Thoughts on Podcasting

Podcasting is a fantastic channel to engage your market and reach a new audience. This morning I led a discussion on this topic with the SheBlogs group in Charlottesville. The main takeaway is that there are several different approaches to podcasting either from the web, your Mac or PC, your phone and even the web. [...] Read more »

Garageband for the iPad – Mobile Podcasting Getting Easier

With the announcement last week of the iPad 2, Apple also introduced the release of Garageband for the iPad. For those of you not familiar with Garageband, it is a simple yet powerful music and audio production software tool that’s been available on the Mac for several years. Garageband is loved by both musicians and [...] Read more »

My fist QR Code – scan this into your phone

If you’re not familiar with QR codes, they are an increasingly popular method of sharing information similar to a bar code. Users with a smartphone can focus their camera on this code and the QR code software will save the information behind the code on their phone. In this case, it’s my URL, but it [...] Read more »

Record and publish online video with no additional hardware or software with screenr.com

Sharing video content online is something we would all like to do and screenr.com makes it easy.  It’s basically a free web app for simple screen casting.  It’s great if you want to narrate a powerpoint presentation or share something you’ve found online via video. Details: Up to 5 minutes, audio recording, download finished video, [...] Read more »

Share iPad links on Twitter and Facebook with Ping.fm bookmark in Safari browser

Here’s an easy technique to share iPad Safari browser links on Twitter and Facebook with a Ping.fm bookmark. One of the most popular tasks in twitter is sharing links with your followers. On a laptop or standard computer this is fairly simple since you can just cut and paste from the browser into your favorite Twitter [...] Read more »

Audio and Video: How to podcast from your iPad or iPhone and publish on WordPress and iTunes

Mobile Podcaster

It’s finally here … Mobile Podcaster. Since January 2011 I’ve been podcasting on from my iPad and publishing to WordPress and iTunes without ever touching my blog or a computer. It’s a really awesome system.  I’m really proud of it and it’s now available for you too, so if you’re interested check out Mobile Podcaster. The [...] Read more »

Improve Productivity with the iPad – More Focus, Less Multi-Tasking

improve productivity ipad

With the upcoming iPad release, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how exactly I could use the new device in my daily routine.  I already have an iMac, MacBook Pro and iPhone, so the questions for me as a business owner is will the iPad help improve productivity? Many have criticized the iPad for [...] Read more »

Create Video Content to Engage Your Readers Online

Creating videos to engage your readers is a great tactic you should consider if you manage a blog or would like to take your online communications strategy to the next level. Publishing online video has vastly improved over the years and for a minimal investment you can easily shoot, upload and share video on the [...] Read more »

Part IV – How to Podcast from Your Mac (iWeb and iTunes)

In our last episode of How to Podcast from Your Mac with Skype I discussed how to record Skype conversations for your podcast and today I’ll show you how to publish your podcast using iWeb so that it is available on iTunes. This episode assumes you have a MobileMe account, but you can still achieve [...] Read more »

Part III – How to Podcast from Your Mac (Recording Skype Conversations and Interviews)

Skype Call Recorder

As I reviewed in Part II – How to Podcast from Your Mac, using Garageband to record a simple podcast is pretty straightforward. I hope you got a chance to try out the process I outlined in that video and found it rather easy to get started. For most new podcasters, the challenge is finding [...] Read more »