This Podcasting thing is starting to take off in a profitable way. Podcasts are often amateur radio shows, that get downloaded to an MP3 player. They often have a tight focus, and a weekly schedule. well now, they're getting sponsors in this new, niche format.
Consider the vast variety of approaches that have cropped up since Apple's iTunes upgrade this summer started delivering thousands of new listeners to podcasters who once toiled in obscurity.
GrapeRadio podcaster Brian Clark is now gulping down about $1,000 a week from sponsors of his show for wine hobbyists. Grant Baciocco of the fiction serial The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd sells show-themed buttons and T-shirts and offers guest-voice roles for $50.
Josh of Josh in Japan is asking for PayPal donations from fans of his tales of expatriate life, though so far only $14 has rolled in. And Jimmy Diggs uses his Vegas-based Daily Noise as a traffic generator for his internet radio site, LVRocks.com, where sponsors pay for banner ads.
It sounds like its easy to strike it rich with some luck, or just as easily fizzle away in obscurity! If you want, you can go to the source to check out some podcasts.
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