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Douglas talks about pocket camcorders on New Media Tea Time

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Co-hosts Tracy Pattin and Danielle Gruen talk flip cam and shooting videos with New Media and IT guru, Douglas E. Welch of New Media Interchange. Doug joins New Media Tea Time and yes, via Skype! We are so delighted to have our “go-to-geek” guest starring once [...]

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[Tip] New Media Assignment: Capture your great ideas

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

When I am talking New Media, one question that always arises is, “…but what do I have to say that people will be interested in?” That fact is, we all have something interesting to say. We just don’t take the time to recognize it for what it is. We let it slip away instead of [...]

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Tags: New Media · Opinion · Tips

Feedburner Email Subscriptions

February 22nd, 2010 · 14 Comments

If you use Google’s Feedburner service for managing the RSS feeds for your blogs and podcasts, you may, or may not, know that Feedburner also provides email subscriptions to your RSS feeds. Some people prefer email to RSS, so they might be more comfortable receiving your blog updates in their inbox. You can turn on [...]

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10 Tips for better Skype Audio and Video Calls

February 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Just 10 simple steps to insure that your Skype calls (and other VOIP calls) are as high quality as possible. Shut down resource hogging program and services If your computer is busy doing something else, it is not giving you all the power you need for your Skype call. Shut down your Instant Messenger, Twitter [...]

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2 Great Ways to Engage Fans Who Don’t Like Your Advertising Campaign (and more)

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments

I received an interesting message today from a fellow LA Tech traveler. She hosts a major event but was getting some push back on the advertising poster that was designed and released. She asked a couple of questions about how she might deal with this push back and turn it around into something positive. Off [...]

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Tags: New Media · Opinion · Promotion · Social Media · Tips

Video: Career Prescriptions – A Talk to Tuesdays with Transitioners

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Watch “Career Prescriptions” – iPod Ready Video Discuss this column and podcast on the Career-Op Community Site I presented this talk to Tuesdays with Transitioners, a local group dedicated to helping workers recover from layoff and make the move to a new career. All of my [...]

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You don’t need to follow everything – pick one!

January 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday I posted a note to my gardening blog, A Gardener’s Notebook, announcing that I had started a Twitter feed for the blog and the shared items I find using Google Reader. One of the first comments I received on the post talked about feeling overwhelmed at “having” to follow this social media service and [...]

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Video: Douglas guests on New Media Tea Time: Part 3

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I had a great time recording 3 episodes of New Media Tea Time on Friday with Tracy Pattin and Danielle Gruen. Here is episode 3. You can watch it below or subscribe to the New Media Tea Time podcast in your RSS Reader. Watch New Media [...]

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Ignoring New Media, in all its forms, is no longer an option for businesspeople

November 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Ignoring New Media, in all its forms, is no longer an option for businesspeople. It isn’t a fad. It isn’t going away. You can’t stick your fingers in your ears and chant “La La La” It is changing the way you do business every day. It is as important as a telephone – a bank [...]

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Tread carefully when editing WordPress themes (and how to recover when things go awry)

November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

I received a WordPress emergency email from a friend/client last night and I wanted to share both the problem, and the solution, with you. Now, I am far from a WordPress expert, but having faced some issues myself, her problem was one that I could solve. The Problem My friend was trying to modify an [...]

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Tags: New Media · Real World Example · Software · Tips · WordPress

Update your LinkedIn status using Twitter

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

In the steady march towards the integration of many social networks, LinkedIn announced yesterday that you can now update your LinkedIn status using your Twitter updates. I don’t update my LinkedIn status nearly as often as I should, so this new feature almost guarantees that I will be interacting more with my LinkedIn connections. You [...]

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Sharing Google Reader Shared Items with your Twitter followers

October 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Image via CrunchBase Today on Facebook, Megan over at Podcast Junky asked me… “What is the new gadget/toy/site/service are you playing with that makes all your posts start with “noted”?” I posted a fairly detailed response to her and realized here might be interested in this as well. Here is my response… Ah, this is [...]

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Web Analytics: Do you know who’s visiting your site and why?

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

When consulting on New Media, one of the first questions I ask everyone is “who is visiting your site and why?” Nine times out of ten, they have absolutely no idea? I am a firm believer that you can’t begin to develop your web site, podcast or anything else until you have some basic understanding [...]

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Contest: Win an iPod Touch for your best “Worst” Voice Over story

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

This contest from the folks over at Voicebank.net looked interesting. What a great reward for sharing your “worst” story! (SMILE) — Douglas Win an iPod Touch for your best “Worst” VO story Click title above to view original blog post at VideoVoiceBank.net August 11th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments » CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED! With every voice [...]

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Audio: Douglas talks WordPress on Small Business Hosting podcast

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed SBHosting.com posted an interview I did last week talking about the uses and differences between WordPress.com‘s hosted blogs and the WordPress software available from WordPress.org. Listen to the entire interview (30 Mins) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] WordPress.org Vs WordPress.com With Douglas Welch On [...]

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A new Podcast on my iPod – Typical Shutterbug

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

I took my usual walk around the neighborhood today and was listening to the new podcast, The Typical Shutterbug Podcast, with my good friend, Victor Cajiao. Having iPhone in hand, it turned into a mini-photowalk. Victor is collecting some great interviews, tips, hints and advice from professional like Michael Freeman, author of The Photographer’s Eye [...]

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News: SpokenWord.org Web Site Goes Live

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments

I have been testing SpokenWord.org over the last month or so and I think it is great. I consider a YouTube for Spoken Word new media projects. I think it will really help audio podcasters, especially, get some more recognition. If your shows are not already registered here, my recommendation is to get them there. [...]

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New Media Answers 011 – Video, Video, Video

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed In this continuing series for New Media Interchange, Douglas E. Welch and Tracy Pattin talk about video…and produce it as well, in this, the first video installment in the New Media Answer series. iPod Ready Video Listen to past New Media Answers episodes Get New Media [...]

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Get your message to your audience…cheaply…give away MP3 Players

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

It has been said by many New Media folks that if you want to get your message into your audience’s ears, buy a cheap MP3 player, load it with your content and give it away. This used to be an expensive proposition, but today’s Sunday ad flyers show this isn’t true any longer. These 1 [...]

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Douglas speaks on New Media at DevLearn2008

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I had a great time at DevLearn 2008 and the Adobe Learning Summit last week. Here is my New Media presentation from the conference. I also gave a all-day Podcasting Workshop the day before the conference. iPod Ready Video

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