the Friday Show 07.04
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Welcome to the first edition of the Friday Show on the Podcast Guide. We’ve been switching around our Friday format, checking out what you like and like even better… and we think you’ll like this Friday format best of all! I’m Rian and I’m with Lewis from DailySplice.com. On DailySplice you can put all your favorite podcasts together, so head over to DailySplice.com and see how much you love our directory and tools we’ve been building tirelessly for the past year.
Tip of the Week:
If you’re looking to get into podcasting, but don’t know what kind of services you need to host your files, listen up. Try libsyn (liberated syndication) (libsyn.com) , which provides all the tools you need to manage your podcast and upload your media files. You won’t have to worry about hosting or content delivery. Just upload your media files, and you’re ready to go. The downside is you don’t get your own domain name (e.g. dailysplice.com). If you’re comfortable enough to create your own web page as a front-end to your podcast, try dreamhost.com. They have really cheap plans and a large community.
Survey Question of the Week:
The album art is important for attracting new listeners. When I’m looking at a bunch of podcasts on a directory, I judge the quality of a podcast partially on the album art. If there is no album art, or it’s not very catchy, I’m conclude that that podcast is not particularly well-made. It’s like movies at the store: people are more likely to rent a movie that has an interesting-looking cover. So, which podcast do you think has the best album art?
A: Indiefeed Dance | Website | 
B: Ask Blackie | Website |
C: CBC Radio 3 New Music Canada Track of the Day | Website |
D. 100 Word Stories | Website |
E. Podington Bear | Website |
Genre of the Week: Tech News
Last Wednesday we released an interview with the great people from Just One More Book. Some other book podcasts you may want to check out are:
- NPR Books | Website | | 25-30 min twice per week
- New York Times Book Reviews | Website | | 15 minutes on wednesdays
- Meet the Author | Website | | 1-3 minutes on weekdays
- CBC Betweek the Covers | Website | | 17 min three times per week
Now you can use DailySplice to Promote your favorite shows on your website! Simply visit the web page for these podcasts in the DailySplice directory and copy the code under “Promote this Show on Your Site.” An badge will be placed on your that will automatically add that show to the user’s splice list. This will help improve the DailySplice PodRank for that show.
