Content summary: Listeners’ comments (getting online when traveling abroad); strife in podcast land; a lawsuit against Apple goes international; don’t play non-podsafe music: the warning from Adam Curry’s recent experience; blaming bloggers for rioting in France; eBay introduces more RSS feeds; Dan York’s Report; search strategies for PR; questions from a Financial Times feature on blogs; exploding the myths about podcast advertising.
Show notes for November 10, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 72-minute conversation recorded live from Hawaii, USA, and almost live from Budapest, Hungary.
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In this Edition:
Intro:
- 00:28 Shel introduces the show; Hawaii travelogue
- 02:28 What the show’s about; what’s in this edition; show notes
Listeners’ comments discussion:
- 04:02 Mark Wright on the familiar problem to most of us with trying to get online when traveling abroad on business or on holiday, and the startling bill for connectivity he received from Vodafone
News & Features:
- 09:59 Strife in the world of podcasting – emerging factions and ruffled feathers over the Portable Media Expo and Adam Curry according to Wired magazine; what business podcasters should focus on
- 16:49 The iPod nano lawsuit goes international – what might this mean for the iPod brand?
- 21:38 Don’t include copyrighted music in your podcasts! Adam Curry’s recent experience is a warning of the real risks you run if you do
- 26:27 The authorities in France say that some blogs have played a negative role in the riots and social unrest in France; Skyblog takes steps to block "inflammatory postings"
- 30:28 eBay adds new RSS feeds so buyers and sellers can see when new items are listed
- 32:06 Dan York‘s Report – lack of time to listen to podcasts, the blog backlash, wiki spam issues, my new podcasting project: Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
- 39:57 Using search for PR and reputation management – the increasing importance of search engine optimization
- 47:10 "Who’s afraid of the big bad blog?" asks the Financial Times, prompting Neville’s critical post about blog backlash and subsequent questions from the FT’s Kevin Allison – what answers do you have for those questions?
- 61:52 Addressing the myths about advertising in podcasts
Outro:
- 65:09 Shel outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes; we’ve both finished reading the Naked Conversations galley, so book review coming soon
- 66:14 The music – Chasing Echoes from Crush via Podsafe Music Network
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So, until Monday, November 14…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)