Kent Newsome, Dave Wallace, and Mike Seyfang had invited me to be a guest on their podcast show last Saturday. We had a great discussion regarding social networks, Web 2.0 applications, conversational marketing, the technology industry in Israel, personal branding on the Web, the best and worst ways to market within an online social network, and more.

Here are some key issues we raised:

 - The multitude of social networks have a dilutive effect on the online
social experience.
- Facebook’s momentum is in the more social aspects of online connections.
- LinkedIn has a more business-like approach, and perhaps it blew an opportunity to gain more mind share.

- The inevitable evolution and shakeout of social networks; survival of the fittest.
- The need for a cross-platform application to update profiles across social networks.
- The role and importance of proximity and face to face contact in social and business networks.

Here’s the show. Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to everyone who tuned in today to see my live interview with Chris Brogan on blogTV. We had a few technical issues, but overall it went great! A special thanks to Chris for giving us all a few tips on what it takes to be a great podcaster and answering our questions.

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I hope you’ll all tune in to today’s show at 12pm EST. For any of you who would like to chat with us during the show, you can do so, by tuning in to the show’s site.

Thanks. “See” you all there!

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Tomorrow, Monday, June 25th, at 12pm EST, I will be doing a live interview with Chris Brogan, co-founder of Podcamp and also community developer for Network2.tv and Video on the Net. During the interview I will be asking Chris various questions about podcasting, why one should podcast, and how can one become a successful podcaster. Anyone who’s looking for a few podcasting tips and an understanding of the podcasting industry should definitely tune in. You can watch the interview here below on the blogtv live player. Hope that you’ll all tune in.

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For all you podcasters out there, I found a great video on SuTree which gives a few simple but often ignored tips on how to promote your podcasts and increase their exposure:

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On Saturday, my friends Jeff Pulver and Kfir Pravda broadcasted two short live shows from TLV and Frankfurt airports on blogTV, en route to PodCamp in Stockholm. However, since not many viewers tuned in, this made them think about the different means of increasing internet TV viewership. Here are the tips that Kfir points out as crucial:

1. Announce your show early enough, through blogs (such as mine :-)), Twitter and such.
2. Define a concrete topic for each show, so people would know what they are getting.
3. Find hosts that have good chemistry, so nonscripted situations will flow and be as funny as the rehearsed ones.

Kfir and Jeff will continue to broadcast throughout the week with various interesting & creative people from PodCamp, so tune in.

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Chris Brogan, co-founder of Podcamp and community developer for Network2.tv and Video on the Net, has uploaded his new (very interesting) show on blogtv. Here he explains to companies how to use the new media community tools available today in order to spread their message out.

Chris talks about the importance of every business to have its own blog. He says that not only organizations should hold blogs, but also indiviuals within these organizations should promote themselves and create their own personal brand. After all its individuals who make up the organization. He speaks about the fact that In the future there will be a lot of value in people as a brand.

When asked how to make the blog more relevant, Chris emphasizes the importance of always showing faces and names on your blog - make the blog as personable as possible. This is important for the community. Make sure commenting is allowed on your blog. This allows you to interact with your readers. Adding photo sites such as flickr and any other rich media is also a great way to build a relationship with your readers.

When asked how to get the information out to people, Chris discusses the relevance of offering RSS Feeds. By allowing your readers to subscribe to your feed, you can get all the information you want to convey out to people and they don’t need to remember to go back to your site.

Chris also points out that attention tools such as Twitter and Jaiku are great ways of promoting your blog posts or any other rich media you’ve created. He also speaks about the importance of branding yourself on virtual worlds such as second life and using podcasting platforms such as blogtv or ustream to deliver your message. Video hosting sites, such as youtube for example, also present an interesting platform to send out your information.

This show is filled with great tips on how to use all these new social tools we have to brand ourselves as individuals and as companies. A must see for anyone trying to use new social tools effectively.

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