Women in Podcasting

UK Podcasting Association

I am a member of the UKPA, an association dedicated to helping podcasters promote their work, connecting people and also helping shape the regulatory requirements both now and in the future. Dean Whitbread heads the association, and has been a great promoter of podcasting within the UK.

I was delighted to hear from Dean and learn that our small band of merry little people, who are trying to promote podcasting and the whole arena of Web 2.0 to more women, had been recognised by the association. Here is the link over to the UKPA site. Subscribe to their feed to learn more about podcasting in the UK !

Is the world ready for The Podcast Sisters?

Well as you read about recently, Anna and I met up recently in Dublin. It would have been great to have had more time, but Dublin traffic conspired against us. It actually took Anna less time to reach Dublin airport flying in from the UK than it did for me to drive there!

As you can imagine we had alot to talk about. It was just too bad that Heather was not able to join us.

Anyway the seeds of our new venture together were sown - "The Podcast Sisters".

It is a new business podcast that Anna, Heather and I will be starting together - actually we are meeting tomorrow for the first time.

Our goal is to provide provide inspiration and guidance for women in Europe on how to engage with the internet to progress their personal and professional goals.

We will be sharing knowledge and tips all from blogs to podcasts, from websites to wiki's.

However "The Podcast Sisters" is for you, so do let us know what you would like us to cover to accelerate your online success.

I'm sure it will be entertaining listening knowing Anna and Heather - you can be sure that there will be times that our different experiences and backgrounds will show through as we share our personal success and all that we have learnt in our foray into this wonderful online world.

So watch out for "The Podcast Sisters Podcast" coming to a CD/iPod/MP3 player/your Mac/your PC very soon.

Making subscribing easy

We all want to grow our listenership, and one factor we all need to address is the ease of subscribing. OK it makes sense if you are tech savvy but if you are new to the idea of RSS then it still appears difficult. Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting has just started a new website called Learn to Subscribe which is worth checking out and maybe linking to it to help grow your subscriber base. Here is the link to learn to subscribe.

Taking Women in Podcasting Forward

The power of podcasting hits again! I was interviewing Krishna for my show and as we got talking we realised that we shared similar views not only upon employee engagement but also the power of Web 2.0. So I am flying out to Dublin next week to see if we can progress this community. If anyone has any ideas please post a comment but we will report back on what we have come up with for us all.

Ideas to take Women in Podcasting further

I think it is time that we think about how to get more women involved. I saw this weekend stats that said that 86.2% of podcasters are male! There is great female talent out there in the blogging and podcasting community and we need to find a way of shining light on this talent.

I have invited Krishna De to join the group who has some ideas on how we could use this group in the future. Krishna is a great speaker, wonderful podcaster/blogger - great to have you on board Krishna.

Women in Podcasting

On Fridays post on 25 Reasons to Blog and Podcast, Marina left a comment asking for links to women who are podcasting. Heather and I have submitted

Middle Age Shed - Our humorous journey of 2 fat ladies who have to lose over 80lbs of blubber.

Wiggly Wigglers - Heather's wonderful show on organic gardening, farming and most of all an insight into life in the country.

The Engaging Brand - Anna's popular show on how to  motivate, inspire and engage people at work.

Marina is asking for any more women podcasters out there to submit their show.

Online Podcasting Conference

For any of you who are looking to find out more about podcasting from the basics to the advanced techniques, and also how to make the most of your podcast then the On Line Conference is for you. PR Web has an in depth article on the podcasting conference that you can read here.

If you want to sign up then just click on the icon on the right hand side of the blog and here more about how Heather and I and our podcasts.

A-Z of Podcasting

As I have mentioned before I am writing a series of posts on ideas on podcasting over at Podcast Freq. Today I talk about how you can make money with your podcast which you may find of interest.

Krishna De - A Gem from the Emerald Isle

I attended the Corporate Podcasting Summit this week and met Krishna De who was a great speaker on employee engagement. I am hopefully interviewing her on The Engaging Brand next week as a way of sharing her passion and inspiration with the world!

Krishna runs the Women in Business Radio Show that is described as

"Europe's premier podcast for women in business, bringing you inspiration, strategies and tips from fellow women in business"

Just another example of how people are using podcasting to drive their business and also enjoying the world of social media.

Krishna is also speaking at the Online Podcasting Conference with Heather and myself - so if you haven't signed up yet just click on the icon on the top right side of this blog.

Podcasting Promotion

Once you have produced your podcast it is important to submit it to various directories.

If you want an up to date list then go to Podcasting 411 Directory of Directories.

I also learned that 1st Podcasting publishing offers a service for $49 where your podcast is listed in 35 directories which may be useful to you. I have not tried this, but may be worth checking out if time is an issue to you.