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Recently Fred Castaneda interviewed me on his podcast for entrepreneurs and grilled me about how I went from being a software engineer, to an internet marketer to a podcaster to a resident of Argentina.

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I love FeedBurner for tracking subscriber stats. I don’t like the limited views for my stats in their dashboard (the last 1, 7 or 30 days or all time). Blog Perfume has released a free tool for charting your FeedBurner stats that offers a few more time period options.

To use it you’ll need to enable the Awareness API for your feed. If you use the Feed Count badge on your site, then Awareness is already enabled.

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A couple weeks ago I set up a new site and blog for the Association for the Downloadable Media. Since the launch several of the founding members of the ADM have been blogging on an almost daily basis. You should take a look since there’s some interesting content from a variety of interesting people involved in podcasting.

Here are three posts that I especially recommend.

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How would you like to have a “radar” for news, information and content being published by top podcasting pundits? My Danish friend and podcasting consultant, Karin H

In the past I’ve mentioned a tool, GigaVox Audio lite, that I use to publish my show that gives me increased flexibility and cuts down on my publishing workflow time. Now you can again sign up for a free new account on this very handy system.

Right after I mentioned GigaVox, earlier this year, they closed their beta system to new accounts. I soon discovered that it was because Podango (a company I have consulted for) bought the GigaVox Audio Lite technology. This was great news since I was one person encouraging Podango to integrate this technology into their system. To my surprise they went ahead and bought it.

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Here are answers to the most commonly asked questions about my Professional Podcasting course and coaching program that opens for limited enrollment on Tuesday.

Q: What kind of course is this?

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I’ve started using Gigavox Audio Lite to publish my podcasts and it’s drastically reduced the amount of time I spend publishing my podcasts as well as money spent outsourcing the editing. It’s hard to believe that this service is free (thanks Michael and Doug)!

The time savings is just the beginning of the benefits that GigaVox Audio Lite offers. This post is the first of at least a couple articles outlining how I use the service and how it can help you with your podcast as well.

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How would you like to have FeedBurner PRO stats on your podcast or blog, including daily metrics on how many people have clicked on or viewed an item? Well you can have them and for free.

FeedBurner announced this week that their PRO stats are now free (another benefit from the acquisition by Google). But you need to activate the feature first to get the benefit. Here’s how.

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Yesterday I had an interesting call on which I was berated by the owner of a podcast directory that I mention in my book. It was surreal. But before I tell you that story, let me give you an important update on my top recommended podcast directories to submit to…

In chapter one of Promoting Your Podcast, I talk about how to get maximum exposure in the podcast directories. At the end of the chapter, I share a list of my top recommendations of directories to submit your podcast to. Since the aforementioned podcast directory owner didn’t like being in my book, now is a good time to update the list.

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Charles Stricklin of the WordPress Podcast has just released the first full episode of his new podcast, Podcast Planning. Charles is a member of the Podcast Mastery Network. From the show notes:

In the coming episodes I’ll go over in detail how to choose your niche… how to choose a name… how to set up a blog… how to choose the right equipment… how to choose a format… how to find your voice… and all of the subjects you need to start your podcast strong, and grow better with every episode that follows.

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