February 7th, 2008 Angelo Mandato
PodcastFAQ.com, a newly launched RawVoice property, includes OpenID support in its forums.
OpenID is a distributed identity system that allows users to sign in to many websites with a single account. With OpenID, your login becomes a unique web address (URL). RawVoice did not want to add to ones list of user names and passwords. Instead, you can use an easy to obtain and remember OpenID that can be used at many other websites.
If you have a Yahoo, AOL/AIM, Wordpress, LiveJournal or myOpenID account, you can sign into the PodcastFAQ.com forums today with as little as 1-click.
Microsoft, Google and other large companies have announced plans to support OpenID in the near future. RawVoice sees this as an opportunity to empower our users with the login method they feel most comfortable with, allowing RawVoice to step back from user account management to focus on its core products and services.
If you have not experienced logging into a web site using OpenID, we would like to invite you to the PodcastFAQ.com forums and give it a try.
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May 21st, 2007 Rob
Our Director of Marketing Rob Safuto was interviewed recently by Phil Leigh for the Inside Digital Media podcast.
The interview is out today. You can watch a screencast and listen in on the conversation below. Or you can head over to Inside Digital Media to subscribe and download the iPod friendly video file.
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May 14th, 2007 Rob
Today’s Wall Street Journal contains an article on the front page of their Journal Report section titled, “How To Be A Star In A YouTube World.”
The article focuses on what it takes to stand out at a time when social media has become so prevalent. Our own CEO Todd Cochrane was interviewed for the piece and they’ve included Todd’s opinion on one of the traits necessary for success as an independent media producer.
“Shows that are consistent have a tendency to grow more than those that aren’t,” says Todd Cochrane, a podcaster and founder of RawVoice Inc., which builds podcasting sites for individuals and companies.
Consistency is definitely very important in building and keeping an audience. Independent media producers need to be consistent in their content as well as their production schedule in order to build a steady following.
Also quoted in the article is Mignon Fogarty, whose Grammar Girl podcast is a member of our Blubrry community.
“Grammar Girl,” a popular podcast about proper language usage, gets an update every Thursday like clockwork. That regular schedule is crucial to the podcast’s creator, Mignon Fogarty. “When the shows I listen to don’t come out, I get very frustrated,” she says.
Once again we agree. If podcasters are looking to build a solid brand around their shows then they need to keep the audience in mind. Of course, finding the right balance for a publishing schedule is really a show to show thing.
We’re not pushing any hard and fast rules here, but we do recommend that you tune in to your audience to make sure that their expectations on the timing of your shows are set properly.
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