The tools and knowledge to monetize your Podcast

Michael Geoghegan has just published a very interesting blog post, basically saying that Ads are not very successful on Podcasts or to put it bluntly:
Podcasters, it is time you face the facts. If you are waiting for a podcast advertising service to ride in on a white horse and rescue you from your monetary woes, [...]

Following on from my session at last years Podcast and New Media Expo, I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been selected to speak again at this years re-titled “New Media Expo 2008″ in Las Vegas, 14th - 16th August 2008.
What makes it really special is that they had over 700 submissions and chose just 52 [...]


Just listened to this weeks TWIT “This Week in Technology“, one of my usual weekly podcast fixes. It’s an interesting mix of views and opinions of the weeks technology news.
This week is slightly different in that it has Jonathan Coulton on the panel. Jonathan is an independent musician who basically uses the Internet as [...]

Happy belated Christmas greetings and best wishes for the New Year!
This post is based on a Christmas message I sent out to my ScreenCastsOnline Extra members to bring them up to speed with the progress I’ve made with my premium podcast. On reflection, it’s well overdue since I gave you guys an update on Podcast-Monetizer!
Well, [...]

One of the main differences between last year and this year in the Podcast and New Media Expo were the visible signs that podcast monetization was no longer frowned upon.
I met many people who were interested in the business aspects of podcasting and I would think the majority of people there were starting to [...]

Something to think about while you’re waiting for the Podcast-Monetizer to appear.
Podcast monetization is based on several revenue generation streams including the potential inclusion of advertisments or sponsorships within your podcast.
Leo Laporte has an interesting blog post today on old media and new media:
One thing which particularly caught my eye was this quote:
Furthermore, advertising [...]

Seeing as I’ve got several web presences now, I thought I’d do this one cross blog post to bring everything in line so you can understand why I’ve got multiple websites and blogs:
Podcast-Monetizer - It’s a blog at present but will eventually turn into a fully fledged website once I pull my finger out and [...]

Dave Winer (the godfather of RSS) has a piece on his blog about why Feedburner is a bad idea.
Feedburner is a service now owned by Google which allows you to “enhance” your RSS with some additional functionality plus gives you some metrics on who is subscribing to your feeds.
I also held the view that [...]

Great reception to the first chapter so far! Thanks for those who have left comments on the thread.
Some other good news is that the Podcast-Monetizer got a mention on “The Podcast Brothers“.
The Podcast Brothers are Tim and Emile Bourquin who are also the brains behind the Podcast and New Media Expo due to take [...]

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