S. Housley

How Unique is Your Business?

How Unique is Your Business? By Sharon Housley All business owners like to believe that their business is in someway unique or unlike any other business. At its core though, how different are small businesses really? Nearly all small businesses strugg... Read >

Academia and Educators Utilize RSS Feeds

Academia and Educators Utilize RSS Feeds By Sharon Housley Academia has embraced RSS as a means to educate, but scrutinizing how educational institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily routines show RSS is utilized can vary across different indust... Read >

Why Independent Artists and Musicians Should Podcast

Why Independent Artists and Musicians Should Podcast By Sharon Housley Independent artists have long struggled to gain recognition and attract an audience. Without the backing of a major label it can be very difficult for independent artists to obtain... Read >

Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education

Podcasting Just Might Be the Tool to Revolutionize Education By Sharon Housley Schools all over the country have flocked to podcasting as a new medium to assist the teaching profession. Professors are using podcasts to instruct students and get their ... Read >

How to Locate Stock Photos for Websites

How to Locate Stock Photos for Websites By Sharon Housley Professional photographs in a website give the website a professional look. Many webmasters do not realize that photographs are copy written and in many cases illegal to use a photograph or ima... Read >

How to Conduct Podcast Interviews

How to Conduct Podcast Interviews By Sharon Housley Conducting a successful podcast interview can be a tricky proposition for a podcaster starting out. Once you have determined individuals that will appeal to your target audience contact potential int... Read >

How and Where to Locate Podsafe Music

How and Where to Locate Podsafe Music By Sharon Housley Nothing really polishes a podcast more than background music or theme music. In the music world, these music segments are referred to as intros and extros. While many enjoy streaming Internet Aud... Read >

Building An Image With A Logo

Building an Image with a Logo By Sharon Housley Website design can be elusive to even creative individuals. Sadly some webmasters do not realize their incompetence and they post websites that have grainy graphics and turgid colors. If you are one of t... Read >

Making Your Podcast Standout

Making Your Podcast Standout By Sharon Housley Podcasts are relatively inexpensive to create, as a result, and the quality in published podcasts is extremely diverse. Corporate podcasts can be very polished audio productions while hobbyist experimenti... Read >

Tips to Profit from Your Podcast

Tips to Profit from Your Podcast By Sharon Housley Making Money for Podcasts Podcasts started out as fun ways for ambitious garage DJs, independent musicians and talk show hosts, who had not ventured into radio broadcasting as a way to show their stu... Read >

Top 10 Podcasting Do's and Don'ts

Top 10 Podcasting Do's and Don'ts By Sharon Housley Consider following these simple podcasting tips to get the most from your podcast and make it stand out from other podcasts in the crowd. DO... 1. Make it Professional Regardless of whether you ... Read >

Podcast Audio Recording Tips

Podcast Audio Recording Tips By Sharon Housley Before you begin podcasting develop a plan and a format for your show. Determine the focus of your podcast and what types of guests you would like to interview. Time spent planning your show will contribu... Read >

Why Niche RSS Feeds Matter

Why Niche RSS Feeds Matter By Sharon Housley Just as the second generation of search engines and directories evolved into niche topic specific portals we are seeing the same occur in the area of RSS feed directories and search engines. While some dire... Read >

A Quiz: Test Your Podcasting Knowledge

A Quiz: Test Your Podcasting Knowledge By Sharon Housley How much do you know about podcasting? Take the podcast quiz and test your knowledge. Question: Are there any size limitations to podcasts? Answer: There are no maximums or minimums when i... Read >

What RSS is Not!

What RSS is Not! By Sharon Housley It is difficult to have a conversation about technology these days that does not involve RSS. In the age of the Internet, communication is expected to be instantaneous. RSS offers instant real-time distribution in an... Read >