Monetizing your Social Media Passion
Monetizing your Social Media Passion was a hot topic at Podcamp Ottawa. This session was facilitated by Robin Browne. People generally made connections through Blog or podcasts. These mediums were used to communicate their passion on their niche. Although there were no direct monetary rewards for the time invested in publishing to these mediums they did get contracts due to fame in these respective areas. Susan Murphy agreed with this but did state that she blogged because she was passionate about it. Give away stuff for free became...
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Hugh McGuire started his Podcamp Ottawa, session off with a somber podcast from the Scarborough Dude. This particular episode was very well done with the Scarborough Dude as the only narrator talking about a funeral, he was wondering if he was a good father, his son stood in front his friends and how his sons friends accept him for who he is. He had a few pauses and his voice was used well to make the story very compelling with great descriptions of the surroundings. This lead to a great discussion about silence being a good thing in a...
read moreGoing beyond RSS
The next Podcamp Ottawa session was facilitated byMaurizio Ortolani, who is part of the team at NAC that uses new media to build an online community. He talked about Christopher Millard who produces the NAC podcasts. They have about 4000 subscribers which translates to twice the capacity of the concert halls. There are over 8000 downloads over the past 6 months. The demographic consists mainly of older people who are the annual subscribers (seniors), high school and university students. He alluded to having reached the glass...
read moreConversations before code
Podcamp Ottawa started off with Jeff Parks giving yet another engaging discussion about podcasting. He talked about his mantra of give it for free. which has worked very well for him. He has a vast collection of interviews which are popular globally, so popular that he has been invited to speak at conferences worldwide. He does not charge for his guest speaking engagements and his only request is for his conference pass and his travel expenses to be covered. It’s an opportunity of a life time to speak to all these individuals. ...
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