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Pending Changes: Book Reviews and Press Release Opportunities
Just to keep you informed, two possible changes among the several being considered are the publication of press releases and review on new books that might be of interest to our readers. I have made no definite to that course yet, but the possibility is strengthening all the time.
If you have a book review you have written or a press release on a book you have written, please feel free to submit it. I will take it into consideration but can make no commitment to publish it depending on the needs and policies of RFM.
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Update December 17, 2024: Venturing into Podcasts
I intend to increase my YouTube visitation (some of which will hopefully spill over into the website) by conducting and posting interviews and podcasts. Today, I have been exploring setting up a podcast for RFM.
Podcasts have a couple of advantages for someone experimenting with increasing his YouTube visitation. First, they can be audio only, which will alleviate a lot of worries about personal appearance that some interviewees may have. Second, they should be at least a little easier to produce than a video, because there is no need to worry about visuals such as appearance, background, lighting, etc.
I am also developing a different strategy from that I used previously with The Chamber and RFM. A quick bit of research shows that while Google Search has the highest visitation of any website, YouTube has the second. Ergo, instead of primarily attracting people to the website and then provide YouTube videos as a sort of sideshow, why not use videos and podcasts on YouTube to attract people to the website? Of course, the website will draw its own following, but this might generate more visitation than I previously had (granted, I did not take advantage of YouTube’s full capabilities). I am thinking most of the videos and podcasts will consist of interviews. These interviews will be considerably more in depth than the simple written ones I did in The Chamber. There are a few more things I am taking into consideration as I develop this new strategy, but these are the primary considerations for now.
At this point, I am probably going to start by using Audacity software, not only because it has a decent basic plan for free, but also because the files are mp3 and mp4 and so can be used almost anywhere, such as on YouTube and it can be used (with the download of Linux) on a chromebook, which is what I use for website building. Unfortunately, it can only be used on a desktop, but I can record videos on my phone or audio on another device and download them to Audacity.
If you have any suggestions, recommendations, cautions, or warnings you think I should heed, please provide them in the comments.
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