EP:015 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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Wow, this weeks show was off the charts. My co-hosts Keith Crawford, Steven Trotter, and Robert Blake welcomed Dave Olson from Hootsuite to the show to discuss Hootsuite’s new freemium-premium pricing plans. Dave was an awesome guest and really did an excellent job explaining their new rate plans as well as their enterprise plan.
If you aren’t familiar w/ Hootsuite, I suggest you check them out. They literally have too many features for me to list here so go checkout their overview. Just to touch on some of the high spots, with Hootsuite you can manage multiple networks, manage team workflow, track statistics, convenient multi-stream view w/ tabbed layout, manage followers, handle file uploads, schedule tweets, manage twitter lists, perform quick searches, and much, much more…
EP:014 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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This evening I recorded another episode of The Cotton Club Podcast with Keith Crawford, Steven Trotter, and Mitch Canter. It was awesome to have Mitch on the show w/ us this evening because he is an authority on all things wordpress in my opinion. Keith and I first met Mitch at Wordcamp Fayetteville earlier this year and have followed his streams on Twitter and Facebook since then.
The topic for this evenings show was the GPL debate going on between Thesis and Wordpress or Chris Pearson and Matt Mullenwig, however you want to look at it. We covered how the whole controversy got started and what in the world it’s all about. There have been tons of spirited debates recently on this topic so I thought it was appropriate we address it here on the show. Also, we had Mitch give us a run down of his favorite Wordpress Plugins and then we played a speed round of which plugin to use w/ Mitch. Some of the plugins Mitch covered included: Gravity Forms, Kieran’s Calendar, PowerPress, Sexy Bookmarks, and WP-Touch.
Also, as usual we discussed our favorite iPhone apps of the week. Some of the apps discussed in this episode included: DISQUS, Get Glue, iTweetReply, Boxcar, and LED Flashlight Ultimate.
EP:013 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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Recently I was in a Batesville, Arkansas Hotel Room visiting w/ Steven Trotter, Craig McCoy, and Khara Cavaness about Co-Working and the upcoming BarCamp Jonesboro and BarCamp Conway and we decided to give Dan Decker from the Conway Co-Working a call to record this episode of The Cotton Club. This show is dedicated entirely to the discussion of Co-Working and the two upcoming BarCamp conferences.
Since this was a spur of the moment episode and I didn’t have any of my recording equipment with me, the quality might not be what you are used to but if you are interested in Co-Working or either of the upcoming BarCamp’s, there is a lot of really good information in this episode. As I type this blog post my wife is scurrying around packing our suitcases so that we can head out this afternoon for our vacation to Hilton Head where I plan on getting a lot of really good R&R. When I return I promise to get back to business producing more podcasts with a lot of really cool topics. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to drop me a note and let me know what you would like to hear us discuss…
EP:012 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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Well I think we figured out in this episode of The Cotton Club Podcast exactly how important a reliable internet connection is to producing a show like this. My guests Keith Crawford, Brant Collins, Robert Blake, Craig McCoy, Arlton Lowry, and Steven Trotter were all gracious despite the fact we were disconnected 4 times thanks to my connection dropping out. I promise to work on this and get it all squared away in the very near future so please bear with us through this episode, I did my best editing work to splice together all of the audio, hopefully you won’t be able to tell but I bet you do…
Even though we had some tough connection issues we still managed to cover some pretty cool topics in this episode including the release of the new iPhone and the IOS4.0 operating system. We also touched on the rollout of Wordpress 3.0. Another discussion was carried over from my recent blog post on social media taboo where we each weighed in with our thoughts. If you run a business and want to leverage social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Gowalla, or Foursquare in your marketing you should definitely give this episode a listen. Our guests Arlton Lowry and Steven Trotter also discussed the co-working trends that have started up in Jonesboro and Conway and as usual we wrapped up the show discussing our favorite iPhone apps. Again, please forgive our sloppiness in this episode, we are working to get everything resolved with our connection so we are up and running again soon without interruptions.
EP:011 – The Cotton Club Podcast
I think I learned something very important during this episode of The Cotton Club, the planned shows where we work from an outline of things to discuss don’t turn out near as well as the shows that are totally unplanned open conversations. In this episode my guests, Robert Blake, Brant Collins, Steven Trotter and Keith Crawford, and I discussed a wide variety of technology related topics including the new release of the iPhone 4 from Apple, the launch of t.co URL shortener by Twitter, Microsoft Office Live, and as always our favorite iPhone Apps.
During the first part of the show we lost connection but we wouldn’t let that deter us, we soldiered on and managed to cut a pretty good show. Steven also filled us in on a big event going down in Jonesboro called Barcamp Jonesboro. This sounds like an awesome opportunity to hang out w/ some cool folks and discuss some awesome topics. Hope you enjoy the show…
EP:010 – The Cotton Club Podcast
In this episode of The Cotton Club my guests Keith Crawford and Christopher Spencer discuss the upcoming Wordcamp Fayetteville scheduled for May 29th in Northwest Arkansas. Since this is the first Wordcamp to be held in Arkansas it’s kind of a big deal for those of us who use Wordpress daily and build client solutions with it on a daily basis.
If you are interested in attending Wordcamp Fayetteville you can register online via Eventbrite. Better jump on it soon though because there aren’t a lot of open slots available and the prices are going to increase from $40 to $50 in a few days. Also, if you are planning on attending, be sure to leave me a comment here or send me a tweet so we can hookup during the conference.
In this episode we also discuss the beta release of Wordpress 3.0 and the Genesis Framework from Studiopress.
EP:009 – The Cotton Club Podcast
Just wrapped up another episode of The Cotton Club Podcast tonight w/ guest hosts Brant Collins and Robert Blake. The topic for discussion for this evenings show was SEO, or search engine optimization. I have actually gotten a lot of requests from people to do a show on this topic so hopefully we did a good enough job explaining our viewpoints without confusing everyone.
On the show we discuss some popular misconceptions regarding SEO as well as some standard practices that we all put into our clients projects for SEO. We also discussed which search engines you should worry about, and what market share the big SE’s have at this time.
Brant and Robert also shared some findings from a few of their own personal analytics reports to help give us some insight as to what they are seeing and we also touched on what impact social media saturation can have on a websites traffic. We also discussed quality versus quantity in terms of traffic analytics. If you own a website and would like to maximize your search engine rankings, you should definitely check out this episode.
To wrap up the show we each talked about our favorite iPhone apps of the week. Robert mentioned a game he has been playing called Angry Birds, Brant mentioned an augmented reality browser app called Layar that sounds pretty interesting, and I shared an app called Wind Meter that uses your phone to measure wind speed.
As always, thanks for listening and if you have any questions or topics you would like to see us address on the show be sure to drop me a line at: cotton.rohrscheib@pleth.com and I will be happy to consider it.
EP:008 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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This weeks show was sort of an experimentation in that we had four guests on at once via Skype as opposed to just Keith and I, I think the end result was pretty awesome, we only had one glitch in the middle of the show and it was minor.
This week my guests for The Cotton Club included Keith Crawford, Robert Blake, and Brant Collins. Some topics discussed were Geo-Location Social Applications (Gowalla, Foursquare, Facebook, Twitter, and Google Lattitude). We also discussed the previous day’s Wall Street Fiasco involving Citigroup and Proctor & Gamble and how a case study could be made for the entire event. Another topic we covered was Net Neutrality and what role the FCC will play in regulation. We also briefly touch on Google and YouTube’s design changes. As usual we wrapped up the show w/ our iPhone apps of the week.
One of the things that has continued to amaze me about this podcast is how our subscription counts have continued to rise each week. We are now over 400 subscribers to the show. If you have topics that you would like to hear us discuss on The Cotton Club, please drop me a line or leave a comment below and we will be happy to consider them.
EP:007 – The Cotton Club Podcast
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After a short hiatus, The Cotton Club Podcast is back! Tonight I had special guest co-hosts Keith Crawford and Robert Blake on the show to discuss a wide variety of topics including the new Facebook enhancements rolled out at the F8 Conference and we each weighed in on what our thoughts were as to how it’s all going to impact site owners and bloggers. We also touched on Location Based Applications, Gowalla and Foursquare, and how we view these two competing applications.
Robert also broke a funny follow-up chapter to the Gizmodo / Apple controversy where the new iPhone was discovered in a bar. Apparently the “Apple Police” have started raiding homes! You won’t want to miss the newest revelations in this saga so be sure to listen. Also, as we closed out the show all three of us commented on our iPhone apps of the week. Keith shared Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy, Robert hee-hawed a little bit about Farmtown, and I closed out the show discussing the Gowalla Sniffer.
It’s hard to believe but we almost went for 45 minutes this evening making this one of our longer shows, but be sure to listen to the entire show because it’s packed w/ some cool content. If you haven’t already subscribed to The Cotton Club on iTunes, you can do so by clicking here…
EP:006 – The Cotton Club Podcast
In this Episode…
My co-host Keith Crawford and I discussed a very popular topic this evening, and that’s the rollout of Google Buzz. In this episode we both give our first impressions of this new social network / aggregator based on our initial 3 or 4 days of testing. Keith has been an authority on FriendFeed for some time now so given the similarities between what Google is trying to accomplish with Buzz and what FriendFeed already does, he provided some excellent commentary.
Also, anytime Keith and I get together for a show we always like to close out w/ a few iPhone application recommendations. This week we discussed Siri™, Waze, SleepCycle, and My6Sense. Keith also discussed Appolicious, which is a resource that no iPhone app junkie is going to want to live without. I also mentioned a story I saw today on CNN where several companies like AT&T and Verizon are getting together to open a competing APP store, you can find that CNN story here…
Since Keith and I are both avid NASCAR fans we dedicated a few minutes at the end of our show to discussing Jamie McMurray’s victory at the Daytona 500. Stay tuned for another post on this blog dedicated to the race.
Win Dinner for 2 on Cotton & Keith’s ‘Name That Podcast Promotion’!
As some of you might already be aware, Keith and I are looking for a new name for our podcast that we host together. We are looking for something unique and innovative that best describes our show. If you are unfamiliar w/ our show, be sure to listen to this weeks episode by clicking on the play button below to get an idea. We typically discuss social media, web services, and iPhone applications. You can enter our ‘Name that Podcast’ promotion by leaving a comment below w/ your suggestions or by posting your suggestion on twitter to @tsudo and @cottonr using the #NameThatPodcast hash tag. Keith and I will go over each entry and select the one that we like the best. If we chose the name you suggested, you will win dinner for two at The Market Place grill here in Conway, Arkansas. You can enter as many times as you like.
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