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CC Chapman of the Accident Hash podcast just made a ring tone for the theme song of his podcast. I thing that sounded like a great idea so I have put one up for the Amateur Traveler theme song (first 40 seconds of it) on MyxerTones for free.

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I have started a new blog for travel news, reviews, videos, etc so that they don’t clutter up the Amateur Traveler feed and make it hard for people to find the podcast. The new site is Tripinator.com. Check out my 7 Outrageous Predictions for Travel in 2008.

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If you are an owner of a Zune mp3 player then you can now subscribe to the Amateur Traveler (audio) with a one button click. (The Zune does not support the iTunes enhanced version with pictures). Let me know how it works for you.

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Andrew Darlow (Episode 88 - Travel Photography Tips) is giving away 3 free copies of his book to Amateur Traveler listeners. Register on the discussion boards and post or signup for the mailing list to get in the drawing. I will give away one book a week starting November 17th.

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I will be going to the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California in two weeks. As a part of the expo I will be sitting down with Tim Street of French Maid TV (an interesting fellow to talk to, I have met Tim) for an hour of marketing consulting. I could use your help in preparing for that meeting. Could you take a minute and fill out a quick (10 question) survey about the show.

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Thanks to all of you, the show was just nominated for a Podcast Award as the best travel podcast. Voting will open on July 28th and close August 11th.

Podcast Awards

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the Amateur Traveler is being promoted on the iTunes podcast page this week.

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I was interviewed at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo by Rob Walch of Podcast411. Rob just posted the interview to his site.

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Well, all that promoting that iTunes has been doing for me and the pain that the servers have been going through also led to some good news. For the first time ever, the podcast made the iTunes list of top 100 most subscribed podcasts. I should note that this is only counting one of the two feeds (iTunes enhanced). Cool.

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