary Award 2008.

Closing date for votes which are open to the public is Friday 17 October 2008.

So if you have enjoyed my contribution in bringing you The Podcast Sisters and my other podcasts, then I would really appreciate your vote.

You can place your X HERE.

Podcast Sisters 61 - Handling Negative Feedback on Your Blog or Podcast

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast, we discuss tips and advice on how to handle negative feedback on your blog or podcast.

Have you ever experiences unexpected negative comments on your blog or podcast - Krishna, Heather and Anna share what they have done when they have received feedback that you might find discouraging.

We'd love to hear from you - what thoughts, feedback or suggestions do you have for future content? Or perhaps you have suggestions for subjects you would like us to cover?

You can post your comments here or mouse on over to our Podcast Sisters Friend Feed room.

Or you can join us over at the Podcast Sisters Facebook group to discuss this week's show.

You can also send us an email perhaps attaching an audio file with your comments to podcast.sisters(at)googlemail.com.

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Listen To The Podcast Sisters Archive

The Podcast Sisters are brought to you by Krishna De, Anna Farmery and Heather Gorringe.

In our podcasts we explore how to engage, adopt and apply Web 2.0, new media and social media strategies to your business and we try to do so in a straight forward non geek way as none of us are 'technology gurus'.

If you would like to access the archive to all our shows, you can mouse on over to our show page at Blubrry which you will find here.

We really welcome your feedback on your experiences of adopting the strategies we discuss and ideas for future shows - our listeners have also been guests on our shows. You can email us at podcast.sisters(at)googlemail.com, comment in our FriendFeed Room or join our Facebook community.

We hope you find our discussions, sometimes serious sometimes with more than a touch or laughter of value.

Podcast Sisters 59 - Live Podcasting

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast, Krishna and Heather discuss live podcasting and are joined by Eric Scaresbrook who hosts Erkpod.

Show Notes

01:22 We answer a question from listener Alan Cox of Left Click about the length of time taken to edit podcasts

07:15 Andrew White of Wire World Media shares a tip on using Google Calendar

17:05 We are in conversation with Eric Scaresbrook about how he records and produces a live podcast

20:35 Live podcasting versus recording your podcast

22:30 Eric shares how he records his show

26:30 How to manage call-ins to the show

26:06 Using and setting up with a live video feed  using Ustream.tv

28:45 The difference between live recording and podcasting

29:53 Archiving and audio serialisation

30:30 Accessing contributors to your live podcast

31:07 Topics and themes for your live podcast

32:00 Audience participation

33:20 Sponsorship of your podcast

Resources For The Show

This is Eric's set up for the podcast:

Behringer 1002 FX Mixer
1 X Behringer C1 Studio microphone
3 X Shure PG48 microphones
4 X Behringer headphones
Behringer compressor
Behringer headphone amplifier
Scrolling message board (for messages)
2 computers (one for Erk, one for Drue)
1 X USB Webcam
1 X 5m extension cable for USB webcam
Associated cables and power cords
1 X Nabaztag Bunny (reads out news)

Eric also uses: Record Pad (recording), Wave Pad (editing). Soundbyte (for playing promos, songs, theme music etc), Skype, uStream camera/feed monitoring, Firefox

You can find the Erkpod Ustream.tv channel HERE.

Erkpod Website

Twitter: Eric and Drue

Erkpod Facebook Group

We'd love to hear from you - what thoughts, feedback or suggestions do you have for future content? Or perhaps you have suggestions for subjects you would like us to cover?

You can post your comments here or mouse on over to our Podcast Sisters Friend Feed room.

Or you can join us over at the Podcast Sisters Facebook group to discuss this week's show.

You can also send us an email perhaps attaching an audio file with your comments to podcast.sisters(at)googlemail.com.

REMEMBER SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PODCAST SISTERS IS FREE! 

1) To listen now on line without any downloads then click here and press the play button

2) Or to subscribe in iTunes      

3) Or if you use a different podcatcher then here are the feed details:

What's this?
or copy the address in the field below to your podcast software:

Podcast Sisters 58 - Search Engine Optimisation Tips for Small Business

This week's free Podcast Sisters Web 2.0 audio show for non geek's,who are wanting to grow their small businesses on line, is now available (remember subscribe free of charge and new shows will come automatically to your computer, just follow the instructions at the end of the post to download or subscribe via iTunes)

Krishna De and Anna Farmery talk about the lessons they have learned, about achieving strong search engine results. They talk about the mistakes and the lessons that have helped them to get their blogs on to the first page of the Google results. Here are the links that they talk about for your small business

Google Analytics - makes it easy to improve your results online

Google Webmaster Tools - Statistics, diagnostics and management of Google's indexing of your website

Google Insights - you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames

Widows Quest - Example of Blog Carnival - Carnival of Positive Thinking

Biz Growth News - Krishna's blog on strategies, research and insights to build a compelling and engaging corporate brand, employer brand and personal brand

Karen Skidmore - For Women Running Home Based Businesses in the UK.

Louise Barnes Johnstone - Business Coach and Mentor

iContact and Aweber - Email Marketing and Surveying Applications that listeners recommend

Blog Carnival - to find carnivals to submit articles to and to set up your own blog carnival

Wordtracker - to discover the best keywords for your website or of course Google Adwords for a free option.

Share This - a quick Email Sharing, SMS, AIM, Social Networking and Social Bookmarking tool that helps you share content from blogs and other websites

Feel free to discuss topics or share links inspired by this show at our Friendfeed room

To listen to all the previous shows, here is the bank of The Podcast Sister podcasts

Join us over at the Podcast Sisters Facebook group to discuss this week's show and also do give us feedback and share ideas for future shows that will deliver value to YOU. You can also send us an email to podcast.sisters@googlemail.com.

REMEMBER SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PODCAST SISTERS IS FREE! 

1) To listen now on line without any downloads then click here and press the play button

2) Or to subscribe in iTunes      

3) Or if you use a different podcatcher then here are the feed details -

http://www.podcastfm.co.uk/podcast.rss?id=245

Podcasting Qualification Lauches in the UK

The Guardian in the UK reports that there will be a new qualification from September...in podcasting! David Grailey, the NCFE's chief executive, said:

"....Podcasting is fast becoming a part of everyday life - vicars are delivering sermons via podcasts, police departments are launching 'crimewatch' video podcasts and schools and colleges are recording lessons via podcasts. It's therefore vital that we offer people both an understanding and the skills to utilise this technology.

The qualification has also allowed us, as an organisation, to look at the benefits of podcasts within the education market and consider future plans to deliver our qualifications and syllabus through different mediums - including podcasts,"

Podcasting is a great way to reach a global audience and I am delighted that within the UK people are starting to recognise the marketing potential.

Show #047 - What is a Digital Native

This week's free Podcast Sisters audio show is now available (remember subscribe free of charge and new shows will come automatically to your computer, just follow the instructions at the end of the post to download or subscribe via iTunes)

This show is a little different as it is an interview that Heather and Anna recorded whilst in New York. We talk to Paull Young, one of the "young" stars of the social media world. We talk about

What is a digital native?

How are people are using the internet

What is twitter? And when would you use Twitter and when do you blog?

How you build relationships on line?

How Paull sees the future of social media

If you want to check out Paull's mum' blog then check out Serendipity! 

To listen to all the previous shows, here is the bank of The Podcast Sister podcasts

Join us over at the Podcast Sisters Facebook group to discuss this week's show and also do give us feedback and share ideas for future shows that will deliver value to YOU. You can also send us an email to podcast.sisters@googlemail.com.

REMEMBER SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PODCAST SISTERS IS FREE! 

1) To listen now on line without any downloads then click here and press the play button

2) Or to subscribe in iTunes      

3) Or if you use a different podcatcher then here are the feed details -

http://www.podcastfm.co.uk/podcast.rss?id=245

Free Teleseminar 12 May 2008: Social Media For Solopreneurs

I'm afraid it's been a bit quiet over here on The Podcast Sisters recently as Anna and Heather have been travelling and then Anna has been ill.

If you are missing our voices and views about social media, then you might want to hop on my call this week for Biz Growth Live, where I am in conversation with Peggy Murrah and Chris Muccio about social media for solopreneurs and how it can help you attract more clients.

You can find out more about the call which is a FREE teleseminar masterclass taking place at 1pm ET/6pm Ireland and the UK on Monday 12 May 2008 here.

If you already receive my newsletter you will have the details of the call in number so you don't need to register again.

Hope to hear you on the call soon.

Updating iTunes Manually

Sometimes as a podcaster you find that iTunes does not update the feed. That happened to me today. If that happens to you then you can manually ping iTunes by

1. Get you apple id - easiest way is to search for your podcast in iTunes, then right click on the album art and copy the url.
2. Paste that url into your internet browser

Just a quick Friday tip!

P.S The Podcast Sisters podcast will appear soon, we are just having a slight hosting problem...we have not gone away, we have recorded 3 shows whilst we are trying to sort out the problem!

Podcasting Statistics

Over at the superb Podcasting News they report on the Edison Media Research. The latest research shows

• The audience for audio podcasts grew 38% in the last year;
• The audience for video podcasts grew 45% in the last year;
• About 30% of regular Internet users have downloaded a podcast;
• Awareness of podcasting has leveled off at about 37;
• People listen to or watch podcasts primarily on their computers (about 75%).

In 2007 there was a feeling that podcasting was on the wane. I didn't believe that and still don't...why? Well podcasting gives you incredible value - both as a producer and consumer. They are "cheap" to produce, need little expertise and yet from the consumers point of view they are free, niche, specialised, an opt in medium that they can listen to wherever they are...

In the UK I get a sense of a growing awareness both by companies and by consumers. Is it mainstream ...no not yet but as a small business I think that is the real opportunity. Get in to the space whilst the idea is still "relatively new", make your name whilst there are fewer competitors!

After all what could be more intimate than you talking directly into the ears of each of your consumers :)