Buzz Home :: July 2005 Archive
Are you an aspiring podcaster in the Chicago area? The instructional gurus at Digital Bootcamp have created a comprehensive, three-level course to help you learn all about creating, publishing, and promoting your podcast. Their course includes the use of FeedBurner feeds to generate a podcast-ready feed, ready for listing at iTunes and other podcast directories. Review the full outline in .pdf format. Isn't it time you got in touch with your inner Don Imus/Rush Limbaugh/Al Franken and started podcasting? 8/8/05
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FeedBurner's media-friendliest employee and VP of Business Development, Rick Klau, is part of an esteemed panel exploring social marketing at Forrester Research's upcoming Boot Camp program, "Social Marketing: Tapping Into The Power Of Connected Consumers" on July 28th. The panel includes "marketers who are using social marketing successfully to connect with their customers," and features other pioneers including Sirius Satellite Radio, General Motors, SixApart, and BzzAgent. This is not your father's channel programming strategy. 7/28/05
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FeedBurner publisher Eric Davis has just introduced the second cool WordPress plug-in we know about: FeedBurner Awareness. (Steve Smith's was the first.) Built to allow you to publish FeedBurner's unique feed traffic statistics directly in your site page templates, it makes using our Awareness API a breeze in WordPress. Plug it in and set your stats free! 7/21/05
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Shelly Brisbin, writer, editor and self-proclaimed Geek for Hire, has a very popular podcast and a healthy obsession with her FeedBurner subscriber statistics (we encourage healthy obsessions). Tune in by subscribing to the FeedBurner feed and hear why Adam Curry calls Shelly one of his favorite podcasters. 7/19/05
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Chris Pirillo interviews FeedBurner exec, Rick Klau. Tune in to this scintillating dialogue about podcasting, RSS and why we're the only ones who do what we do. No word yet on Rick's promotion. 7/16/05
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Looking for a quick tutorial about how to use BuzzBoost from someone other than FeedBurner? The good people at TechCrunch deliver with a straightforward overview that will surely help you boost your buzz along in a hurry. Let us know how you are using BuzzBoost. Who knows? You could get "buzzed" by FeedBurner (buzzed in a good way... not in an irritating North by Northwest biplane kind of way). 7/14/05
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You may be asking yourself, "Self, how are other publishers using FeedBurner's new BuzzBoost service to increase awareness?" Tris Hussey answers that question with the launch of "Buzz tracker," a creative mash-up of search results displaying recent buzz about Qumana and Lektora, resyndicated using the power of BuzzBoost. 7/14/05
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Wired features an article about vlogging basics, "Man Cleans Freezer, Film at 11" (don't let the title fool you). The net-net is that vlogging is easy. Coming up with compelling content - now that might be a bit trickier...7/14/05
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Ain't It Cool News invites you to participate in the what has to be the world's first RSS Movie Trivia Contest. So, you think you know your flicks? AICN will be the judge of that. Check out contest details on the site. (Hint: Subscribe to the AICN RSS feed and get your clues faster than those Web site surfer types). Contest runs through Sunday. Fabulous prizes will be provided by Sideshow Collectibles, including a Grand Prize. Very Cool! Show Off Your Trivia and RSS Prowess! Do it Now! More Yelling! 7/13/05
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Eric Hamilton showcases FeedBurner's new BuzzBoost service to cross-promote Knobtweakers, a free Mp3 blog that features legal Mp3 downloads to promote lesser-known musicians in the electronic music scene. Check out how he's encouraging listeners to participate with some helpful instructions for groupcasting. 7/11/05
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Move over Julie, Linc and Pete. The NYC Pod Squad is here. With a little help from FeedBurner, this cooperative of independent NYC area podcasters is providing listeners with the best in NYC-flavored content. And we think that's just plain groovy. 7/7/05
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Pedal into Podcast history with Lance Armstrong and SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Listen to exclusive behind-the-scenes reports from the legend himself and Armstrong Radio co-host Mark Higgins throughout the tour. Get rolllin' now by subscribing to the FeedBurner feed, "Lance in France - Off the Bike and on the Mic," also available on the SIRIUS Web site. 7/1/05
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