Podcasting News: Spotify and Podcasting?

According to an article, "Spotify was reported to be coming out with its own podcasting platform soon as well to corner a slice of the market. It is yet to be known whether this platform could deliver, but it only goes to show that podcasting has exerted a tremendous influence on the business models of such audio streaming platforms."

Because of my Podcast: Nick Seuberling

Nick form spnt.tv talks about his first time do a live stream from a location on the fist night of the NFL draft. Nick got to meet Nick Lache from 98 Degrees as he did a live broadcast from his bar in downtown Cincinnati.

Check out the Ben and Nick show where Nick co-hosts a podcast with his young son. 

Behind the Scenes of a Podcast Launch.

Clammr is a free app for iOs that enables you to share 18 second clips. You can find out more at www.clammr.com

I'm testing some things, and I'm preparing to launch the Clammrcast. Here are some things I'm looking into.

Questions To Answer:

Why?: Exposure to the School of Podcasting who are looking for exposureHow Often?: To Determine how often, I have to figure out how long it takes to create an episode. Episodes are going to be around 20 minutes, so I should plan on 2 hours.Ease of Content: The content is created for me, I just read the listHow Will I Know if It's Successful: By people using a special coupon for the SOP

Pros:The show took about 45 minutes. I get the list, and using my insane amount of knowledge of Microsoft Office (I've been teaching it for 20+ years) I take the Excel sheet I get from Clammr and turn it into a pdf and show notes. All I do is open the pdf and click the links. I record it live and comment on it.

Cons:I have no control over the content.

How Does This Apply to My Overall Goal?

My over all goal is to pay off my student loans and do podcast consulting full time. Does this podcast tie into that? Well it's cost m