Google Calendar: Use google calendar as your main calendar and have access to it from anywhere. Create reminders of special dates, even create task lists of to do items.
Evernote: Use Evernote to organize your notes. We talked about using a mobile phone with Evernote and sending email to and from your Evernote account.
Jott.com: This can be handy when you are on the go and can not type on your blackberry. Just call the Jott number and leave your note or idea. Then Jott can send your Evernote account or any other email address the typed out note or idea.
Roboform: I highly recommend using Roboform as it is by far the best password manager out there.
Please send in your ideas for oranizing using technology and I will mention them on the next show.
TIP: I also told you how you could always wake up and never worry about your alarm clock not working due to a power outage.
Interview with Anand Rajaram, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder or Pixily.
I want to take this time to thank Anand for his time. During the interview we talked about what Pixily does and all the different features of this service. How it works, Security involved, pricing plans and their new partnership with Evernote.
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Download LAME_ENC.DLL to get MP3 encoding support in Audacity.
To install it:
- Open Audacity
- Go to the ‘Edit’ menu and select preferences
- Go to the’File Formats’ tab
- On the lower half of the window find the ‘Find Library’ button and click it.
- It will ask you if you would liek to localte the lame_enc.dll file now? Click YES
- Browse to where you saved the file and click ‘OPEN’
Storage hosts for your podcast:
Websites to use to market your podcast:
Getting involved:
Writing Press Releases
Prior to recording or starting a live show jot down notes. I use Evernote which is a free program.
Kinds of Notes:
- Scripts: Keeps you on track, but can take a long time to put together. Try to keep your voice sounding natural, not like you’re reading somthing.
- Outline: Allows you to stay on track but usually take a lot less time to create than scripts. Jot down essential points and sub points and talk about each one.
Prior to Recording
- Sound and Video checks
- Have intro or theme music. Here are some links from the chat session of the show.
Intro or Show Greeting
The elements of an intro
- The show’s name
- The name of the host(s)
- Location of show
Tag Line: A tag line identifies your show and is original. This may require a brainstorming storming session. Copyblogger.com has a great article on how to create a tag line.
- Incorporate the elements of an intro into your tag line.
- Tag lines do work according to marketing experts.
Outtros
- No much different than an intro except that it’s at the end of the show.
- An outro is the last thing your listener hears from you until the next show.
- Make it exciting and sound confident in your voice.
Catch Phrase: We also talked about catch phrases. Your catch phrase should be original and should also identify your show like your tag line.
Teasers: Teasers are designed to keep your listeners listening.
- Your next show topic.
- Use teasers to keep your listeners during sponsor breaks.
Tangents: These can be a life saver by filling space to keep your podcast up to 30 mins. And can also prove to be valuable to help get your point across.
Editing your recording: We talked about the reasons for editing your podcast recording. Ambient noises are one of those reasons.
Providing show notes: Always provide show notes immediate or some point after the show is done. Provide links and enough information about the show so that the people that have listened can reference and remember what you talked about. Do not include all information so that the passer by’s will download your podcast to get more information.
Help ya later!
Wikipedia’s definition of a Podcast, and History of Podcasting.
Audacity: FREE software that will let you record and edit the audio of your podcast.
Podcast Bundles for new podcasters.
M-Audio USB interfaces used to convert XLR balanced microphones to USB.
Webcams: You can use a webcam to produce a simple video podcast that doesn’t require hi quality.
Adobe Premier Elements: Record your video podcast and edit later.
ManyCam: I have been using this software and I find it really easy to use and add effects when neccessary
