Podcast Morons 7
-Thank you for listening, if you enjoy our show, please let
your friends/listeners know about us.
-Congrats to Matt for making it to one year, and I guess
congrats to me too
News
- Nokia
has introduced a phone that supports podcasting. This is one of the first phones to offer
podcast support directly in the phone’s menu system. Palm has announced a recent upgrade to
their OS will also support podcasting.
- Trypod
announces they will be doing a network wide promotion for the month of May
called Trading Podcasters. Each
show on Trypod’s network will have a show during the month that will
feature a different cohost. You can
read more about it at Trypodnetwork.com.
- Sorry
to say but Podcast Pickle did not win in the webby awards but it is always
an honor to be nominated.
- And
sorry but I can’t ignore this, a company called PopXpress has announced
they will carry an Ipod Bra. The
bra will feature the ability to connect to your ipod and controls will be
built into the fabric. So next time
you try to feel up your wife, hopefully you won’t blow her ears out by
touching the volume controls.
Should you tell your family that you podcast? A lot of people do shows without their family
knowing a thing about it, should you tell people about it, or keep things on
the d/l?
5 tips for doing for changing things up on your show
- Don’t
go crazy. If you feel like your
show needs some tweaking, you’re probably right but doing a overhaul of
your entire show isn’t always a great idea. Some shows like Cheap Date can pull it
off, others have taken away some of the best parts.
- Let
someone who’s never listened to the show give it a fair and critical
listen. Often someone who knows
nothing about your show can offer the best insights.
- Make
your changes fun for the audience.
Do things like change up your segments, add a contest element, put
in interviews…..etc. Just make your
changes to the benefit of your audience.
- Don’t
be afraid to continue to make changes.
Keeping things fresh and new makes it fun for your listeners, and
it might make things fun for you too.
5. Make sure your
changes don’t end up being a copy of another show. How many American Idol updates segments does
podcasting need? Check around and make
sure you’re not just following the crowd.
Being a trendsetter is how to keep your audience hooked.
