Facebook Uses Mafia Tactics
Not long ago, Facebook introduced the ability for you to promote your page posts. Facebook says that “promoted posts are a simple way to reach more of the people who like your Page and their friends.”
In this week’s episode, I invite our GSPN Social Media Correspondent, Erik J. Fisher, to join me to discuss whether or not it feels a bit sleazy to have Facebook come out and charge brands to actually get their messages to their loyal fans who have already shared that they want to receive these updates.
Erik’s defense of Facebook’s pay to promote practice goes back to the discussion that he and I had about Facebook’s Edge Rank back in episode 247. I’d be interested to hear what you think about this topic in the comments section below.
Top Ten BlogWorld & New Media Expo NYC Experiences
Many of you know that I didn’t produce an episode last week because I was in New York City for BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Since Erik was also there, I invited him to hang out with me for the rest of the episode so that we could both share our thoughts on the conference and communicate how you can actually make yourself responsible for making memorable experiences from going to such events.
For those who might be interested, I recorded a special episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life where Fr. Roderick and I actually shared our day by day experiences while sitting in an Irish Pub just off Times Square. You can listen to that episode by clicking here. I also shared some great photos on Facebook.
The New Name For BlogWorld
As promised, BlogWorld & New Media Expo was officially rebranded and the new name of the conference was announced in NYC. Moving forward, the conference will be named New Media Expo (NMX). If you would like to speak on the podcasting track for NMX in Las Vegas in January, please be sure to fill out this speaker submission form.
Random Plug of The Week
This week’s random plug of the week goes out to the 168 Opportunities Podcast by Peter Aadahl. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!
Check out CommentCast Software!
Huge thanks goes out to Elsie Escobar for sharing this amazing resource with the Podcast Mastermind. The resource is called CommentCast and can be found at http://marti.ca. This software allows you to collect all iTunes comments on a podcast, application, etc from all the international iTunes storefronts on which it is available. You can easily keep up-to-date on the public perception of an application or podcast. The software will easily translate foreign reviews to the language of your choice. You can export reviews into CSV or customizable HTML. Podcasts, desktop applications and iOS apps are supported. It’s only $5 and totally worth it!
Podcasting A to Z July 2012 Course Now Open For Registration!
The next session of Podcasting A to Z will begin on Monday, July 9th, 2012 and will go for four full weeks, with the final day of the course being Friday, August 3rd. If you have not yet heard of my Podcasting A to Z course, I highly encourage you to click here to learn all about it.
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I’m limiting the July 2012 session to thirty students and I’m looking forward to helping these thirty students turn their dream of creating a successful podcast into a reality. If you are thinking that you’ve put the launch of your podcast off for way too long, I encourage you to register today!
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I’ve been working with Jenny Hamson for several years and she does all my podcast artwork. I’ve also personally contracted her to do the artwork for all of my coaching and consulting clients. In all the years that I have worked with Jenny, she’s never failed to provide artwork that not only meets expectations but delivers far more than could have been anticipated. If you are looking for artwork, please contact Jenny Hamson today and tell her that Cliff sent you!
iTunes Ratings & Reviews
I started Podcast Answer Man in December of 2006. Would you believe that until April 2012, I never spent much energy to ask anyone to provide a rating and/or review for this show in iTunes? If you have ever read my blog post about how iTunes podcast ratings work, then you know just how valuable leaving a 5 star rating and/or a written review can be to a content producer.
If you find that the Podcast Answer Man podcast has been valuable to you, would you consider going to my iTunes Listing to both rate and review this show? If so, please click here.
The Podcast Mastermind
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Did you Miss BlogWorld NYC? Check Out The Virtual Ticket Option!
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Blue Host Affiliate Signup
I want to send out a special word of thanks to the folks behind the following domains that were used to create a new hosting account with BlueHost with my Blue Host affiliate link recently. As you know, I earn a commission each time someone clicks through my link to sign up with Blue Host. So thank you!
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Note: The fact that I have linked to these accounts is only to acknowledge that these folks have used my affiliate link to create a hosting account with BlueHost. These links are not an endorsement of any content that may be posted to these sites. If you ever recognize content blatantly offensive at any of these links, please let me know and I will be sure to evaluate and consider if the link should be removed from this post. These accounts are all brand new and may not be active yet. Also, it is possible that some of these domains were previously owned and my not have been transfered to BlueHost just yet.
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