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For those of you in UK there is another exciting MediaCamp in the pipeline taking place on May 17 at Buckinghamshire New University, or BNU.

Last years event was a great success and attracted a variety of bloggers, marketing types, vloggers, PR people, musicians and studio engineers into a melting pot of an unconference.

Unconference?

Yes, the “un” in unconference means that you can expect everything that a conference isn’t. So nobody will be standing talking to you for an hour, you won’t have to sit there becoming bored with the content, you are actively encouraged to get up and walk to another “session” if you find it boring or non-relevant.

Unconferences are powerful and interactive, people travel from afar, book into hotels and make a weekend of it. It’s all about participation and sharing good practice, and as you can imagine slots perfectly into the style of learning we are so proud of on AC here, “open” and immersive.

So pop along to MediaCampBucks and register to attend, it’s completely free!

We have a new concept which we are experimenting with which we are certain will be of value to our pro-audio news publishers. The new service is offering custom-made podcasts of the product mentioned in the press release itself.

As most of you readers are aware we publish pro-audio news almost on a daily basis, and in a fairly significant quantity at times. The press release information comes from many major pro-audio companies, and we are delighted to continually be of service to them.

The press releases are typically sorted into niche categories along with a specific topic home. This has obvious benefits for information organisation. Once published, typically with an image of the product, the latest releases appear on the main home page of the site, enabling our audience to immediately check out what is hot, as well as having a dedicated page on the AC site.

The press releases section also has its own unique rss feed which enables anyone to syndicate the news. The rss feed can be ported into any number of thousands and thousands of additional sites.

Being a company firmly wrapped-up in audio technologies it seems a very natural progression for us to offer our clients a specific podcasting service, where the product in question gets “air-time”, and provide a further medium for consumer engagement, something which is becoming more and more vital in the market place. We are currently offering three levels of service, all of which provide incredibly good value, as I’m sure you’ll agree.

The levels of service are:

Standard Podcast - $100

These podcasts are 4-5 minute interviews carried out over the telephone with our AC staff, and edited by our professional PodIdent team. We recommend scheduling the podcast interview to take place at least a day or two before the press releases release date. Once completed, the podcast will be found on your press release page and be able to be streamed on the site. The podcast will also be listed in the main AC Pro Audio News feed, adding a substantial audience. The podcast will also be distributed in iTunes and other podcast directories.

Extended Podcast - $200

This package takes the Podcast up a couple of levels - an extended telephone conversation of between 10-20 minutes for a more in-depth interview.

Full Service Audio Promo + Extended Podcast - $1000

This package gives you a 30 sec professional audio jingle/ident/promo royality-free to use on your extended podcast interview and anywhere else you would like. This package is amazing value as you get a professionally composed audio ident, constructed by our PodIdent team, included in the advertising package which is re-useable multiple times, anywhere you wish! Your ident will be played on the main AC Podcast along with your interview.

The completed file(s) are licensed under the Creative Commons License.

I’m personally really excited to see how this initiative works out, as I know some of our clients are.

For more information including purchasing options visit here:
Pro-Audio Podcasts

Wow!

It does feel great to see how much Audiocourses.com has grown over the past few years. I remember way back in 2004 when I was still ‘fresh’ to the audio world and had googled for ‘free audio courses’, and then found my way to this interesting orange coloured (I did find the colour odd in the start!) website. My learning rocketed from then - from microphones (one of my first posts I think) to the Nyquist theory.

It’s great news to hear that AC is now a private limited company - congrats Chris and team, and of course, every single member of our growing forum.

It’s a great start for this new year. The forums now have a great vibe and a fresh lease of life - ACF+, the high octane audio forum (keep that cat wailing Paul)! The podcasts are wonderful, they are getting better with every episode (compare Ep.1 and Ep.41, you can hear the difference).

So it really is audio zenith if you ask me! True Globalization.

Keep it going all!

Cheers
varun.aka.conquistadore