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Podcast Sisters 65 - Project Management

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna and Heather share their views on online project management tools and their use for effective client project management and team collaboration.

SHOW NOTES

00:00  Introduction

01:14  Shoutouts to The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur; Marketing Over Coffee; Street Smart Marketing; Wonderful Web Women; emmaspigs.co.uk

05:34  How to add photos to Facebook

13:54  Project Management for client projects and team collaboration

22:20  Why consider using project management software?

35:52  Our preferred choices of project management software

40:58  Exploring and example of how you might deploy a project management tool in a business

50:43  Show ends

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Podcast Sisters 64 - Online Identity Fraud

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast,  Krishna and Heather discuss issues around the theft of your online identity and copyright infringement.

SHOW NOTES

00:00  Introduction

03:10  Podcast Review: Our First Dance (David John Frank Breese the podcaster confirms after the show that  he ha a LEOL (Limited Online Exploitation License) from the MCPS- PRS Alliance

14:37  Your LinkedIn Profile: Infringement of copyright

18:48  Why is copy theft important

35:14  Emma - an email bulk mailing tool

37:08  Listener feedback and Squidoo

39:06  Conclusion and contact information

40:10  Show ends

Copyright and production rights of the music extracts referred to in this episode remain with the original authors and performers.  Segments used here are by way of review only of the services of Blip.fm.  For our discussion and review of blip.fm please refer to The Podcast Sisters Show 60.

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Podcast Sisters 63 - How A Builders Merchant Can Use Web 2.0

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast episode Krishna and Heather discuss a case study how a builders merchant can use online  marketing and social media to develop grow their business.

SHOW NOTES

00:00 How a Builder's Merchant Can Use Online Marketing - A Case Study

09:13 Case study - Trade supplier of specialist building supplies

12:22 Setting up a blog

16:10 Using videos

24:08 Create an interactive e-commerce site

26:48 Integrate mobile marketing

29:25 Comment and write articles

31:06 Set up a store on E-Bay

40:48 Show ends

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

Zack Exley

The English Cut - Example of blog for specialist service provider

Will it Blend - Example of using of video to promote your business or product

The Podcast Sisters previous show on e-commerce, show 057

Mobile Marketing Association

Krishna's Biz Growth Live Show 27 July 2008 on Mobile Marketing

Ebay

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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

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Google While You Walk

I love it, Google has added to their maps, the ability to get walking rather than driving instructions.

I love Google maps and use it on my mobile to find client addresses, hotels etc  However, I had found it irritating that often you ended up walking longer than you had to...not now. Now you can use it to get the quick, walking route :)

Boost Your Business With Online Video

You have no doubt seen the proliferation of video's on the web this year and probably noticed how impactful they are in bringing your brand to life.

Heather has actually made a recent purchase of a Flip Video which she enjoys using to capture video's on her travels and she also uses them on her main website.

But what if you are camera shy or don't have the excitement of a Wiggly Wiggler's backdrop to share with your community?

You don't have to have to create video with you as a talking head - you can be inventive with the backdrop you choose, record your voice alongside a screen capture or create a PowerPoint slide presentation and do an accompanying voiceover.

I've been doing this kind of video for about 3 years and have used online video for lead generation and delivering online study programmes about personal branding and marketing strategies.

If you are not sure where to start, friend of the Podcast Sisters (and a previous guest) Leesa Barnes has a three minute video on what to look for when choosing video capturing software. And while you on that page you can find other video's she has done on her blog. Access the video HERE.

Do let us know what questions you have about creating video online and we'll see what we can do about covering your questions on a future podcast.

NOTE: Leesa's video is a primer for a virtual seminar she is hosting on 23 and 24 July 2008 about how to boost your business using video. If you are interested in that course, make sure you scroll down the page and enter in the VIP code (VID 723) so that you will get into the virtual training for just US$20).

PutPlace For Digital Media Peace Of Mind

As we increasingly create and save more and more information it becomes challenging to keep track of files as we talked about on this week's Podcast Sisters podcast where we were talking about the tools we use to bookmark information. 

That's where the new service Putplace becomes really valuable. 

At PutPlace you can store your files and access them wherever you are. 

PutPlace is currently in Beta and you can therefore use the service free of charge for up to 2GB of space - when the service opens up fully there will be an annual subscription fee based on the amount of data PutPlace handles for you. 

And if you have ever had a disaster losing your digital files, PutPlace wants to know about it - send them a photo of your digital despair and you're in with a chance to win an annual subscription to PutPlace for 100 GB of data and US$200 USD Amazon gift certificate.

Five finalists will be selected by the PutPlace team and the voting will then be open to the public. The contest runs between 1 and 31 July 2008 and winners will be announced on 15 August 2008. So go on take a snap of your despair and enter into the PutPlace pull a face competition today.

Oh and did I mention - PutPlace is an Irish start up - over at PodCamp Ireland we are very proud of CEO Joe Drumgoole.

Show #50 - The Indian Takeaway

This week's Podcast Sisters Podcast, sees the long awaited return of all three sisters from our travels and illnesses.

We discuss the Heather's recent trip to India and Krishna's connecting through social media to her relatives in India which recently brought them together for a family reunion.

Anna our social media quiz master also checks out Krishna and Heather's knowledge of social media in India - listen carefully as there are lots of great statistics in this section.

We also share a new online forum where you can post your feedback or questions about the show - Krishna has set up a room for The Podcast Sisters on FriendFeed.com - come on over and let us know what you think about this week's episode. FriendFeed.com is free to join and 'd highly recommend that you register your name there even if you are not ready to jump in to this social media community.

And we need your help - we've decided to follow the theme of food for next week's show - last week was about Fish and Chips, this week is the Indian Takeaway - and Heather suggested next week is all about chocolate cakes. So we'd love your ideas on how we can connect chocolate cakes to social media.

Resources For The Show

Club Penguin

FriendFeed

LinkedIn

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Join The Podcast Sisters In Conversation At Friend Feed

Have you found your friends on FriendFeed yet?

I use FriendFeed as a place to syndicate all my feeds from my blogs, and profiles on Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media sites. In fact there are 41 different services you can add to your profile on FriendFeed.

You can find friends on FriendFeed to and subscribe to their feeds. Take a look at my profile as an example.

A recent development is the establishing of rooms on FriendFeed. A room is like a mini FriendFeed for a particular subject or group of people. Everyone in your room can share information with each other and leave comments that only other people in your room can see.

You can create a room that is :

• Public - where anyone can access or join the room
• Semi-Public - where anyone can read or comment, but only admins can post
• Private - where only invited people can access this room - for example I am working on a project with some colleagues and we could create a room to share information just amongst ourselves.

You can also subscribe to the feed for a specific room so that you can keep up to date with the conversation there rather than having to visit the room each day.

So today I have set up a room for The Podcast Sisters - yes we have a group on Facebook and you can connect with us through email and by posting a message here at the blog.

However with the adoption of FriendFeed increasing, I thought it might be a great time to create our own room where we can congregate and share our thoughts, feedback, ideas and questions about our journey in the world of web 2.0.

So why not join us over at FriendFeed - all you need do is register for a free account then subscribe to The Podcast Sisters room and join the conversation. I hope we see you there soon.

And if you are interested in all things to do with social media in Ireland, why not join the Social Media Ireland room I've just set up - it's a place where I hope we will be sharing best practice case studies, ideas for integrating and implementing social media strategies into your marketing and communications plan, and asking questions of other social media evangelists and enthusiasts in Ireland.

3Dcamp Non-Conference: 24 May 2008, Limerick, Ireland

If you are in Ireland and interested in the opportunities that 3D technologies present, then you won't want to miss the firthcoming FREE non-conference 3Dcamp, taking place on the 24 May 2008 in Limerick.

3Dcamp is a themed non-conference which will focus on virtual worlds (Second Life, the Metaverse), mirror worlds (Google Earth and Virtual Earth), mapping mashups, GPS, Location based Services (LBSs), haptics (eg. Wiimote hacks), 3D modelling (Blender, Sketchup) and all things 3D.

Register to attend 3Dcamp here - and do let me know if you are planning to attend as I hope to get there too.