I receive this notice today and thought I would share with all of you…

We are looking for writers who can write about blogging - i.e. how to
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Writers must have either written about these subjects before or have
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I came across this awesome article at Forbes Magazine. It is really worth taking a look at.

Tammy

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RSS Wizard is an HTML to RSS converter than can generate the RSS feed out of virtually any web page without having to edit it first. RSS Wizard generates RSS 2.0 feeds and allows you to create, edit and publish an unlimited number of RSS channels. The program has a great collection of features such as the built-in scheduler, autodetecting of RSS tags, command line support, XML editor and built-in FTP client.

The program has been especially developed to meet the needs of both novice and advanced users. Now the RSS Wizard features a built-in scheduler so that now it can function in a 100% automatic mode creating excellent RSS channels without any user assistance. Currently it is only availabl for PC (if you need one for the Mac, please try FeedForAll

The program is available for $29.95, but it will be free for a time-limited offer, today only. Please see website for details!

Tammy

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By Max Kalehoff

Last week Google’s recently acquired Feedburner, one of the leaders in RSS syndication and a darling of the blogosphere, quietly announced it would begin offering a number of premium services for free. The Feedburner blog proudly touted: “One of the many benefits that FeedBurner publishers will enjoy now that FeedBurner is part of the Google family is a little something we like to call, ‘more for free!’…. We suspect this will be welcome news to the 450,000+ of you using many of our other free services.”

While the savviest bloggers have for years tapped into Feedburner’s free services to identify and tout their volume of RSS subscribers — a simultaneous addiction and badge of accomplishment — they now can freely tap into Feedburner’s new “Reach” metric. Reach, according to Feedburner, is the total number of people who have actually taken action — viewed or clicked — on the content in a feed. It’s similar to the difference between knowing how many subscribers a magazine has, and then how many people actually pull it out of the recycling bin and read or interact with it. Quite important!

Venture capitalist and blogger Fred Wilson explained: “A large number of [readers] put my feed into a reader at some point but never read it. There’s no reason to remove it and so it gets counted every day by FeedBurner. The bottom line is the subs number in feeds… is useful at the very start of a new blog… But after a short while it becomes meaningless.”

As for the blogosphere, anecdotal reports suggest people are thrilled to have this reach metric added onto the free Feedburner service. If anything, this offering has served as a good loyalty strategy for Google in maintaining strong relationships with this decidedly influential and potentially profitable stakeholder group. At the same time, many bloggers are speculating this is another step in an inevitable integration of the Google AdWords and AdSense platforms into the Feedburner ad network.

But there have been other important reactions among bloggers regarding the actual reported reach stats. While many of their daily subscribers have steadily climbed — for some, into the tens of thousands — reach figures tend to decline over time, and typically end up representing a fraction of their total subscriber base. Fred Wilson reports that at one point, his daily reach was 50% of subscribers, then it was 25%, and now it’s less than 10%. Matt Hurst of Data Mining reports reach of approximately 10%. The highest I’ve seen reported is around 30% and the lowest around 1%. My daily blog reach is approximately 11%.

What does this open questioning mean? While the large discrepancy between subscriber and actual reach figures is initially startling and perhaps a little ego-bruising, Feedburner’s free release of the reach stat is advancing the important debate about what sorts of metrics really matter. To be sure, the reach stat is still somewhat ambiguous, but its newfound exposure is elevating new dimensions about reader behaviors around blogs, micromedia and syndicated content in general.

For all the self-conscious bloggers addicted to their site and reader analytics — including those seeking to monetize through advertising — reach is sure to become one of the more scrutinized metrics. It will drive greater attention to content interaction and surely prompt new questions around media and advertising engagement.

What do you think? Let’s hear your thoughts!

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Fellow podcaster and Podcamp co-founder Chris Penn released the beta version of the iPhone Kit today!

It is quite awesome and a definite must have!

Chris - you rock my freind!!!!

Your New Media VA,
Tammy

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Todd is at it again with the 3rd Annual Podcast Awards… Get your nominations in!!

Deadline for nominations are July 15th @2359




Your New Media VA,
Tammy



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Mom’s Radio Network is seeking a new host for Baby Talk Radio (http://www.babytalkradio.com). We would love to find a chatty expectant mom to head up the podcast for a season but we’d also be interested in hearing from moms with a young baby in the house.

Your responsibilities would include interviewing the guests that we choose and helping to give the show buzz around the online mom community. You need high speed internet, three way calling, free long distance, writing skills and a great speaking voice.

You don’t need any technical experience, we take care of all of that on our end. We will pay you a fee per episode that you create.

If you’re interested, email kelly@momsradionetwork.com with your letter of introduction and share why you believe you’d be a great fit for Baby Talk Radio.

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Dave Winer of Scripting.com posted on his blog yesterday about how to use BlogTalkRadio to send TwitterGrams!

Here’s how you do it….

1. Decide which phone you want to use to call in TwitterGrams. The phone must have Caller ID.

2. Visit the new phone signup page. Enter the phone number from step 1, and your Twitter username and password.

3. When you want to leave a TwitterGram using your phone, dial 646-716-6000. Leave a short message, less than half a minute (remember the 200K limit). Hang up when you’re finished.

Don’t know what Twitter is? Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter to remain somewhat close while far away. Curious people can make friends. Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are endless!

Are you a member of Twitter? Feel free to add me as a friend!

Your New Media VA,
Tammy



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