This is part two of my discussion of podcasting with communication and podcast rockstars – Shel Holtz (@shel) and Neville Hobson (@jangles) from the For Immediate Release series of podcasts. They recently released the results of their listener survey, which spurred a detailed discussion of podcasting past, present and future...

I also welcome back Ashley Mead in a new segment I've dubbed: Calling You - at a Moment's Notice! Ashley's got an interesting new hobby that really gives you the perspective from 15,000 feet.

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Show Notes

• 00:00 Music by Me
• 00:40 Welcome
• 01:19 Calling You - at a Moment's Notice! Starring Ashley Mead
• 04:50 Segue into the podcast discussion with Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson
• 04:56 Podcasting as niche vs widespread adoption for podcasts
• 05:55 Podcast Community Catalyst
• 08:00 Global podcast perspective
• 08:55 Podcast education
• 10:41 Podcast technology vs. podcast disinterest
• 11:44 Audio Blogging
• 13:57 Rise of Video Blogging
• 14:20 Big Media - independent podcasters vs. mainstream media
• 17:24 What is podcasting really vs. what is podcasting ideally
• 18:21 State of podcasting
• 19:50 Podcasting is dead
• 21:51 Where can we find them?
• 22:22 Break
• 22:29 Farewell
• 22:51 Mr. Media rolls us out.

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Episode 3 of The Rundown Podcast features part one of a discussion of podcasting with two of my favorite podcasters – Shel Holtz (@shel) and Neville Hobson (@jangles) from the For Immediate Release series of podcasts. They recently released the results of their listener survey, which spurred a detailed discussion of podcasting past, present and future... 

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Show Notes

• 00:00 Face off
• 00:41 Welcome
• 01:33 Comments? Suggestions?
• 01:50 Segue
• 02:00 Welcome, again
• 02:20 Introduction of Neville and Shel
• 05:00 The FIR Listener Survey - why release the survey results?
• 07:29 Changes to The Hobson & Holtz Report?
• 08:20 Length
• 09:05 Podsafe Music – Really?
• 11:40 RSS vs. iTunes
• 13:49 iPod vs. iPhone
• 16:02 Conversation Rules
• 17:03 Podcast Stats - Downloads vs. Listeners
• 18:37 Is content still king? (eMarketer study Podcasting Into the Mainstream, March 2009)
• 21:07 Diversity in audience – why and how?
• 22:57 Podcast listenership
• 25:21 Break
• 25:30 Luke pimps these other podcasts:
  • Grizzly's Growls Episode 100 focused on podcasters benefitting from PR featuring Shel, Nevill and the Inside PR team of Jones, Fallis and Waxman.
  • Also, a great discussion on SEO in PR with Eric Schwartzman’s On The Record Online with Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan.

Don’t hesitate to send in audio or text comments, questions, feedback and anything else that suits your fancy. I reserve the right, of course, to play or read any and all of your comments as well as delete them without a second thought. But don’t let that stop you from giving it a shot!

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