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How To Brainstorm Episode Topics Using Google Adwords Keyword Tool

This post is part of Podcast Alley’s ongoing podcaster resources section. This is the first in a multi-post series on producing great quality podcasts with a guest post from Mevio.com VP of Production, Nik Mac. Ever wonder why your show, whether it’s audio or video, doesn’t have the same punch as shows that have massive followings? Of course you have, but I bet you always lay in your bed crying yourself to sleep dreaming about all the expensive equipment and professional help they have. QUIT CRYING! I’ll help you solve the problem. Over the next few months I am going

EVENTS: 4 Upcoming PodCamps – Atlanta, Montreal, Barcelona and Topeka

September is a big month for PodCamp fans… especially those in Atalanta, Montreal, Barcelona and Topeka… PodCamp is coming to your town! For those of you who are unfamiliar with PodCamp, it is a usually free BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media. And it’s not just for podcasters, its for anyone interested in producing content for the web for social networks, podcasts, music, blogs, tweets… pretty much everything awesome. September PodCamp Calendar: PodCamp Atlanta 2 – Location TBD – September 17-19, 2009 PodCamp Montreal – September 19-20, 2009,

Top News Site Alltop Adds Podcast Alley to Podcast News Category!

A BIG thanks to the team at Alltop.com for including the Podcast Alley Blog in the podcasting news section of the Alltop site. For those of you who do not know, Alltop.com is an online news service that describes themselves as “…an online magazine rack of popular topics” where you can “Pick a topic by searching, news category, or name, and we’ll deliver it to you 24 x 7.” This site was created by a trio of friends (including Guy Kawasaki), and the site aggregates the top news feeds from across the net and categorizes everything for you. They show

Google Labs Releases Audio Podcast Player, Google Listen

A new Google Labs feature was released a few weeks ago for all of the podcast fans out there called Google listen. This application, built for your Android phone, brings podcasts and web audio to your Android-powered device. It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs and search terms it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news stories whenever you listen. In this release Listen is indexing thousands of popular English-only audio sources. In the user group for this new service people are already starting to get restless waiting for a new

Podcasting Pioneer Scott Sigler Launches Book Publishing House Dark Overlord Media

In a press release issued last Wednesday (8/19/2009), early podcaster, and the innovator of the worlds first podcast-only novel, Scott Sigler announced the launch of his book publishing house Dark Overlord Media. The intent of this new publishing house will be to produce books and other properties for established online personalities, which he is proving is possible with the release of his personal book, THE ROOKIE. Those who know Sigler know that he is the kind of guy that gets shit done, plain and simple. I have had the opportunity to work on projects with Sigler many times over the

An iPod Podcasting Microphone the Size of a ThumbTack!

Released in March of 2009, this new product is a podcasters new best friend! If you find yourself in a situation where you don’t want to lug around all of your podcasting gear, rest easy knowing that all you have to do is carry a microphone that is ONLY THE SIZE OF A THUMB TACK! Available now for iPod Nano 4G and iPod Touch 2G, this micro-microphone should be in your laptop case or pocket at all times. Key Features: Ultra small Microphone Unique “ThumbTack” design Outstanding quality sound recording Hi quality gold-plated non-corrosive plug Works with third party Apps

Using Every Podcast Feature on Your New iPhone

A few months ago when the new iPhone 3g came out (and with that the new 3.0 operating system) Steve Jobs promised there were over 100 new features, but they did not take the time to document them all. Thanks to the team at CrunchGear as well as users across the country, we have started to find some of the new podcast related features on the new iPhone. Now before you get all snarky and start complaining that some of these existed before, I will say that not ALL of these are new features… but some of these have been

Free or Cheap Resources for Royalty Free Stock Video

Find tons of wordpress blog templates. Creating professional quality podcasts can be quite challenging when you are new to working with audio and video. Luckily there are free or low cost resources out there to help you boost up the quality of your episodes. Like the previously mentioned stock audio company iStock Audio, there are tons of websites out there that offer free or low cost video graphics for your show (including backgrounds, lower thirds, animations, video/news clips, and more). Below is a short list of places to look for great video clips. This is not an exhaustive list by

Recording Podcasts on iPhone – From AudioBoo!

What, you aren’t AudioBoo-ing yet? You are SOOOO behind the times 🙂 Okay, not really, but AudioBoo is a pretty cool little service. What is It: AudioBoo is an iPhone application for recording and sharing up to 3 minute audio clips with the world. You record directly from the iPhone app and it instantly uploads it to your online account and shares it with your friends. You can add titles, text, geolocation info and photos too! The files are all saved and stored online as mp3’s, hosted on AudioBoos website. Why Should Podcasters Use It? Podcasts come in all shapes,

iStock Photo Now Offering Affordable Stock Audio Clips for Podcastsers

A lot of us get into podcasting to share our passion or expertise about a topic with the world, not to become masters of audio or video editing. But when you are a show producer creating content “for the love of it”, there is usually no other option but to do it all yourself. We have to learn about microphones, mixers, computers, recording software and all of the “what the heck is that” moments that come with it. But we do it because we love it. If you are motivated enough to get through the technical/hardware setup, you are bound