CastFire allows content producers of audio and video to generate advertising revenue by seamlessly connecting them with media buyers and consumers. Whether the content is entertainment, news, knowledge, stories or talk shows, the CastFire engine automatically adds relevant advertising to the content, generating a revenue stream for the content producer.
The problem most people encounter after learning about podcasting is where they can go to upload their podcasts. The most popular podhosts are libsyn, slapcast, podlot and podbus. This may be a little off putting to people who just want to give it a try. Just recently PodBlaze launched and offers the following items:
Personalized podcasting site
Subdomain (www.yourpodcast.podblaze.com)
Podcast upload capability
RSS feed
Show notes area for each podcast show
No special software or programming skills required
Streaming media player
Just finished a layout change for the Podato site, have a look and tell your friends about this amazing free dating site.
When I first came aross the domain name back in November I thought this would be a website dedicated to bringing podcasters podsafe music to use in their podcasts. This isn’t the case and podsafe costs £49.50.
It’s strange for me to have a new podcasting item that is my very own. Usually it’s a post about podnova, new podcasts or new podblogs.
Podish involves Irish people embracing podcasting without having to pay to upload their items, all they need is their mobile phone. The mobile allows people to easily record an item/issue in the news that they want to express their opinion on, or maybe be adventurous and interview somebody or do a sound seeing tour of their town area. The possibilities are endless.
Podish is an open forum where you can speak your mind about any issue. All you need to do is grab your mobile phone… speak your mind and send it as a MMS to podish@gmail.com.
Updated: Podato won’t be in this weeks Village Magazine due to pressure of space.
Podish begins today.
What is it?
A website for Irish people to contribute to by sharing their views on any number of topics which interest/effect them.
Just to pick up on what James has said about Podato, the idea may be totally amazing concept but it’s an open source idea, we use free tools for the whole process, wordpress, blogsome, gmail, amr to wav converter and finally a wav to MP3 converter for the full podcasting experience.
I was recently pointed to the Guardians Soulmates website and informed that they have added the option for singles to record a voice clip for people to listen to them as they read through their profile. This is a great addition, but doesn’t include any RSS feeds.
The problem with these and other sites is in the cost. They may say:
Becoming a member is quick, easy and free.
But what they really mean is “Sign-up, fill out 5 pages of a profile as detailed as possible, receive email confirmation, log-in and realise you need to pay-up to send anyone a message… rates start at nearly £17 for just one month, a year costs a massive £95 pounds, the Irish sites aren’t much better value.
Podato is free and will remain so, why pay to meet someone (that’s illegal in the real world). Just give ‘Podato A Go’ and see where you can go from there… for free.
Bonus Link: Stumble Upon
A new arrival in the PodHost market is Podlot.com. They offer hosting packages which gives you unlimited bandwidth each month.
They offer three different packages:
Standard Lot ($4.00 a month)
150 megabytes of storage unlimited bandwidth domain hosting*
Following my daily visit to Adam Curry’s weblog I noticed he had made a post saying that ipodder.org had been updated. Of course I popped along to see the new look, it’s nice and simple (just the way every site should be). The newest podcasts will still be posted on the main page along with links to each category. The links are now placed on the right hand side, the logo is very strange, I don’t know what the meaning of it is (if there is one), maybe cutting the wires from radio and moving to podcasts?
But the biggest difference to the site was the inclusion of an advert for podshow.com, I clicked and was greeted with a heading saying “Making Podcasting Better”. What will this site be? Well it’s part of a group venture between Ron Bloom and Adam Curry as part of BoKu Communications (but more about that soon). The ideas is to get advertisers involved (much like what podcastAds was set up for) and give them placement in podcast shows, this is called targetcasting. Other areas covered are an information centre/application to help podcasters get off the ground and to help you make money from your podcast. For listeners this probably will just be details of how they can listen to podcasts and how to subscribe to shows, not only this but they may even have a pod player ready for distribution (see the bottom segment of the site for more details). Also if interested you can sign up to be informed of the latest news. You can also listen to details about PodShow from Adam Curry from the pod player.
These two sites now form the bases for bokucom a company set up with the following goal:
BoKu is in the process of expanding its podcasting system into a network that is enabling thousands of producers to cost-effectively create compelling content to fit the needs and desires of millions of users, with marketers benefiting from the connection. This dynamic audio and video content marketplace has a reach that extends beyond the computer into a fully mobile environment comprising communications, content and commerce.
I just so happened to come across a podcast site from South African while browsing through google. It’s a website specifically for South Africans to come and learn all about podcasting and also place their podcast in the directory much like what I’m doing here. It has got some very informative content which is worth checking out.
I know it’s early days and all but I just set up an Irish podcast area on meetup.com.
At least it will be there when people want to join up and meet other podcast enthusiasts once a month.
If you’re anyway interested about podcasting head over to the Podcasting Meetup Website. If you’re looking for information on podcasting or want to start your own podcast this is the place for you.
Another Podcast site to put on your watch list. It’s an exciting time for podcasters, we already have podsafe and podkissed expecting a launch someday soon. I will keep you up to date as usual on these three websites.
Do you want to make money podcasting? Now you can!
Do you want to get your product message out on podcasts? Now you can!
Do you want to podcast to all of your friends? Now you can!
Do you want to be the Greatest, Most Popular Podcaster in the world? We can help!
I tried out the service and found it very easy to use. Once you are logged in you appear on the blog entry page. Here you can decide whether you are posting a podcast or just a text blog, all the usual items are there. You can upload your image to coincide with your post along wit your MP3 file. The handy feature is that you can automatically ping audio.weblogs once you post, meaning more people will come across your podcast.
We have started a new podcast at http://sandbox.libsyn.com . It’s open for everyone to post podcasts, blogs and pictures on. You can change whatever you like. Just keep in mind, someone else can change whatever they like too. It’s also a good way to check out how our service works.
In the media files section you can view/delete your uploaded podcasts. Two very handy shortcuts also appear here:
You can click the MP3 file and get the enclosure tag code if you want to use your own RSS feed. There is functionality to click the id3 tags and enter your title, album and so forth along with an image.
Blog Settings allows you to change your page title, description etc. It also gives the handy tool of editing your CSS file to personalise it to your standards. You can also change what order the side panel content appears. (more…)
This software will make keeping up-to-date on the latest and greatest podcast feeds absolutely effortless.
Music Podcast is quoted as saying:
We are a bunch of music lovers who have access to great, mostly independent music that you probably haven’t heard of (yet). We provide a fresh alternative to the radio you may be used to. It is all 100% legal and safe to download. Each AMP member has his or her own unique podcast show, but we all share a passion for getting great new music heard, and we believe AMP helps everyone: music listeners, bands and labels, podcasters, and podcast service providers (PSPs).
It has already got seven members who are dedicated to playing podsafe music for people to listen to. Talking about podsafe, there has been a lot of talk about placing music in your podcast and if it’s legal. On Adam Currys show recently he talked about the ASCAP Internet license which features information on how you can:
Play song “samples” or excerpts that are not more than 60 seconds in duration.
Podsafe.com has been registered and will probably be location for Artists to place their music so people had place them in their show and not worry about the legalities of it all.
Having tuned in from Podcast number five, little did I know that Dawn and Drew would become major celebrities, as Johan van Rooyen said in their comment stream: “Some folks mumble in their beer that Dawn is going to become the next Oprah with Drew as the next Jerry Springer.”
Whatever they decide to do they deserve it, they have kept us all entertained with their wacky and outlandish content. Most people decide too tune in at night time to suit its content. But me? I prefer to connect my iPod in the morning, get the latest show and listen to it on my way to college which is just about the length of their podcast. I find myself laughing for the most part out loud, something which I can’t control and I often get people looking back over my shoulder wondering am I right in the head. This content of their show is just perfect for podcasting, it’s just speech so no problems with copyrighted material, it contains the content that just cannot ever be heard on the radio, showing people why it really is an alternative to the radio. They can listen to content that suits them, there are no restrictions, you can say what you want when you want and if you offend someone so what? No one is in charge you have total freedom of the medium which is what Dawn and Drew do so well in their podcast.
Just after dinner three or four times each week, Dawn and Drew plop down in their Salvation Army-decorated living room and record 30 minutes of funny, inane and often racy husband-and-wife yakking — a show about nothing. But how they’re delivering the program worldwide is quite something.
While looking through Dawn and Drews comment stream I saw a link to Slapcast. Sounds intriguing doesn’t it. Well it’s in its beta stage at the moment so I’m sure it will be updated with lots of MP3’s especially when people start signing up. It offers:
Unlimited bandwidth for your podcast 60 minutes of phone messages included each month Easy set up
At the moment Slapcast has a free trial which allows you to try it out and submit 3 free messages. Once you have tried it out and are happy with the service you can sign-up for just $5 (each month – unlimited bandwidth). It says you can go from sign-up to login in less than one minute.
Update: After logging in the my account I was pleasantly surprised at the set-up. It gave all the information about how to podcast either through email or phone, if you use phone they ask for the number you have dialled from which allows for identification. You can edit the title, artist and comment fields for your particular podcast. If you have an existing blog you can post the MP3 file to your blog also.
It also shows your RSS file to add to directories and for others to add to their podcatcher. You can check out my slapcast website and see whats it looks like for yourself: http://slapcast.com/users/podcaster.
Another new website recently setup is Podcast World.
It’s not the Oscars but it is a start, a new website will be giving awards out to podcasters on the 15th of June. The site is part of podcast connect which is a place holder for sites such as podcast-one which is a commercial marketing venture. They want to get money from podcasting by getting small businesses involved and do all the start-up work for them. Tech podcasts are looking for people who produce a technology based Podcast to contribute and participate to the site; the last link is left for podcastalley which to my knowledge has no link to the podcast connect website.
Having just visited Podfeeder, I noticed a site revamp had taken place recently with the added addiction of a new logo by Bryan Bell. For a novice user looking at the site they may find it to be another podcast directory site, but really under neat it all it’s another podcatcher. I have downloaded it and am currently trying it out. Expect after this 30 day trial I’m sure I will make my way back to iPodder if I have not already done so by tomorrow.
After a 30-day trial period, your current subscription list will be locked. If you find that you like Podfeeder, you can purchase a subscription for only US$11.95 per year.
Firstly I’ll explain how to use the site, you will need to hit the create an account button, enter your name, email etc. Now download the application and login with your details. You will be issued with an email to welcome you into the fold. Once login is successful you will be able to change your settings which are: the location where they should downloaded to, your bandwidth limit (very useful if you’re using dial-up), once podcasts are downloaded you can choose between iTunes or Windows Media Player (Apple v Windows). You will now notice Bryan Bells new logo appear in your toolbar. To add podcasts you can either visit here or right click > podcasts > update collection. Now you can carry on with your daily work and wait for your podcasts to download or you can update them at any time.
With more and more podcasts appearing aren’t we stuck for choice? Yes and No. Let’s say for arguments sake that Podcasting is a Magazine. We can all go into a newsagents pick up a Magazine and browse thought it, thanks to Open Podcast it allows people to send in MP3 files by email people can send in promos (adverts) for others to listen to. I have subscribed and will find it hard to unsubscribe because of the following reasons:
It’s short (between 2-10 minutes); you get to listen to a wide variety of topics some of which you would never have subscribed to. It’s a little taster and if you like a show just listen out for the web address and jot it down in your mobile for when you get home.
In this case we can empty out the trash and subscribe to what we like the sound of, Podcasting needs to be personal (just like Adam Curry and Armando and Sara) who let us into their world while they podcast. In this way you get a bearing of what they are about and what makes them tick.
Unfortunately some major podcasters [Engadget and Radio Whore] have stopped for reasons unknown (I just wonder if they were getting enough listeners), which is a shame as I enjoyed listening to both. That’s the problem Adam Curry would never have seen come through: too many people podcasting for our attention.
While listening to open podcasts I came across #701 from Hank Lynch, who was talking about how he doesn’t use a podcast receiver and doesn’t have the time for it, he doesn’t have a MP3 player so the only chance he gets to listen to podcasts and make his own is when he’s in front of his computer.
Well his problem was when he wanted to listen he needed to download each show especially Adam Curry which would take about 5-10 minutes a time and that’s just for one podcast. And once he downloaded and listened to it he then needed to locate the MP3 and delete it and complete the process again and again each day.
The answer finally came to him recently:
Prior to PodcastMania.com, in order to fully enjoy what podcasting was all about, you would have needed to download special software to “tune in” to these podcasts. I personally had over a gig of podcasts, in several directories on my hard drive and two 3rd party applications installed to gather and play podcasts. I was constantly downloading files, building playlists, deleting files….there had to be a better way! Enter PodCast Mania, the one stop, click and listen portal for listening to PodCasts while you’re tied to your desk! No third party apps, no file management, no clutter on your hard drive, just click and listen. Aaahhhhh….that’s more like it!
All Podcasts is a great search engine if you’re looking for a specific podcast concerning football, movies or fashion.
Mfeeds allows you to add a RSS (or just the website address) from a site and get MP3, torrents, etc.
This lets you receive a podcast from any page that has MP3s on it (or .movs, .torrents, etc). For example, you can “subscribe” to a band’s MP3 page or to a radio station’s archive. When they post new stuff you’ll get it automatically.
Podcast Opinion is a fantastic new site that I was directed towards. Only two blog entries but they are must reads for podcasters and podcast listeners. Topics such as “Podcasts, No Ads, Please” and most recently “Pod casts, No Taxes Please”.
The main reason for pod cast to be so popular today is that people, yes your consumers. Customers wants to get content relevant to their interests, but I notice with some pod cast (like the popular dawn & drew show) is now being infiltrated by that age old model of shoving advertisement to listeners.
podcastinghowto is a complete waste of time, a quick money making idea. They offer a Podcasting: How-To Guide for $5. If you don’t have a clue how to podcast just visit how to podcast which offers a step by step account or take a look at the podcasting portal: podfly for a quick and free how to guide.
Podcast Reviews offers an honest opinion of Evil Genius Chronicles, Daily Source Code and Slashdot Review. As the following statement shows:
Adam Curry should seriously consider renaming his “show”. Why? Because it has nothing to do with source code, or with programming at all.
PodcastHost is a brand new website, that will hopefully reduce your bandwidth problems. How does it work? It has listings of podcast torrent files that allows you to download podcasts using any bittorrent program or aggregator that supports .torrent enclosures. If you don’t have either of those, there is a program at the site that you can install, that will allow you to easily download.
Podcasters can upload torrent and seed files from this site.
There is no charge for anyone, so now anyone can start podcasting without any bandwidth worries.
Anyone looking for Podcast torrents can find them listed.
Easy sign up at this site. Anyone can contribute.
It also allows podcast authors to upload their content. At this time, uploading is limited to users that are running Windows operating systems.
Here’s the money making attribute for your podcast
Publishers Are you a podcaster… Would you like to make money from advertisers… Bandwidth can get expensive, and that new mixer or mic is looking pretty good right about now. We aim to deliver the same easy simplicity as using Google Adsense – only tailored for the audio and video podcasting market.
Advertisers Do you fantasize about reaching the trend-setters, the early adopters, the cool hunters? Podcasting is exploding, and you can’t afford not to get in on this hot new medium. PodcastAds gives you a super easy way to reach the most popular podcasters, make informed media buys and track your campaigns.
Interested? Want to get started? Click here to sign up for a free Advertiser or Publisher account. If you have any questions about PodcastAds, you can email us at info@podcastads.com.
Podcasts tools does exactally what it says on the tin, it goes into great detail on podcasts, training (on how to set up your free podcast) and also gives you the tools need to get started.
Their xml generator is a fantasic tool for non web-abled people. All you have to do is cite the number of items you want followed by what title and content you want to give it.
Check it out at podcasttools.com.
Podcastpedia has just been registered and set up with wordpress. It will have “Everything you ever wanted to know about Podcasting”, I’ll keep checking back to see what content they will have.
vivapodcast is a brand new podcast orientated website, just set up to hold their podcasts. Another couple podcasting but this time minus the sex, Greg and Lisa who are living in New Mexico chat about films, T.V, music and the pressure of starting a podcast. This podcast is easy on the ear and quite interesting.
podca.st is basically a simple podcast site. If you can look past the pink and bright red colours used, you can find some interesting information. It’s just one page and has topics dealing from: why “POD”cast?, how did it begin and talks about the benefits and negatives of podcasts. Only visit if your a newcomer to podcasting. Overall 3/10
Podfly are looking for writers. They want someone to write daily blog-type postings on the topic of podcasting. Find out more information on how you can sign up.
The early days: Tue 11/02/2004:
Hey, I noticed your site linked to mine, PodFly.com. Now it’s gone. I just updated it, added how-to content, and improved the design. Let me know what you think.
Problems with click rate:
What’s dissapointing, so far, is that 75% of my visitors stay on the site for less than 5 seconds. So does that mean I have experienced podcasters stopping buy, or are the newbies just not liking what they see?
Beercasting is exactly what comes to mind, a group of people in a pub chatting away at any old subject.
The idea is simple:
Put a bunch of people together, add some spirits, and conversation flows in every which direction (some great, others bizarre). In short, the best conversations form in the froth of a frosty mug. We’ve outlined some of the notes for how to do one here below.
Some basic guidelines need to be followed:
Topics automatically rotate when a new beer (wine, drink, etc.) is ordered. Anyone can speak at any time, the loudest one wins. Anything goes, there’s no filtering.
E-mail from potkast.com:
Hi there. Please categorize your podcast at POTKAST.com. Happy casting, Eddie Adams.
Always nice when people personally e-mail you even if it’s this short. But if he makes time for you, you make time for him. Just viewed the website, it looks like it has potential. Firstly it designates podcasts into regions, something much needed because all people find is podcasts from America (even when the BBC were visiting Adam Curry to do a feature on Podcasting, they said “Hello America” while he was podcasting). It is currently work in progress but will be sure to change in the upcoming days.
Sex + Podcast = Super Smart Radio Whore?
The idea of a guy called “Tech Guy Dan” who has hired a girl to just sit in front of a microphone and talk about sex. The main girl calls herself Cody Shin and deals with such stupid topics as “is it okay for a married man to go to a prostitute?”. Not compelling listen but will go down in podcasting history as the first ever podcast dealing with sex.
Get free blog up and running in minutes with Blogsome
Theme designed by Chris M