084 Podcast Answer Man - WordPress Plugins I Use And Why
November 13, 2008
In this episode I answer Jim’s question about what WordPress Plugins that I use for my podcast sites.
I explain what each of the plugins (listed below) are used for and why I use them. I also share a word of caution before using one of the listed plugins and what you should do before running it.
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Items mentioned in this episode:
WordPress Database Backup
ShareThis
KG-EnclosureFlex
Audio player
Akismet
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade
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081 Podcast Answer Man - Tim Bourquin - New Media Expo
November 3, 2008
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Interview with Tim Bourquin of New Media Expo
In This Episode, I share an interview I did with Tim Bourquin after he had finished interviewing me for his New Media Expo Podcast.
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My Favorite Wordpress Themes Go Open Source!
October 29, 2008
It is no secret that I love Wordpress not only for blogging software, but for content management all together. Since the beginning, I’ve helped many of my podcast consulting clients set up some of the best looking and easily navigable podcast sites available.
While I am able to take an existing Wordpress Theme and modify it to meet my client’s needs, I must tell you that I can not take credit for the original designs that I’ve used. I’ve been an affiliate with Revolution Themes for quite some time. And as such, I’ve recommended several clients to use these great themes as the foundation for their online presence.
Effective this morning, my favorite themes are going Open Source with a brand new site named RevolutionTwo.com. What this means is that these themes are now going to be made available for free to the public.
My first thought was how in the world was the team behind these awesome designs ever going to make a living and to continue to be able to provide support for those who use the themes? I learned that they are now offering either a one year or lifetime membership to full support on all their themes.
As a long time customer of theirs, I can tell you that their support for these forums are second to none! Personally, I know the cost of getting a decent web site designed. It would cost no less than $1,000 and likely much more to have a site that looks as good as these themes. For only $99 you get unlimited access to all the Revolution Two Themes and you get full support for 1 year. For only $149 you get a lifetime membership allowing you unlimited support and access to all themes.
I would like to point out that I’m available to help on a one on one basis in learning how to customize these themes to meet your needs. I charge $95 per hour for my services. So you can see how much of a good deal the theme support membership can be!
If you choose to use the Revolution Two themes and/or membership, I’d love it if you would be willing to come to PodcastAnswerMan.com and click on the banner that links to them in the sidebar so that I can get the affiliate commission on the referral.
2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards Nominations!
October 19, 2008
281,000 individuals nominated a total of 1,874 podcasts for 22 categories in the 2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards!
Out of those nominated, only 10 podcasts for each category make it to the actual voting round. With 22 categories, this means that of the 1,874 podcasts nominated, only 220 are eligible for this year’s 15 day voting period.
I’m very honored to announce to you that SIX of the 220 podcasts nominated were gspn.tv podcasts!
Below are the podcasts that were nominated and for which category:
About The Church - Education
Weekly Lost Podcast - Entertainment
Full Time Mom - General
Musically Challenged - Podsafe Music
Almost Daily Devotional - Religion & Inspiration
Podcast Answer Man - Technology & Science
The voting will open up at http://PodcastAwards.com on October 23rd and will run for 15 days. In the nomination phase, each person was limited to one vote per category, period.
However, when official voting opens, each person is allowed to vote for their favorite podcast in each category EACH DAY for FIFTEEN DAYS.
It is vitally important that if you wish for gspn.tv podcasts to have a chance of winning an award, that you vote each and every day once the voting opens. If you are willing to make this commitment to proving that the gspn.tv Community is one of the most engaged audiences out there, please let me us know that we can count on your daily vote by TELLING US HERE!
Podcast Answer Man 077 - Embedding MP3s Analytics And Surveys
October 9, 2008
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In This Episode, I share an update on the gspn.tv iPhone Application that I mentioned in episode 074 of The Podcast Answer Man Podcast.
I share my excitement over a real time website analytics program called Woopra.
I mention my blog post that describes How To Embed MP3 Flash Players On Regular HTML Sites.
I talk about SurveyMonkey.com and how conducting a survey of your listeners can help you learn things that could be useful in growing your audience.
Finally, I share with you one of my favorite new podcasts put together by a fifth grader and her father titled “With Liberty And Justice For All.” Check out the show, leave her some feedback, and tell her the Podcast Answer Man told you about her.
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075 Podcast Answer Man - Transferable Feeds
September 21, 2008
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In this episode I explain why it has been a few weeks since I last released an episode of the Podcast Answer Man podcast. Of course you can see the new layout of the site here. Believe it or not, this theme you see on this site is the exact theme that I used to build this site for a client. I mentioned that we recently released our 1,000th episode for gspn.tv. I also mentioned that I spent more than 10 hours working on this 30 minute video project. I didn’t mention it in the episode, but this is another video project that I did for myself.
I took some time to answer a question from someone in the community regarding setting up an rss feed with feedburner so that you can change from one domain to another without asking your subscribers to subscribe to a new feed.
Here is a screen capture of where you change the original feed address in Feedburner: [Read more]
