A Billion Voices

A way long overdue update on things going on with myself, Awakened Voice and the world of social media and technology.

• Now a full time social media professional.
• Working hard at RawVoice.
• Discovering the power of Drupal and social media. The video that started it all.
• Realizing that technology moves faster these days. Should application developers and community builders follow the crowd?
• There are never too many social networks, although one person can only belong to so many communities. Ditto with media consumption. There will never be too many creators of media online. People can get overloaded with media though.
• Services like Bryght, Ning and KickApps make creating online communities a lot easier.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, RawVoice, Podcasting, Drupal, WordPress, Movable Type, Technology, Twitter, Facebook, Bryght, Ning, KickApps, Community

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I’m proud to present an interview with blogger and author Ted Demopoulos. Ted is the author of the books Blogging For Business (co-authored will Shel Holtz) and the recently published What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting.

Ted was nice enough to interview me for the book so I took some time to talk with Ted over Skype about both of his books and how people are using blogging and podcasting to spread their messages.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Books, Ted Demopolous, Blogging, Podcasting, Interview

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An update on happenings with myself and some highlights from the Awakened Voice blog.

• Now working with Todd Cochrane and Co. at Raw Voice.
• Attended PodCamp West in San Francisco, CA.
• Podcamps are exploding in case you haven’t heard.
• The Intel Social Media Suite.
• Hosting options for your business blog.
• YouTube abandons user level RSS.
• In flight support coming for iPods.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Awakened Voice, Podcamp, Podcamp West, Raw Voice, Todd Cochrane, Intel, Suite Two, Wordpress, Blogger, YouTube, RSS, iPod

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I’m happy to release the final round of interviews from the 2006 Podcast Expo. There are interviews with representatives of Shure, Rogue Amoeba and FeedBurner.

• Shure is the maker of industry leading microphones and also some earbud type monitors.
• Rogue Amoeba makes audio softtware fro Macs, including Audio Hijack Pro.
• FeedBurner offers web based RSS feed enhancement services that are critical for many podcasters.

This years expo was a great experience. I’m looking forward to the three day event in 2007.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Podcasting, Podcast Expo, Shure, Microphones, Rogue Amoeba, Audio Hijack Pro. Audio Software, Feedburner, RSS, Feed, Podcast, Interviews

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This is the second part of a three part series covering the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. I talk a little bit about my experiences on the first day as well as about the parties on Friday night.

• Libsyn Pro - Chris MacDonald talks about how companies can use the new Libsyn Pro service to meet their podcast hosting and management needs.
• Raw Voice - Chairman and CFO Jeevan Padiyar fills us in on the Raw Voice Generator and Blubrry social podcast community.
• Blip.tv - First we get a review of Blip.tv from Ben at Neo-Fight.tv. Then Mike Hudack tells us more about Blip.tv and what they can do for businesses.
• RadioTail - Gregory Galant talks about the RadioTail podcast metrics system.

Check back soon for the rest of the interviews with Shure, Rogue Amoeba and FeedBurner.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Podcasting, Podcast Expo, Libsyn, Libsyn Pro, Hosting, Raw Voice, Raw Voice Generator, Blubrry, Blip.tv, Video Podcasting, Neo-Fight.tv, RadioTail, Metrics, Statistics, Interviews

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It’s a Portable Media and Podcast Expo special on this episode of A Billion Voices. I’m bringing you interviews with several companies that make products or services that businesses can use to power their podcasting strategy.

• Samson Technologies - They make a line of affordable USB microphones as well as a portable recording device called the Zoom H4.
• TechSmith - Their Camtasia Studio product allows you to create and edit screencasts. Your screencasts can be encoded to a variety of formats.
• Switchpod - A new player in the podcast media hosting space.
• Podcast Spot - A podcast media host with some interesting and innovative features including BitTorrent support and multi-format file conversion.
• PodZinger - Allows podcasters to add media searching capability to their website.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Podcasting, Awakened Voice, Podcast Expo, Samson Technologies, Microphones, TechSmith, Screencasts, Switchpod, Podcast Spot, Hosting, Podcast Hosting, PodZinger, Search, Podcast Search

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Summer has officially past and the weather is getting cooler in the northeast U.S. But things are still heating up in the world of social media. I will be attending the Portable Media and Podcast Expo in Ontario, CA on Sept. 29th and 30th. I hope to see you there:

• Plans for the Expo.
• The debate on statistics.
• Mobile blogging tools.
• Wiki journalism.
• Windows Live Writer endorsement.
• Social Media Lessons.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Podcast, Podcasting, Blogging, Portable Media Expo, YoMoBlog, Dave Winer, Statistics, Josh Hallett, Eric Schwartzman, iPressroom, Gregory Galante, Radiotail, Alex King, WP-Mobile, Wired, Wikis, Journalism, Microsoft, Windows Live Writer, Tutorials, Awakened Voice

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We skipped the month of July so I’ll do my best to provide some good info without going on for too long.

• Defining blogs and podcasts.
• Community Podcast Directory project.
• Dave Winer’s OPML Editor and the Grazr service.
• JotSpot Wiki upgrades and adds new features.
• Wall Street Journal podcasts and RSS need work.
• Blip.tv licenses software for CNN Exchange.
• PodCamp in Boston on Sept. 9 and 10.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Blogging, Podcasting, Wiki, Community Podcast Directory, OPML, Grazr, Jotspot, Wall Street Journal, CNN Exchange, PodCamp, Awakened Voice

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Commentary on some recent events in the world of Social Media, including:

• NBC making a deal with YouTube.
• New Podcast directories ZapZap and Podcast.com.
• Somewhat Frank quote on one year of blogging.

Plus, a discussion about my goals for Awakened Voice.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Internet, Podcast, Podcasting, Blogging, YouTube, ZapZap, Podcast.com, Somewhat Frank, Awakened Voice

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This episode features commentary on using Social Media for one time or infrequent (such as yearly) events.

Other topics discussed on this podcast:

• Protecting your Social Media assets with the Akismet spam filter for WordPress.
• The new phenomenon of Skypecasting.
• Democracy Internet TV publishing and subscribing platform.
• xFruits RSS management beta.
• Netvibes Ecosystem module, RSS and Podcast directory.

Technorati Tags: Social Media, Podcast, Events, Akismet, Skype, Skypecasting, Democracy Internet TV, xFruits, RSS, Netvibes, Netvibes Ecosystem

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