Buzz Home :: August 2005 Archive
If you think you'd dig FeedBurner's Dashboard Widget but don't have a Mac OS X Tiger-equipped computer for running this baby, check out Jonathan Snook's FeedBurner Konfabulator Widget. This Widget is another great use of our Awareness API and provides a convenient way to keep up-to-date on a particular feed's daily readership size as measured by FeedBurner's circulation statistic. 9/1/05
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Grab your party hat, toga and Skype number and join Podcast Pickle as they celebrate the 1-year anniversary of podcasting, Anyone who's anyone will be there including some cool FeedBurner cats. Tune in to the live stream on Thursday, September 1st at 7pm MST. Hosted by Keeme of KEEMECAST and Rob of Podcast411, you know this party is going to be good. And did we mention the shwag giveaways? What else do you need? Togas are optional, but highly recommended. (FeedBurner Rick Klau will be wearing one.) 8/31/05
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Work Happy.net gives FeedBurner five out of five stars, commending us on some of our “killerest” services including stats, podcasting support and money-makers like Google AdSense for feeds. Subscribe to the Work Happy feed for further gleeful reviews. 8/29/05
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Podcasting has rapidly overcome fringe status, so reports Information Week in its recent article, "Finding Profits in Podcasting" in which FeedBurner's podcasting pundit, Rick Klau, delivers his opinions on the state of the podcasting nation. Shed your own outsider status almost instantly with our QuickStart for Podcasting. 8/26/05
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Sure, you love the fact that FeedBurner saves you from the technical skullduggery of RSS, but why stop there? My Money Blog invites you to "just go and do it" (and by "it" they mean really put FeedBurner to work and take full advantage of the breadth of services offered). From tracking subscribers and item popularity to inserting ads in your feeds (and everything in between), your complexity is our Xanadu. We're nutty that way. 8/15/05
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Got 4 minutes to learn how to sign up for a FeedBurner account? Ask Dave! Author, photographer, industry guru and Soy Chai aficionado Dave Taylor walks you through the simple process of burning a feed and making the most of FeedBurner's publicity tools. While you're in "good advice" mode, learn more about Dave's latest book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Growing Your Business with Google. 8/9/05
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Tod Maffin, national broadcaster, podcaster, and one of Canada's most influential business technology futurists, gives FeedBurner's profoundly dedicated customer support team the "Pass" sign. Thanks Tod! We take our customer care very seriously around here. For more futurism, check out Tod's iloveradio blog and Web site. 8/3/05
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John Jantsch, author of the award-winning small business blog, Duct Tape Marketing, electrifies marketers with his latest release, Blog Lightning, a step-by-step tutorial for creating and promoting your blog to the nth degree. Complete with screencast tutorials and a whole section about the strikingly useful services of FeedBurner, John's strategies will likely have you and your entourage fending off a frenzied public in no time. 8/4/05
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How popular is your podcast? Podnova, making excellent use of FeedBurner's Awareness API, features a list of the top 40 podcasts in the Podnova directory. Will you make the cut? Run your podcast through FeedBurner and list it on Podnova (don't forget to enable the Awareness API in your feed's Publicize options). 8/1/05
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