Comments on: Podcasting Without A Budget

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Lorrie Bayler — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:53:25 +0000

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By: Robbob

Robbob — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:01:19 +0000

I have heard that the real cost of podcasting is the bandwidth, and associated server charges. That’s the story I hear at least from the Liam Lynch show. He says basically, please buy my stuff to defray the cost of putting the show out there. I’m thinking about doing one myself. Have you guys heard what the cost might be for this aspect?

By: VInu

VInu — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:30:53 +0000

I agree with you Mike => transcribing would make sense => people subsribe to ur blogs decided to transcribed podcasts (atleast the outline atleast) and then decide whether they want to invest their time to listen to it!

Because - I personally feel after listening to a podacast which was not to the point - my time was wasted. I could have waited to read it in a blog anyway.

And about ‘outsouring’ => I am going to India (mostly for good) - interested in a start up that does transcribing, making the ‘cut’ for podcasts and video casts?? I sure bet I can get it done for cheap and in a personalized way for $1 an hr.

Now thats dirt cheap … value for personal money. I am pretty serious!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:23:54 +0000

Dave, I added up all of the costs mentioned in the article and included it under “mike and related hardware”. Point is, as you made, it’s cheap to create this stuff.

By: Andy Abramson

Andy Abramson — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:16:11 +0000

Mike,

Ken Rutkowski and I haven’t spent $30,000 on our webcasts/podcasts in all the year’s we’ve been co-hosting the World Technology Roundup (www.kenradio.com). When we joke and say “shoestring” budget we tell people we don’t even have the shoestring.

Crafty, creative and relationship driven we have been able to steam, host and podcast since 1994. Oh, I forgot, that was BP (Before Podcasting).

Podcasting isn’t new. It is streaming media on a download basis made simple and it doesn’t have to cost a lot.

The real cost comes in file transport costs once a show takes off. I wonder how some of the non-sponsored podcasters will feal when their bill for transport starts hitting a few thousand DOLLARS a month.

Keep this site going. It’s great.

By: Chris Law

Chris Law — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:22:38 +0000

My mike cost

By: Dave Winer

Dave Winer — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:47:12 +0000

Mike, my microphone cost under $100, not $1000.