San Antonio Podcasters

Hi all, this is Nathan Lott and I have taken over control of the San Antonio Podcasters site. Coming soon will be audio from the January State of the Podcasting Union. Here I would like to share some pictures from Barcamp Houston where Michael DeLeon, Jennifer Navarrette, Leslie, and I attended a great session by Kelsey Ruger on adding creativity to your business. It was hands-on with great slides and great content.
Also Podcamp San Antonio is coming up on September 6th at MediaRich on S. Alamo. The fun begins at 10am and lasts until 6pm. More info can be found here: BarCamp San Antonio. Registration is free and can be done here. Hope to see you there.

PODCAMP SAN ANTONIO IS ON MAY 3, 2008

Sign up today to attend this FREE UnConference event in beautiful San Antonio, Texas!

Fellow Podcaster, Fred Castaneda shares the benefits of using a premium podcast service like PremiumCast

You can find our more about Fred by visiting his sites:
Gain Control of your Day
Struggling Entrepreneur
Folklorico Music & Dance

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Chris Brogan took some time out of the Blogtoberfest festivities in San Marcos, TX to share his thoughts on New Media. He praises the people of San Marcos for making the investment in tech and community. One such tech company is Kulabyte which offers advanced video encoding.

Is it possible there may be a return trip to Central Texas for PodCamp San Antonio on May 3, 2008? Stay tuned for more in the coming months.

To see if Chris is traveling to your neck of the woods or to find out more you can visit his blog.

Thanks for listening and most of all subscribing to the SA Podcasters. Feel free to leave a comment or drop us a line at sapodcasters AT gmail DOT com

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The San Antonio Podcasters met up with folks in San Marcos, Texas for the 1st Annual Blogtoberfest 2007.

Jennifer Navarrete interviews John Thomaides & Phyllis Hunt from the City of San Marcos Council/Chamber. We met some very forward thinking folks in San Marcos. Keep an eye out for this up and coming tech town. A short drive between Austin and San Antonio makes San Marcos an ideal location for tech companies to call home. A special thanks to Scott Gregson of Gregson Investments for the hospitality.

We had a great time in San Marcos. We highly recommend folks stop in to see what’s really going on in this not-so-sleepy little town.

Emcee’s Connie Reece & Erica O’Grady made this a fun & festive event.

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We sit down with San Antonio’s City Cynic to talk podcasting.

We discover who motivated the Cynic to start a show. We also gain insight into the cynically humorous and mud-slinging topics covered in each episode. And to wrap it up, the Cynic also shares his recipe for a comedy podcast.

To find out more about the Alamo City’s personal cynic check out San Antonio’s City Cynic “madness and mayhem with a vicious and humorous twist”

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The next Spotlight Interview will be with Jackie Adame of the Morning BrewCast

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We hear from Nathan Lott of Lotts Thoughts and Rental Reviews.

Nathan reveals how he went from being a podcast fan to being a podcast creator.

He also discusses his plans for the future and offers helpful suggestions for new folks who want to take the next step from fan to podcasters

One thing on Nathan’s To-Do list: Read Jason Van Orden’s Book “Promoting Your Podcast”

Tune in next time when we’ll hear from Lans Hobart of Enlighten Up Podcast

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Getting around the “Suck Less…” pitch Recently there has been gumbling in the Pod-o-Sphere over the recent “Suck Less” commercials from Podshow. Wouldn’t you know that someone would come up with a way to remove the “Suck Less” so that shows will…….suck less.

Host of the Financial Aid Podcast and Podcamp co-creator Christopher S. Penn has posted this on his “Marketing Over Coffee” site.

A couple of things come to mind: 1. In the New Media if you do things the Old Media way someone will come up with a way to get around it. 2. Being part of the New Media means doing things differently. Running 30 second or 59 second ads day in and day out across the board in the same spot will not work and probably alienate the same folks you’re trying to “market to”.

So don’t do it.

Being “New Media” mean just that. New as in doing things differently. New as in be creative. New as in don’t offend the “early adopters” who are your biggest fans.

I have always liked the Paul Harvey sales pitch model. He starts sharing a story, usually about his own experiences, and by the time you’re halfway into it you realize he’s talking about a product. It is the proverbial V-8 moment. Yet, I’ve never been offended at anything he had to say or at the fact he was “selling me” something. He does it in a genuine and sincere manner that is in line with his show.

That’s the key to staying true to your show and being able to earn a dollar. Do that and your listeners will not only appreciate it, they’ll stick around for more and spread the word.

Cheers, Jennifer Navarrete

Well, we did it.

PodCamp San Antonio was a success!

It took just a little over 2 months to plan and it was great. Thanks to a small but solid group (Michael De Leon, Lans Hobart, Shaine Mata, Richard Galvan, Alysan Delaney-Childs, Nathan Lott and myself) who comprised the team that made this event possible. We had additional members of the SA Podcasters group (Skip/David/Jason, Scot McKay,Fred Castanedaand my personal favorite Alan Weinkratz -who helped out by creating promos, blogging about it and helping to spread the word.

We had generous sponsors: Podcast Ready, Pod Music Countdown, HipCast, Blubrry, Podcast Spot. You can add my printing business MyLabelNet to the list as well. We also had some fellow podcasters & attendees donate to help the cause out. (We checked our email today and found out we had a last-minute donation from WordPress. Thanks Matt!)

So who was in attendance?

Folks of all ages (teen to not-so-teen) who wanted to get started in podcasting, folks who were podcasting, corporate podcasters, video bloggers, podcast producers, internet marketing pros as well as some members of the media.

What was covered? The very basics of blogging, podcasting and vlogging were the first three sessions. It quickly moved to marketing, production, podcasting in education, the evolution of public access and tips on how to avoid burnout just to name a few. You can find out more information in the coming weeks as we release the audio/video sessions on the http://podcampsanantonio.org site.

The media has also been generious. Here is a condensed version (the printed version is longer) of a story that ran in the May 20, 2007 San Antonio Express News

Our fellow New Media brethren have been supportive by positively mentioning PodCamp San Antonio in blog and video posts. We have also been on the receiving end of some nice emails. Thanks!

At the end of PodCamp San Antonio we sat down to unwind and decided we wanted to do this again. So mark your calendars folks. Saturday, May 17, 2008 May 3, 2008. PodCamp San Antonio Numero Dos will be happening.

Wonder what the t-shirts will look?

Cheers, Jennifer Navarrete

P.S. Feel free to contact me at epodcaster AT gmail DOT com

The Austin Chronicle featured PodCamp San Antonio and it’s Organizers the San Antonio Podcasters in their Thursday, May 11th edition. Titled: If You Attend One Unconference This Summer …PodCamp San Antonio

http://austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A473710

The writer, Marrit Ingman, did a fine job capturing the excitement and energy surrounding UnConference events like PodCamp San Antonio. The fact that the Alamo City will be host to the first PodCamp in Texas makes this Inaugural event one you won’t want to miss. Go to http://www.podcampsanantonio.org to sign up for this Free event.

See you at the Historic Sunset Station Depot on Saturday, May 19th!