Readers might have noticed I’ve gotten into podcasting more seriously in the last couple of months with Webside Chats.
The reasons are many:
- To open new channels of communication
- To open new channels of traffic from podcast directories and communities
- To get content on iTunes - the largest of them all
- To give readers something to listen to and increase the value of my overall content range
- To give social proof that I can get anyone on the phone to talk about blogging, branding, marketing, success, and search engine stuff
- To get links and strengthen relationships with other bloggers and experts from the interviews
- To get a brand new feed of strictly one kind of content (audio) in podcast format to syndicate all over the web
- To reach people on their mobile devices with audio
I could keep going, but you get the idea. You can open a lot of doors when you start audio or video podcasting.
Getting Listed in Podcast Directories
One of the things we are doing today is getting listed in all these podcast directories. Robin Good, true to his name, has put together the most comprehensive list of podcast directories I’ve found to date. While anyone can create a list, it takes more time and thought to lay out a description for each site as Robin has done.
With my Webside Chats podcast listed in each of these podcast directories, the traffic and subscribers for Friday Traffic Report will continue increasing as I am able to reach new people hanging out on podcast sites.
The content is also highly linkable and mobile. The podcast player can be put all over the web, and you can bet we’re doing that as you read this as well!
New to Podcasting? Check out the my recent guide to podcasting post.
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Shawn 08.25.08 at 11:51 am
Holy cow! I had no idea there were so many places to post a podcast! This is an incredible resource. Looks like I have some work to do.
Jack, are you listed on all of them???
BTW, I am a huge podcast guy now…I listen to them like crazy since I drive 75% of my time for work. It sure beats listening to music; this way I get my IM “fix” for the day and when I get home from work I get to put new ideas into action.
So I also hope that you keep up the weekly schedule; your podcasts tend to give away a lot more “actionable” tips than 90% of the other IM podcasters who just talk about what’s new in the marketing world.
On that note, in my iTunes account it shows an error for the location of your last few podcasts and the last one was from Aug 8th? Hmmm…but my iGoogle shows you did release one on the 15th and 22nd! What’s up? Did you change podcast download locations and not tell iTunes? (yes, I did try to “Update Podcast” but it didn’t help)
Hmmm…I just searched for you all over iTunes and you’re no where to be found??
Jack Humphrey 08.25.08 at 2:30 pm
I’m workin’ on it! No idea what’s up with iTunes. Podango submits there but I think I need help understanding how that one works a bit more. Seems like a lot of people are having trouble working with them - been checking around and they all have the same questions I do.
We’ll keep up the schedule - it is a constant set up process with new ones coming out all the time.