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Hey, Francis, thank you so much for calling in. It is definitely worth something to hear your voice here on the Client Side, so thanks for the comment on Facebook spam. There are a couple of things that are going on there and I think you are right on with your comments in terms of group versus personal versus product based groups that are out there. There are a couple of things so number 1, I want to point everyone to Mitch Joel's blog at twistimage.com/blog. He had a post just a day ago or today even. I am not sure when it came out. It was about personal brand, your personal brand and how it is being deteriorated possibly by -- on Facebook by the amount of spam you are initiating and you may not even actually be aware of. When you add an application on Facebook and you update it or you changed it, it is basically going out and reaching out your entire network on Facebook. You may not know that people are receiving emails from you left, right and center in your inbox. I mean for me when I log in to Facebook which is a bit less frequent these days than it was some time ago in the recent past. When I do log in and I am looking at emails in my inbox, you know what only a few of them, a handful of them are relevant because I am seeing a lot of stuff like whoever it is has changed their question or is out this application or is written on your FunWall and I do not have a FunWall. For me, Facebook is really an interesting network. It is an interesting interface. I have not added all of those applications and all the different things because I am actually trying to keep it a little clean and free of clutter in there and use it for a few of the core purposes that I saw it being of advantage for me, for my personal network and for the Client Side Podcast Society. So, I run that group obviously and you know the group mails, I am a part of For Immediate Release and the engaging brand podcast groups that are there and I find that they -- their shows come out quite frequently and they will notify people through the group that the show is out. And you know what, I do not find that a problem. I do not open every one of the emails that they sent out when it is a broadcast to the group and the reason is because I do get my downloads through my iTunes. I do have the ability to follow them through Google Reader. It is just another area where they are notifying people that their information is available but every once in a while they will ask a question or they solicit some feedback or there will be a call to action in terms of helping to generate some content for their podcast and I appreciate it. I like that. It is relevant. It does make sense to me. It is content that I value and there is a sense of community in terms of receiving something from them and I do understand what you are getting at that also events are very important. There is a sense of, sort of, continuity with the group and obviously when the event ends, hopefully the group goes away and a new one is created that is relevant to you all over again. But with individual or product based groups, it is another thing all together. I mean, the Client Side itself is a podcast group has been somewhat stagnant. I do not -- there is not a whole lot of activity there but it also that everybody has a group. There is so many groups out there now that it is group overload and I kind of went into things with the Client Side Society saying, "I want this to be a place where people can see who else is listening to the podcast." And every once in a while when a show comes out, I will sent out a note saying, "Hey, the latest show is out", because my show does come out in frequently. At least lately it comes out in frequently. So, for me it is a place to notify people. I think there is about 230 and 240 people. The expectation you join a group with though is that hopefully you would not get spammed and that all of the stuff that you will receive is relevant. So, thanks for the call then. I think that is of value, of great value. And I also think that Mitch's post over at Mitch Joel at Six Pixels of Separation or the Twist Image Blog made a lot of sense and if you are using Facebook and signing up for all these applications and widgets and add ons then you should conscious of what you are actually doing to the friends in your network, so check that out. Our next call was from Jay Berkowitz. And Jay, thanks for calling in as well. I put out the call on the last episode of the Client Side asking the question about well produced podcast versus not well produced podcast in terms of the audio quality and levelating and all that other stuff and so here is Jay's comment on that.
Hi, Michael, it is Jay Berkowitz from Ten Golden Rules. It is great to hear the Client Side Podcast is back on the air. I just wanted to respond to your comment or question about production values on podcast and I struggle with the same thing. First, I just want to say hi to any of my friends back in Canada. I like you was a client in Canada working for McDonald's and Coca Cola and Sprint and Purolator. So, hey to everyone who is there and looking up at 10 Golden Rules and come reconnect. You will find on Facebook. Anyways for the 10 Golden Rules Podcast I struggle with the same thing about production values but as a listener I love the work and the bumps and I also sort of the live nature of a podcast going straight into cast blaster that the overproduced podcast tend to sound like a radio show to me and they tend to sort -- I start to gloss over it when something is too overproduced. I think we have always been so exposed to TV and radio that just so slick that the real call ins, the real live recording and comment seemed to work the best for me. Anyway that is my two cents worth. Thank you so much for sharing your view from the Client Side and I look forward to more episodes of you back on the air. Thank you so much.
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