http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/07/18/frank-barnako-podcasters-your-15-minutes-of-fame-is-up/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/07/18/frank-barnako-podcasters-your-15-minutes-of-fame-is-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2136 Si Brindley Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:25:28 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/07/18/frank-barnako-podcasters-your-15-minutes-of-fame-is-up/#comment-2136 The worst thing about iTunes is that there are going to be a huge number of people who subscribe to your podcast to check it out and then never bother to unsubscribe. Why would they? iTunes will happily download every episode you make in the background, even if the subscriber gets bored with podcasting and never listens to another show. As long as they are using iTunes every so often to play their music, or sync their iPod, iTunes will download and contribute to 'listener' numbers (and use your bandwidth in the process). Really, the best way to be happy as a podcaster is to encourage listener feedback and participation (as you do). We can't really know how many people are *listening* - but we can get a buzz from the e-mails and voicemails we get. The worst thing about iTunes is that there are going to be a huge number of people who subscribe to your podcast to check it out and then never bother to unsubscribe. Why would they? iTunes will happily download every episode you make in the background, even if the subscriber gets bored with podcasting and never listens to another show. As long as they are using iTunes every so often to play their music, or sync their iPod, iTunes will download and contribute to ‘listener’ numbers (and use your bandwidth in the process). Really, the best way to be happy as a podcaster is to encourage listener feedback and participation (as you do). We can’t really know how many people are *listening* – but we can get a buzz from the e-mails and voicemails we get.

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