I can vouch for the fact that this method is very effective. I wrote the engine to do this very thing for Podiobooks.com over two years ago. Each subscriber receives a customized feed, and we are able to track usage patterns for our authors and advertisers. It’s been a great help in tracking the success of books, ad campaigns, etc.

Chris,

So good to hear.

Sadly, I was informed that none of the audio book system had this yet, and believed my source, sorry about that.

Will you be at PME, I’d love to swap war stories?

Paul

Wow! I’ve been waiting years (since early 2005) for someone to actually do this, Paul. The theory has been around for awhile (as Chris said, others have built private systems to do it), but I’m so happy someone’s finally built a tool that we real folks can use!

I do think you’ve got a typo in your Terms of Service; the “Restrictions On Use” say “you may not …(iii) hyper-link to this site, without the express prior written permission…” Co-branding and framing are fine things to rule out, but I assume you -do- want people linking to the site (or their own “page” within it), don’t you?

Paul,
I just thought of this. You know how everyone is shouting “We need a universal stats system! How can we tell an advertiser exactly how many people listen to the show…”

Um… would you like me to tell you their names?

Eric, great points. We’ll send it back to the suits and see what we figure out.

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Paul,

I’ve just heard an interview with Dan Klass and the Podcast Brothers who was explaining some of the ideas behind Premiumcast etc, which sounded very interesting.

Sadly when I went on the site I found it somewhat lacking in information about how it all works and how it can benefit me. You don’t even have a ‘contact me’ link on there. I don’t want to register to find out more, but there’s no indication that even if I did register, it would offer any more information.

Just a listing of tick boxes, telling me the difference between each service, doesn’t tell me anything about how I can integrate it with my service and what the implications may be. Only by typing it into Google have I found your blog and can let you know how much I feel you are missing a big trick.

The videos don’t help as they take too long to stream and are, dare I say it, a bit dry. Why not make a series of short audio podcasts explaining the benefits, and then I may be interested. It SOUNDS from what Dan was saying to be just what I’m looking for, but sadly the sales pitch on the site just makes me ask more questions to which there seems to be no answers. (And yes I read the FAQ)

Sorry to pee on your bonfire a bit. I was expecting excellent clarity from one held so high in the podcasting world. Sadly it just seems rather muddy, as if you are expecting me to know more about it before I arrive at your site. Email me with where I can find more information if you would, but until you do, I won’t be buying into your service.

Cheers

Bob