Month: October 2007

New eWORDofMOUTH Service Makes it Easier for Businesses to Acquire and Retain Customers

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Innovative eWORDofMOUTH system combines the power of word-of-mouth marketing with the Internet to drive continuous traffic to users’ Websites. eWORDofMOUTH gives online companies an easy, cost-effective method for acquiring and retaining customers, as well as increasing sales.

Rancho Mirage, CA (PRWEB) October 2, 2007 — ANTON Publishing Inc. is excited to introduce a unique new marketing tool designed to help companies generate more online traffic, customers and sales — www.eWORDofMOUTH.com. The revolutionary Website merges the benefits of word-of-mouth advertising with Internet technology in a powerful way.

“With eWORDofMOUTH, an online company can simply plug in a complete viral customer acquisition and retention service that works transparently to increase their customer base exponentially—while retaining and rewarding their existing customers,” said ANTON Publishing President, Trevor Shanski.

  eWORDofMOUTH gives online companies a cost-effective alternative for driving a steady stream of qualified traffic to their Website. Not only does eWORDofMOUTH create an ongoing flow of potential customers for users, but it goes a step further. It attracts motivated prospects who are pre-sold on the user’s brand by a referral from a friend or family member—which provides important advantages for users. According to research, referred customers spend more money on each purchase, buy more often, are more loyal and refer others more frequently. They also have greater trust for the referred company and its recommendations, and negotiate on price less. eWORDofMOUTH is ideal for e-tailers, membership Websites, offline retailers and direct marketing companies, and nonprofit organizations.

Here’s how eWORDofMOUTH works: Users simply integrate eWORDofMOUTH into their Website or checkout process and wait for referrals and customers to be added to their database. Users pay only when a new customer is added to the database; referrals are added at no charge.

Users of eWORDofMOUTH can also have existing customer and prospect lists imported to their database as part of the initial setup process. Regardless how listings are added, eWORDofMOUTH helps companies keep in constant contact with customers to enhance their retention efforts. The system offers regular text or graphical broadcast emails that can be targeted specifically to customers, their referrals, or both groups combined. Behind the scenes, eWORDofMOUTH carefully tracks all emails, link clicks, referrals and conversion rates to provide users with quantified results. Additionally, eWORDofMOUTH offers various programs to compensate online and offline partners who refer its service to other businesses.

eWORDofMOUTH leverages the online community’s penchant for social networking. People love to express their opinion online through forums, surveys, voting, and product and Website reviews. eWORDofMOUTH capitalizes on this trend by enabling Web users to recommend products and services that they value to their associates.

Although eWORDofMOUTH is new on the Internet scene, Shanski is no novice to online retailing and Internet marketing. In 1996, he founded ANTON Publishing, a small Canadian publisher of the best-selling trade paperback series Loving Your Long Distance Relationship. Incredibly, the self-published series has sold more than 50,000 copies to date. Soon after publishing the Loving series, ANTON Publishing migrated to the Web with a successful e-commerce book Website. Today, eWORDofMOUTH expands on Trevor and Shelley Shanski’s more than 30 years of online and offline business experience. Shelley, Vice President of ANTON Publishing, is the creative force behind eWORDofMOUTH, and plays a key role in developing marketing initiatives for the company.

To learn more about eWORDofMOUTH, contact Trevor Shanski directly at (760) 200-7013. For a detailed demonstration of eWORDofMOUTH, please visit www.eWORDofMOUTH.com.

About ANTON Publishing Inc.
ANTON Publishing Inc. is a full-service Internet marketing and business consulting company based in Palm Springs, Calif. A privately-held firm, ANTON Publishing is the copyright and trademark holder of the proprietary Web-based eWORDofMOUTH system. Its mission is to become the leading developer of Web-based customer referral, rewards, and retention systems for both Internet and land-based companies.

Contact:
Trevor Shanski, President
ANTON Publishing Inc.
(760) 200-7013
tshanski @ ewordofmouth.com
www.eWORDofMOUTH.com

How to Determine If Your Activity Is a Business Or a Hobby For Tax Purposes?

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If you have a valid business, you report your income on Schedule C.  If you have a hobby, you report your activities on Schedule A, with limitations. 

How to Determine If Your Activity Is a Business Or a Hobby For Tax Purposes?
By Cassandra Ingraham

IRS usually allows 5 years of business activity before they question if your activity is a business or a hobby. You must show a profit during at least three of the last five years, including the current year. There are exceptions to the basic rules.

If your business activity does not show a profit then, it is considered; not for profit and the losses from your activity may not be used to offset your income.

In order to make this determination if your activity is a hobby or a business, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Is the time and effort you put into the activity indicate your intention to make a profit?

2. Do depend upon the income from the activity?

3. If there are losses, are they due to circumstances beyond your control or did they occur in the start-up phase of the business?

4. Have you changed methods of operation to improve profitability?

5. Are you qualified to run/operate the activity, or do you have advisors who have the knowledge needed to carry on the activity as a successful business?

6. Have you made a profit in similar activities in the past?

7. Does your activity make a profit in some years?

8. Can expect to make a profit in the future from the appreciation of assets used in your activity?

If you answer "yes" to the above questions, then you more then likely have a valid business and not a hobby. If you are not sure, you should contact your tax professional. Each of these points have additional legal jargon attached to them, for legal tax codes, go to: irs.gov and read Publication 535, Business Expenses.

If you have a valid business, you report your income on Schedule C. If you have a hobby, you report your activities on Schedule A, with limitations.

There are companies out there selling home business as a legal tax deduction. Before you make such an investment, remember question number five. Are you qualified to run/operate the activity or do you have advisors who have the knowledge needed to carry on the activity as a successful business?

Again, IRS presumes that an activity is carried on for profit if it makes a profit during at least three of the last five tax years, including the current year.

Cassandra Ingraham is a Tax Accountant and Instructor for Basic Tax Classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the balance of the year she can be found at http://www.taxeswilltravel.com providing Formal Introductions to Lenders for Accounts Receivable Funding (Factoring) and Purchase Order Funding.

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Partnership Agreements

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A partnership agreement is a relationship between individuals or organizations. Parties involved should be in close cooperation and share responsibilities. A partnership agreement isn't necessarily a legal contractual relationship but a relationship where you come in union to accomplish common goals and purposes that will benefit both parties. 

 Partnership Agreements
By Nick Fagan

A partnership agreement is a relationship between individuals or organizations. Parties involved should be in close cooperation and share responsibilities. A partnership agreement isn't necessarily a legal contractual relationship but a relationship where you come in union to accomplish common goals and purposes that will benefit both parties. A partnership agreement is basically one where you both try striving to meet success.

These partnerships could include federal/state/local government, educational institutions, trade associations, or other organizations. A partnership is defined as a "working relationship" which means mutual participation and joint interest.

Partnership agreements are a good way to achieve goals that would otherwise be to far out of your reach. When people and/or organizations come together you can share responsibility and therefore focus harder on things you feel need the most attention. Partnerships can be effective ways to re-stabilize unorganized businesses, expand, go global, go national, increase customer base, increase sales through referrals, provide even more services your customers may desire, and much more.

Often times partnerships are used when resources are limited, partnerships are a way of maximizing your resources to achieve goals and strengthen existing relationships through consumer protection, etc.

Also, companies in need of skilled, talented workers will often times partner with a company/organization that has the talented, skilled, experienced employees you need to train workers and keep your business on the right track.

The requirements to file and sign a partnership agreement form usually are:

– You both must be at least 18 years old.
– Both partners must be present when filing the partnership agreement
– A legal picture I.D. card is required from each partner.
– If you had a previous partnership you must file a notice for ending the partnership with the County Clerk or Notary Public before you can file a new partnership agreement.
– Usually there’s a filing fee of 10-50 dollars often times and they usually accept all forms of payment.

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Don’t File Your LLC or S-Corp Without Reading This

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A few things the state, your accountant and your attorney forgot to tell you. Things you need to know about filing your LLC or S-Corp. 

Don't File Your LLC or S-Corp Without Reading This
By Nick Nanton

How Choosing the Wrong Business Name Could be the MOST Expensive Decision of Your Career

Ok, so you've decided to start a business, either by yourself, with a couple of friends, or maybe even with a couple of colleagues from your last "corporate gig." You sit down at your first impromptu "business meeting" over a case of cold coke (insert other favorite beverage here) and you start your checklist:

1. Million Dollar Idea: Check

2. Office Space (or an extra room/basement in your house): Check

3. Business Plan: Check

4. Business Name: …

… a blank stare stretches across everyone’s face and thus your business has hit its first of many roadblocks on the road to becoming “The Next Fortune 100 Company.” So, you do what every other start-up business does, you start listing words that describe what you do, try to combine them to create something new, brainstorm them and email back and forth over several days, nag every person you come into contact with to get their opinion, and FINALLY someone comes up with a name that everyone loves (or more likely at least everyone can live with it) and “The Business” is born.

Now here’s where there is a hidden step that no one probably told you about. Let me explain.

For the purpose of this illustration, let’s suppose that you pick the name “XYZBiz” While you’re positive that millions of dollars of venture capital, private jets and an office on the 152nd floor of the coolest building downtown are just inches away, there are a couple of things that you may not be aware of… Important things like — Is there another business called XYZBiz anywhere on earth? Before you file your corporate paperwork, start printing up brochures, buy XYZBiz.com and build your website, this is a serious question that has to be answered.

“Why does it matter?” you may ask. Well, there is a large body of law in the United States, as well as in almost every other nation in the world that prevents competitors from using the same name. So, if there is another XYZBiz operating anywhere in the good old U.S. of A. (we’ll leave the rest of the world out of this for now) and if you were to start offering your products and services in the same geographical area (which is a real problem to figure out now that the internet has erased many geographical boundaries), then the other XYZ Biz “impostors” (who are undoubtedly not nearly as good as you) could have a Trademark Infringement Claim against you. And if they were to pursue it, it could be very costly. Because remember, if you are served with a lawsuit, you are REQUIRED to respond to it no matter how ridiculous it may sound. And, as you might have guessed, at this point you will need to hire a lawyer to handle this situation, and I can tell you that this call is much more expensive than the one I’m about to tell you about.

The truth is that this is a very common issue that sometimes goes unnoticed, but often ends up in a costly visit to the courtroom. So, you have two choices, you can wing it or you can opt for the safer route: do a little homework for yourself and then call an attorney who specializes in trademarks. Now, I know that the mere mention of the word “attorney” conjures up many feelings in all of us, but I can assure you there are some very helpful attorneys out there… I can think of at least one right now! And the trademark process is really not that expensive. Certainly it’s not nearly as expensive as defending yourself against a multi-million dollar corporation or even worse a “sinking ship” company that is just looking for a way to scrape some money out of anyone they can.

Trust me…or you can learn the hard way for yourself.

To get more information on trademarks, go to http://www.thetmlawyers.com JW Dicks & Nick Nanton, founders of The TM Lawyers are experienced lawyers who have spent a great amount of time working in the intellectual property and licensing fields. The TM Lawyers is a division of Dicks & Nanton P.A. a boutique law firm that specializes in Building Businesses & Brands. © 2007 The TM Lawyers

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AMD Announces Cuts in Dual-Core Prices

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American Micro Devices announced price reductions in their line of dual core processors today. In an E-mail blast to solution providers AMD stated they would cut suggested prices on five dual-core AMD Athlon™ X2 products. The price reduction is slated to begin Monday, October 8.

AMD will reduce suggested prices on the  AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+, 5200+, 5600+, 6000+ and 6400+ processors and hinted to solution providers that now would be a good time to upsell customers to dual core technology.

 

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Microsoft Admits Secret WU Update Blows XP Restore

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Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday that the secret WU update allegedly pushed onto Windows XP machines breaks the patch process after a restore. Users who perform a repair from a Windows XP CD are unable to update the operating system due to stealth files sent to users this summer.

The issue caused by the stealth WU update was first reported by Scott Dunn in the Windows Secrets newsletter last Friday.  Microsoft later confirmed the issue on their Technet blog but insisted they were working on the problem.

"When an XP repair CD is used, it replaces all system files (including Windows Update) on your machine with older versions of those files and restores the registry" Program Manager Nate Clinton wrote in the company blog. "However, the latest version of Windows Update includes wups2.dll that was not originally present in Windows XP", he explained.  Therefore, after the repair install of the OS, wups2.dll remains on the system but its registry entries are missing. This mismatch causes updates to fail installation."

According to Computerworld, their testing confirmed the problem, which prevents 80 patches from installing after a restore from a copy of Windows XP on a retail CD. Computerworld reminded readers that wups2.dll is only one of seven files discovered by Windows Secrets that was secretly pushed onto user PCs without their knowledge or consent as it was forced onto systems even when Windows Update was disabled.

Microsoft said the problem would be resolved and Clinton offered a solution in KB94314.

 

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Cisco CCNA Certification – Cisco VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol

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 Cisco VTP: VLAN Trunking Protocol VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is a Cisco Layer 2 messaging protocol that manages the addition, deletion, and renaming of VLANs on a network-wide basis.

 

Cisco CCNA Certification – Cisco VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol

By Bob Bello

(VTP) is a Cisco Layer 2 messaging protocol that manages the addition, deletion, and renaming of VLANs on a network-wide basis. Virtual Local AreaNetwork (VLAN) Trunk Protocol (VTP) reduces administration in a switched network. When you configure a new VLAN on one VTP server, the VLAN is distributed through all switches in the domain. This reduces the need to configure the same VLAN everywhere. VTP is a Cisco-proprietary protocol that is available on most of the Cisco Catalyst Family products. VTP ensures that all switches in the VTP domain are aware of all VLANs. There are occasions, however, when VTP can create unnecessary traffic. All unknown unicasts and broadcasts in a VLAN are flooded over the entire VLAN. All switches in the network receive all broadcasts, even in situations where few users are connected in that VLAN. VTP pruning is a feature used to eliminate (or prune) this unnecessary traffic. By default, all Cisco Catalyst switches are configured to be VTP servers. This is suitable for small-scale networks where the size of the VLAN information is small and easily stored in all switches (in NVRAM). In a large network, a judgment call must be made at some point when the NVRAM storage needed is wasted, because it is duplicated on every switch. At this point, the network administrator should choose a few well-equipped switches and keep them as VTP servers. Everything else participating in VTP can be turned into a client. The number of VTP servers should be chosen so as to provide the degree of redundancy desired in the network.

Modes of OperationServer

In VTP server mode, you can create, modify, and delete VLANs and specify other configuration parameters (such as VTP version and VTP pruning) for the entire VTP domain. VTP servers advertise their VLAN configuration to other switches in the same VTP domain and synchronize their VLAN configuration with other switches based on advertisements received over trunk links. VTP server is the default mode.

Transparent

VTP transparent switches do not participate in VTP. A VTP transparent switch does not advertise its VLAN configuration and does not synchronize its VLAN configuration based on received advertisements. However, in VTP version 2, transparent switches do forward VTP advertisements that they receive out their trunk ports.

Client

VTP clients behave the same way as VTP servers, but you cannot create, change, or delete VLANs on a VTP client.

Advertisements Summary Advertisements

When the switch receives a summary advertisement packet, it compares the VTP domainname to its own VTP domain name. If the name is different, the switch simply ignores the packet. If the name is the same, the switch then compares the configuration revision to its own revision. If its own configuration revision is higher or equal, the packet is ignored. If it is lower, an advertisement request is sent.

Subset Advertisements

When you add, delete, or change a VLAN in a switch, the server switch where the changes were made increments the configuration revision and issues a summary advertisement, followed by one or several subset advertisements. A subset advertisement contains a list of VLAN information. If there are several VLANS, more than one subset advertisement may be required in order to advertise them all.

Advertisement Requests

A switch needs a VTP advertisement request in the following situations:

The switch has been reset. The VTP domain name has been changed. The switch has received a VTP summary advertisement with a higher configuration revision than its own. Upon receipt of an advertisement request, a VTP device sends a summary advertisement, followed by one or more subset advertisements.

Configuration To configure an IOS based switch to be a VTP server, issue the following commands: SwitchA# vlan database

SwitchA(vlan)# vtp domain CiscoKits

SwitchA(vlan)# vtp server

SwitchA(vlan)# exit

These commands configure the switch to be a VTP server in the VTP domain CiscoKits. The changes are saved and the revision number is incremented when the exit command is issued. To configure a VTP client, run the following commands:

SwitchB# vlan database

SwitchB(vlan)# vtp domain CiscoKits

SwitchB(vlan)# vtp client

SwitchB(vlan)# exit

To disable VTP, set the vtp mode to transparent as such:

SwitchC# vlan database

SwitchC(vlan)# vtp transparent

SwitchC(vlan)# exit

To monitor the VTP operation and status, use either:

SwitchA# show vtp status

SwitchA# show vtp counters.

Bob Bello, is the owner of http://www.CiscoKits.com At his site you will find over 200 various articles dedicated to Cisco CCNA and CCNP study help, free CCNA and CCNP study exams, step by step labs along with CCNA and CCNP home lab kits.

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Cisco Certification – Basics of Cisco Routers

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 This article will help familiarize you with various Cisco routers.  It will describe the various features they support so you can pick the right Cisco router to help you prepare for your Cisco CCNA exam.

Cisco Certification – Basics of Cisco Routers
By Bob Bello

Cisco has a number of different routers, amongst them are the popular 1600 series, 2500 series and 2600 series. The ranges start from the 600 series and go up to the 12000 series (now we are talking about a lot of money). All the above equipment runs special software called the Cisco Internetwork Operating System or IOS. This is the kernel of their routers and most switches. Cisco has created what they call Cisco Fusion, which is supposed to make all these devices run the same operating system.

We are going to begin with the basic components which make up a Cisco router (and switches) and I will be explaining what they are used for, so grab that tea or coffee and let's get going !

The basic components of any Cisco router are

 

  1. Interfaces
  2. The Processor (CPU)
  3. Internetwork Operating System (IOS)
  4. RXBoot Image
  5. RAM
  6. NVRAM
  7. ROM
  8. Flash memory
  9. Configuration Register

 

Now I just hope you haven't looked at the list and thought "Stuff this, it looks hard and complicated" because I assure you, it's less painful than you might think ! In fact, once you read it a couple of times, you will find all of it easy to remember and understand. Interfaces These allow us to use the router ! The interfaces are the various serial ports or ethernet ports which we use to connect the router to our LAN. There are a number of different interfaces but we are going to hit the basic stuff only. Here are some of the names they have given some of the interfaces: E0 (first Ethernet interface), E1 (second Ethernet interface). S0 (first Serial interface), S1 (second Serial interface), BRI 0 (first B channel for Basic ISDN) and BRI 1 (second B channel for Basic ISDN).

You have to connect a digital phone to an ISDN line and since this is an ISDN router, it has this option with the router. I should, however, explain that you don't normally get routers with ISDN S/T and ISDN U interfaces together. Any ISDN line requires a Network Terminator (NT) installed at the customer's premises and you connect your equipment after this terminator. An ISDN S/T interface doesn't have the NT device built in, so you need an NT device in order to use the router. On the other hand, an ISDN U interface has the NT device built in to the router.

Apart from the ISDN interfaces, we also have an Ethernet interface that connects to a device in your LAN, usually a hub or a computer. If connecting to a Hub uplink port, then you set the small switch to "Hub", but if connecting to a PC, you need to set it to "Node". This switch will simply convert the cable from a straight through (hub) to a x- over (Node):

The Config or Console port is a Female DB9 connector which you connect, using a special cable, to your computers serial port and it allows you to directly configure the router.The Processor (CPU) All Cisco routers have a main processor that takes care of the main functions of the router. The CPU generates interrupts (IRQ) in order to communicate with the other electronic components in the router. The routers utilize Motorola RISC processors. Usually the CPU utilisation on a normal router wouldn't exceed 20 %.

The IOS

The IOS is the main operating system on which the router runs. The IOS is loaded upon the router's bootup. It usually is around 2 to 5MB in size, but can be a lot larger depending on the router series. The IOS is currently on version 12, and they periodically releases minor versions every couple of months e.g 12.1 , 12.3 etc. to fix small bugs and also add extra functionality.

The IOS gives the router its various capabilities and can also be updated or downloaded from the router for backup purposes. On the 1600 series and above, you get the IOS on a PCMCIA Flash card. This Flash card then plugs into a slot located at the back of the router and the router loads the IOS "image" (as they call it). Usually this image of the operating system is compressed so the router must decompress the image in its memory in order to use it.

The IOS is one of the most critical parts of the router, without it the router is pretty much useless. Just keep in mind that it is not necessary to have a flash card (as described above with the 1600 series router) in order to load the IOS. You can actually configure most routers to load the image off a network tftp server or from another router which might hold multiple IOS images for different routers, in which case it will have a large capacity Flash card to store these images.

The RXBoot Image

The RXBoot image (also known as Bootloader) is nothing more than a "cut-down" version of the IOS located in the router's ROM (Read Only Memory). If you had no Flash card to load the IOS from, you can configure the router to load the RXBoot image, which would give you the ability to perform minor maintenance operations and bring various interfaces up or down.

The RAM

The RAM, or Random Access Memory, is where the router loads the IOS and the configuration file. It works exactly the same way as your computer's memory, where the operating system loads along with all the various programs. The amount of RAM your router needs is subject to the size of the IOS image and configuration file you have. To give you an indication of the amounts of RAM we are talking about, in most cases, smaller routers (up to the 1600 series) are happy with 12 to 16 MB while the bigger routers with larger IOS images would need around 32 to 64 MB of memory. Routing tables are also stored in the system's RAM so if you have large and complex routing tables, you will obviously need more RAM ! When I tried to upgrade the RAM on a 1600 router, I unscrewed the case and opened it and was amazed to find a 72 pin SIMM slot where you needed to attach the extra RAM. For those who don't know what a 72 pin SIMM is, it's basically the type of RAM the older Pentium socket 7 CPUs took, back in '95. This type of memory was replaced by today's standard 168 pin DIMMs or SDRAM.The

NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM)

The NVRAM is a special memory place where the router holds its configuration. When you configure a router and then save the configuration, it is stored in the NVRAM. This memory is not big at all when compared with the system's RAM. On a 1600 series, it is only 8 KB while on bigger routers, like the 2600 series, it is 32 KB. Normally, when a router starts up, after it loads the IOS image it will look into the NVRAM and load the configuration file in order to configure the router. The NVRAM is not erased when the router is reloaded or even switched off.

ROM (Read Only Memory)

The ROM is used to start and maintain the router. It contains some code, like the Bootstrap and POST, which helps the router do some basic tests and bootup when it's powered on or reloaded. You cannot alter any of the code in this memory as it has been set from the factory and is Read Only.

Flash Memory

The Flash memory is that card I spoke about in the IOS section. All it is, is an EEPROM (Electrical Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory) card. It fits into a special slot normally located at the back of the router and contains nothing more than the IOS image(s). You can write to it or delete its contents from the router's console. Usually it comes in sizes of 4MB for the smaller routers (1600 series) and goes up from there depending on the router model.

Configuration Register

Keeping things simple, the Configuration Register determines if the router is going to boot the IOS image from its Flash, tftp server or just load the RXBoot image. This register is a 16 Bit register, in other words has 16 zeros or ones. A sample of it in Hex would be the following: 0x2102 and in binary is : 0010 0001 0000 0010.

Bob Bello, is the owner of http://www.CiscoKits.com At his site you will find over 200 various articles dedicated to Cisco CCNA and CCNP study help, free CCNA and CCNP study exams, step by step labs along with CCNA and CCNP home lab kits.

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One or Two Part Episodes?

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I am currently wrapping up production on new episodes of The Force Field. The problem is the next episode contains over two hours of interviews that need to be edited down to about thirty minutes. The topic is about women in IT and there is a lot of interesting discussion. I have edited down the interviews to about 45 minutes and could edit about 10 minutes more. I did ask the same questions in case there were different views and the answers were somewhat similar but there were some different approaches to the responses.

The question is, should I keep it tight and try to edit them both into one half hour show or break them up into two parts? I never considered a two part podcast before and I do not know if breaking it up will hold everyone’s interest or would bore them. Since the show is a new type of media for a new type of audience I really do not know if a two part topic would hold everyone’s interest or not.

I could easily just crank out shows with all this content but I believe in quality, not quantity and I want to deliver the best quality show I can. What do you think? I welcome everyone’s feedback as it is your show.

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