Reports from the Asylum

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”˜Professor’ Goetsch gave an informal presentation entitled ”˜Spreading the Word of Pod: Getting More People to Listen to Podcasts’ on September 27, 2007, at Podcamp SoCal in Ontario, California. Here are some of the suggestions people had for bringing podcasting to a wider audience.

• Subscribe them to podcasts through TiVo
• Establish links back to your podcast through Yahoo! Answers
• Use PodcastSender to send download links to any podcast by e-mail
• Hold podcast parties: invite friends for a demonstration of how to listen to podcasts
• Have them call in to listen to your podcast using Phonecasting
• Send podcast episodes via cell phone with FoneShow
• Take out pay-per-click ads that point people to your podcast blog
• Interview well-known bloggers and journalists on your show: they’ll do some of the promotion for you
• Set up smart playlists for your friends and family

Recorded on an iriver IFP-795; edited in Audacity with help from the Levelator.

Photo (and Photoshop work) by Stefan Didak. (My skin never looks that good in real life.)

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In this report, originally recorded on October 16th, ”˜Professor’ Goetsch discusses Seagate’s successful approach to blogger outreach, what was wanting at the Podcast Expo, and how PME compares with the early days of the IBC conference. Sponsored by Podcast Anxiety, from which ”˜Professor’ Goetsch suffered during her fiancé’s 6-week visit.

Included in FIR 288. See photos of Sallie with her favorite podcasters at Podcast and New Media Expo 2007.

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In six and a half minutes of audio tomfoolery (which only took 3 hours to produce), ”˜Professor’ Hopkins discusses how to stifle problem-solving through lack of oxygen and whether a strategic communications plan is an oxymoron in a Web 2.0 world. He also offers congratulations to Dan York on his new job. Included in For Immediate Release episode 288.

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Returning from a brief hiatus, ”˜Professor’ Hopkins reports for FIR 286 on Sab Keil’s superb podcast, small crustaceans and plastic toys, men, women, barbeques and king prawns, plus why this 5 minute report took 6 hours to complete.

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Professor Hopkins takes FIR listeners on a long strange trip with him and Mrs. Bettercoms in his report for FIR 282.

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In his report for FIR 280, Professor Hopkins warns users of Second Life that the hot chick they’re flirting with could be a 50-year-old git with a paunch.