Taking Off with a New Podcast

My friend, Benét Wilson, has just started a new blog and podcast for Aviation Week (the McGraw Hill publication). Her previous podcast, Towers & Tarmacs, was on a Top 50 Travel Blog list, so she was rewarded with a new project: This Week in Business Aviation. Congrats, Benét! You can subscribe to her blog and podcast at AviationWeek.com. I was hired to produce custom introductions, bumpers, and exits for her podcast, and the Check 6 podcast.

Nifty Resources for Entrepreneurs

Today I started contributing video tutorials to NiftyClicks.com. This website is the creation of maverick marketing guru Andrew Lock. It offers video reviews of hundreds of web resources to help entrepreneurs get more done. My first video covered the multimedia tool available at SproutBuilder.com. Sprouts are widgets that you can create without knowing Flash or even HTML. It seems like a fun tool, and in fact I think you'll see it "sprouting" on my website soon...

Forward Into the Past

This morning I walked back in history to tell the story of Haven's Homestead in Brick, NJ. Built in 1827, the Homestead was occupied by the Havens family until the 1990's when it was donated to the Brick Township Historical Society. I was the on-camera "talent" ( a term applied very loosely in my case) for a web video being produced by Eric Joseph of Life Mosaic Studios. The Homestead was one of four stand-ups I did during a whirlwind tour of Brick, NJ.

Recreational Eating (Where Shrimp is King)

I just finished editing a video podcast for the website www.RVingAndMore.com. The clients, Jerry and Linda, turned their love of traveling across the country by RV into a website offering tips to other RV owners. The video podcast is a new feature for the site, and the first episode takes you inside Big Daddy's Grill in southern Alabama. Linda talks with "Big Daddy" about his love of decapod crustaceans. They captured all the content on one of those inexpensive Flip video recorders, and I edited it down in Final Cut. Jerry reports that they avoid the chain restaurants during their travels, preferring "mom & pop's."

Getting Debt Free

A lot of Americans are facing the same challenge these days - trying to reduce their personal debt. A few months back we created a four-CD audio book with tips and techniques on eliminating debt. The audio book and print version are now available from the Consumer Publishing Group. It's a worthwhile resource for the financially challenged. And you get to hear the spoof commercial we created for "Coffee on Credit - for those who don't have the cash for caffeine..."

Making Like Kermit The Frog

We just started producing a series of podcasts to help small business go green. The podcasts complement the website, GetEcoNow.com. For the first episode, we talk with Mike Andreano, the founder of GetEcoNow, about the resources currently available on the website, and what the future might hold. This sure seems like a great niche market to be targeting; big companies have been implementing eco-friendly initiatives for a while now, but small businesses are late to the party. The podcasts will offer some simple steps they can take to go green, for a very minimal cost.

Video Answers Questions About Outsourcing

Based on the success of the Outsource This! audio program, Daven Michaels had us produce a marketing video that answers the top 10 questions small business owners ask about using outsource workers. The video incorporates photos of his call center in the Philippines, and audio clips of his actual outsource workers. The 10 minute video will drive viewers to the OutsourceThis.com website for more detailed information.