Making Money with Podcasts

Wizzard Posts Rosy Q3 Revenue Results

Nov 12th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Video, Video Podcasts

Pittsburgh-based Wizzard Software announced Monday third-quarter revenues of $1,533,339, a 4% increase over revenues of $1,468,476 during Q3 2007. The company also reported revenues of $4,667,690 during the nine month period ended September 30, 2008, a 29% increase over revenues of $3,622,499 for the same period in 2007. Wizzard provides online publishing tools for podcast […]



Natural Gardening Company Wiggles, Podcasts Its Way To Award

Nov 7th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting

Wiggly Wigglers, a natural gardening mail-order company (which specializes in vermiculture: composting/gardening with earthworms) has won the 2008 Global Dell Small Business Excellence Award. Wiggly Wigglers were chosen to receive this prize for their innovative use of podcasting, wikis, and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Along with the recognition and accolades, the Dell […]



The Suits Are All About New Media

Oct 30th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts

New media isn’t just for the cutting edge hipsters anymore; the suits are officially moving in. Marketers are jumping into new media and moving their advertising budgets from traditional media to social networking sites, blogs, podcasts and mobile marketing.  According to a new survey by Epsilon,  nearly two-thirds (63%) of the marketing executives they surveyed […]



New Startup Promises 6-Figure Blogging & Podcasting Careers

Oct 29th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting

The Blogger & Podcaster Media Network is a new media network startup that promises a “six-figure income for all.” It’s not clear from the site if they are promising a six figure salary for everybody that signs up, or if everybody that signs up will just be asked to split it up equally. Here are […]



New Media Expo Session Audio Available

Oct 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting, Podcasting Events

Professional podcast training event company and publisher The Podcast Academy is “opening the vault” for a week, offering for sale a set of audio recordings of all the sessions, panels, and keynote addresses from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Media Expo. “I decided to offer a historical look at podcasting,” said Podcast Academy editor-in-chief […]



Gary Vaynerchuk: Revision 3 Exclusive Interview

Oct 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks, Video, Video Podcasts

Among the announcements Monday from Internet TV network Revision 3 was the discontinuation of its licensing agreement with the popular video podcast, Wine Library TV. Rev3 had produced a special edition of the show featuring highlights of the daily series called Wine Library Reserve. I caught up with the creator and host of Wine Library […]



Revision 3 Cuts Staff, Ends Deal With WineLibrary, Epic Fu

Oct 27th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks, Video, Video Podcasts

Revision 3, the video podcast production network launched by Digg founders Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, today announced the elimination of three of its original shows. The layoffs are said to include nine staff members. The cancelled shows are Pop Siren, Internet Superstar, and the longer-running Photoshop show Pixel Perfect. Of the two newer shows, […]



Raw Voice Intros Ad Campaign Management System

Oct 18th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Services

Raw Voice CEO Todd Cochrane has introduced the company’s Podcast Advertising Campaign Management System (PACMS), a tool for managing podcast campaigns from proposal to completion. Cochrane explains how it works: “A podcast advertising campaign typically starts with a request for proposal (RFP) from a media buyer or advertiser. With the RawVoice PACMS, we enter the […]



New Media Bumps NPR’s Site Traffic Up 78% In One Year

Oct 8th, 2008 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, General, Making Money with Podcasts

Marketing Vox reports that NPR’s site traffic is up 78% over the last year, thanks in large part to podcasting and social networking features. NPR.org had 2.6 million unique visitors in August, a 78 percent increase from a year earlier, according to comScore data. Public radio audiences and contributions went up, too. NPR is also planning […]



TubeMogul Marketplace Wants To Hook You Up With Advertisers

Sep 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

TubeMogul has announced a new service, TubeMogul Marketplace, that is designed to hook up video producers with advertisers: We just launched “TubeMogul Marketplace,” a “dating” site aimed at connecting online video producers with advertisers, investors and others looking for opportunities in new media. The site features searchable profiles of Web shows, including each show’s cross-site […]