podcasting, blogging and spreading the word getting your message on-line in 2008
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The Bitterest Pill (Award winning audio blog)
Old Wave Radio: New 80’s Music (retro music)
Animal Rescue Force Friends! (kids educational)
Original Programming
Dan Klass
Christian Science Monitor, USA Today.com, Radio Times (UK), NBC News, The CyberGuy (CW), Podcasting for Dummies,
Secrets of the Podcasting Masters, Absolute Beginners Guide to Podcasting…
Getting the Message Out
Blogs
Podcasts
Social Networking
Microblogging
Video & Photo Sharing
Social Bookmarking
Blogs & Blogging
A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
- Wikipedia.org
Blogs & Blogging
• Easy to “post” new information
• Little-to-no need to ever deal with code
• Built for Web 2.0: tagging, comments, trackbacks, RSS, etc.
Hosted vs. Stand-Alone
Hosted
Pros:Free/cheap
Fairly easy to set-upAutomatically updated
Cons:Limited design template choices
Less control over URL/blogTricky to migrate to stand-alone
Hosted vs. Stand-Alone
Stand Alone
Pros:Adaptable
Multiple Feed CreationTemplate & Plug-In Development
Cons:Difficult to install/set-up
Hosting/UpgradesSpam
Anatomy of a Blog
(Interior View)
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries,
news headlines, and podcasts.
- Wikipedia.org
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
List of podcasts in iTunes
Breaking news stories in My.Yahoo
Posts in MyBloglines, Netvibes, My.Yahoo, Google, etc.
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.
- Wikipedia.org
Who will handle your podcasting?
Whoever it is, they need to have an intimate understanding of:
The podcast/new media landscape
Complete audio and/or video production process
Audio and video encoding for portable media devises and browser playback
RSS
The Landscape
• Audio brochures are boring
• Conversations are interesting
• News is always interesting (to people who care)
• Who cares?
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers.
- Wikipedia.org
What is a podcast really,and why is it so great?
• An audio file, video file, pdf, graphic, animation…file on the web
• It comes to you, you don’t go to it
• Downloaded, not streamed (thank goodness)
• Portable
• Time shifted (think TiVo, but free)
What do you need to have a podcast?
• Something to podcast (usually a sound recording or video file)
• An RSS feed
• Somewhere for the files to be stored on the internet
Seriously?
• Yes. Seriously. You need:
• The Show• The Feed• Some internet space
Everything else is gravy. Important to the meal, but gravy nonetheless.
Casting is everything
• Take the time to find the right people.
• Get out of their way and have faith.
Case in point: LA Opera
• Hope to build fresh interest in the opera.
• Talking to “non-opera” audience, while satisfying the current audience base.
Case in point: LA Opera
• Capture casual, real conversations with insiders.
• Give the audience something they can’t get elsewhere.
• Stick to topics within the sphere of interests of the podcast intended audience.
• Instill the flavor of the experience in the production.
Structure and Format
• There is freedom in constraint.
• Consistent formats make the audience & the bookkeeper happy
Case in Point:
Greenleaf Book Group
• Small, independent publisher• Interviews with authors• Prepare authors for radio guest spots
Company gives host/producer info on author, book, publication date.
Submit questions to host/producer or schedule a pre-interview.
Schedule interview time/date with author.
Case in Point:
Greenleaf Book Group
Case in Point: Greenleaf Book Group
• Create stock welcome and thanks I.D.s• Intro & Outro recorded by host in studio• Raw phone interview is cut
i.d.intro
telephone interviewoutro
i.d.
Always work at “full rez”
You will end up wit a digital audio file.
You may want to syndicate to radio/TV, sell CD/DVDs, make larger version when everyone has even faster connections…
Let’s talk about music
• The official word is that the major labels don’t want you using their music in podcasts.
• There is no way to safeguard yourself 100% unless you go “indie”
• Going indie rocks.
Benefits of using independent music
• You promote them, they promote you.
• FREE CDs!• Peace of mind
Case in Point: Speedo
USA
• Immediate turn around - timely event
• Supplied pre-produced/approved podcast elements
• Speedo/PR Firm understood “casting”– Speedo staff support– Podcast Producer
• What is this event to the audience?
• Who are these people to the audience?
• Is there a story or flow to this material?
Case in Point: Speedo USA
Case in Point: Speedo USA
Speedo Bowman Spitz Coughlin Beard Phelps Gaines
B-roll: carpet, photographers, interviews, hotel exterior, Beverly Hills
Tape one:
Tape two:
Encode to Shrink
• AUDIO: mp3, m4a
• VIDEO: mov, m4v
• CAUTION: m4a, m4v NOT compatible with all players
• OF COURSE: World record holder for most downloads was m4a, so what do I know?
Video
• Free hosting services like YouTube, blip.tv, Revver, etc.
• They convert to highly compatible Flash format for browswer viewing
What are ID3 tags?
• The information that is imbedded in podcast file
• Name of show, name of “author,” URL, “album art”
• Don’t let me forget to show you this in iTunes!
Distribution & Promotion
• RSS enable• iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Podcast
Alley• Put URL in ads, flyers,
newsletters…• Link on website• Make e-mail notification
available
Microblogging
• Brief text updates
• Viewed by anyone or by a restricted group
• Submitted by text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.
Video Broadcasting Sites
• Ustream.tv, Mogulus.com
• Stream audio and video from computer
• Live chat
• Embeddable players/chat
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