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Best Affordable Mic for a New Podcaster

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Someone recently asked on the Pod cast Alley Forums what the best affordable mic is for a new podcaster. The Shure SM58 has been getting a lot of love. At $99.99, this mic provides a lot of bang for your buck. During my days playing in bands, I picked up a number of these mics. They deliver a solid sound not to mention you can flush one down the toilet and it’ll still work (not speaking from personal experience).

You can hear this mic in action on The Podcasting Underground Episode #4. I’ve now upgraded to a Shure KSM27 condenser mic. Most podcasters will agree that a good mic is the best place to invest your money at first to improve the sound of your podcast. Granted, to use a mic like the Shure SM58, you’ll need a mixer or preamp to plug it into.

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February is Podcast Month at PRWeb

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

An excellent way to promote your podcast for free is getting free exposure in the press. Podcasting is currently a very newsworthy topic. If you have an interesting angle or story to pitch, write up a quick press release and submit it to PRWeb. If the story is strong enough, you could get further press exposure for you podcast. This generates traffic and more listeners.

February is podcast month at PRWeb. Every morning they are selecting five podcast-related press releases to upgrade them to the $200 distribution level giving you increased exposure.