‘KEY TAKE AWAY’: I’m looking to try podcasting phone interviews with good friends who work in Web 2.0. Due to the fast, dynamic nature of Web 2.0, I’ve found that the people who are on the front lines of Web 2.0 are filled with wisdom on how to truly survive as a business. I have not podcasted over the phone before and will look forward to doing so and sharing tips for businesses to survive the web revolution.
I’m really blessed as a web strategy consultant to be able to talk to a lot of really insightful, revolutionary people in the Web 2.0 community. It’s not always easy to see them in person, but I find that I speak to them a lot on the phone. Inevitably, with so many amazing things happening every day in the web world, the conversation ends up being filled with many nuggets of great information that should be shared with others. In a time when 20 years of experience in business does not mean that you are better than a newbie, it’s a level playing field as everyone is trying to figure out how to navigate the unchartered Web 2.0 waters. As it turns out, the best sources of wisdom for Web 2.o success are those individuals who are on the front lines of the real day-to-day web revolution of business. Often times the uncertainty of being on the front lines causes these individuals to conquer fear and evolve quickly to survive. In the end, the constant evolution alone is what makes them ‘experts’ by trying and adjusting their methods as things change on a month-to-month basis. It’s fortunate that I can be a part of this wisdom and I hope to share it with you.
With this in mind, I’ve asked a few friends of mine what they thought if I would create a podcast of phone interviews with them on sharing information to help businesses navigate the Web 2.0 waters and everyone was pretty excited about the idea. I look forward to sharing these phone podcasts with you in the future and hope that they can help you and your business survive the web revolution of business.
I put some research into phone podcasting and so far I’ve found only a couple companies that allow you to do it:
- HotRecorder.com
- Parliant.com (Mac only)
The one that I think I’m going to try is
Here what they said from Podcast Software Review:
“Gabcast has the best phone to podcast service we have seen, for free you can store up to 200 MB with automatic RSS feeds and blog integration. For only $6 per month you can get 400 MB and features like hidden channels and episodes and more if you would rather keep some of your podcasts private. This service records either through your phone or through VoIP, unlike some other free services, Gabcast has a toll–free US number.”
So I’ll let you know how it goes. Feel free to share any thoughts you may have about phonecasting or my future interview series.
As a side note to my research, here’s an interesting link I came across that lets you listen to Podcast over the phone (better have the unlimited mobile plan though!) - Podlinez.com
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I just completed the registration process for Gabcast today. It was pretty simple.
So you get 30 minutes free of calls. If you want to do conference calls past the first FREE 30 minutes then you need to purchase minutes in packs on this page - http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=account&b=minutes. You basically can buy 10 minutes for a $1 or $.10 per minute. Rates are charged per person per minute so, “For conference calls, minutes are calculated for every user in the conference. For example, 4 people in a conference call for 10 minutes, would equate to 40 minutes.”
You can also upgrade your membership. It’s actually not that expensive. Pro is $6/month and Premium is $12/month.
What was nice to see was that they have links directly into WordPress.
I did take a look at HotRecorder.com just be sure that it’s not the right solution. I downloaded and installed, but GabCast still seems easier to use.
I have an interview set up later this week so I’ll update how it goes.
Turns out that I did not like Gabcast in the end. See my other post about Gizmo Project.
http://jameskeylim.com/2007/07/11/gizmo-project-free-podcasting-as-easy-as-an-phone-call-to-a-friend/