Making Money with Podcasts

Podcasting Promotes Book Sales

Apr 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts

Mainstream media is getting savvy to the way podcasts are being effectively used to promote authors and their work. A Washington Post article looks at how Scott Sigler, J.C. Hutchins and Cory Doctorow are using podcasting an Internet media to get noticed: Horror writer Scott Sigler, one of the pioneers in this area, began regularly […]



South Park On Monetizing Internet Media

Apr 9th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts

Can you argue with that?



’08 New Media Expo Schedule Unveiled

Apr 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events

The schedule for the fourth annual New Media Expo has been announced by event organizer Tim Bourquin. Formerly known as the Podcast and New Media Expo, and/or the Portable Media Expo, this year’s updated and expanded event sports a new name, and has moved from California to Las Vegas. The New Media Expo, which runs […]



Paul Colligan Offers ‘Podcast Secrets’ Workshop

Apr 1st, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts

Longtime podcaster (Profitable Podcasting, Podcast Tools and Marketing Online Live) and author Paul Colligan informs us that he is launching the second round of his Podcast Secrets series with a paid ($20) preview call the evening of April 2.  One of the key points to be covered in the preview call is Colligan’s strong argument […]



ADM To Unveil Ad Unit Standards For Downloadable Media

Apr 1st, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, New Media Organizations

The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), an industry organization formed to focus on best practices for podcast advertising and metrics, will be introducing its ad standards and guidelines at the upcoming ad:tech San Francisco show April 16 and 17, 2008. Get the Download focus areas will appear in several formats at ad:tech including: Four ADM […]



Podcasters Shouldn’t Wait For The Money To Come Knocking

Mar 20th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Making Money with Podcasts

Podcasting pioneer and author Michael W. Geoghegan has a great post today on his site that looks at making money with podcasts. Geoghegan has written several books on podcasting, has been involved since the early days of podcasting, he helped Disney create their podcast and has run a podcasting network. And while many podcasters have […]



Largest Podcasting Host Announces Record Profits

Mar 18th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Services

Wizzard Software, the parent company of Liberated Syndication and several podcast hosting services, announced today that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $1,540,992, a 108% increase over revenues of $739,551 in the fourth quarter of 2006. For the full year of 2007, the Company recorded revenues of $5,163,491, a 75% increase of $2,195,967 […]



Gap Between Advertisers & Audience Growing

Mar 17th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts

We’ve noted before that bad advertising is holding back the development of Internet television. Advertisers aren’t sure where to advertise on the Internet, how to advertise in new media or how to measure their success, and they’re spending their money on old media as a result, even though they know traditional advertising is becoming less […]



Ninjas Take On Killer Tomatoes

Mar 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts

If you ever doubted that there was a future in podcasting, then doubt no more. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Douglas Sarine (L) and Kent Nichols (R), the creators of the hit video podcast Ask a Ninja, are making the jump to the big screen. The two are writing an adaptation of the 1978 cult […]



ADM Announces Ad Council

Mar 10th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, New Media Organizations

The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), an organization focused on creating advertising standards podcasts and Internet media, announced today the creation of a special advertising agency liaison to the organization, along with the confirmation of a fourteen-member Ad Council, made up of media professionals from leading interactive advertising agencies. The council will act as a […]