Kentucky Voices and Views

• Kentucky.com www.kentucky.com/ www.kentucky.com/ The website for the Lexington Herald Leader newspaper.

• Richmond Register www.richmondregister.com/ www.richmondregister.com/ The Richmond Register is an award winning newspaper in Richmond Kentucky.

• Courier Journal www.courier-journal.com/ www.courier-journal.com/ The Courier Journal is the newspaper in Louisville.

• Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau www.visitlex.com/ www.visitlex.com/ The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau is ready to help you get the most out of your visit to Central Kentucky. Contact them for your 2009 Visitor Planning Guide. Take some pics while you are here and send them to me. I will put them on the website.

• The Speaker Studio www.thespeakerstudio.com www.thespeakerstudio.com The Speaker Studio is a first class professional resource when you are planning an event and looking for presenters or help with your planning and event management activities.

• TOPSinLEX www.topsinlex.com/ www.topsinlex.com/ TOPSinLEX is a great place to start to get a feel for what is happening in the Bluegrass. They have some super people on their team too.

• The Kentucky Horse Park www.kyhorsepark.com/ www.kyhorsepark.com/ The Kentucky Horse Park is the place to get close to horses. It is also the home of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2010.

• James Archambeault www.jamesarchambeault.com/ www.jamesarchambeault.com/ James Archambeault's photographs capture the beautiful essence of Kentucky.

These are sites for products or services that I use to produce the shows or learn more about podcasting. They might help you begin your own show. I hope you do and that you tell me about it. I might invite you to be a guest on my show.

• Liberated Syndication www.libsyn.com www.libsyn.com Libsyn is my podcast hosting site. Liberated Syndication encodes the audio files into RSS Feeds and stores them for syndication or direct download.

• Go Daddy www.godaddy.com www.godaddy.com Go Daddy is the site I use to purchase and host the Kentucky Voices and Views domain name and e-mail address.

• iTunes www.apple.com/itunes/download/ www.apple.com/itunes/download/ iTunes is the service I use to subscribe to free podcasts and download them for listening on my computer or syncing to my iPod for listening on the go.

• Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio is the audio editing software that I use to produce the show.

• Webs www.webs.com/ www.webs.com/ Webs is the website building and hosting service I have used to produce this website. They have basic free services and premium service levels.

• Skype www.skype.com www.skype.com Skype is the tool I use for my phone number and Skype to Skype calls. It has a built in answering service.

• Smug Mug www.smugmug.com www.smugmug.com Smug Mug stores my show related pictures and videos.

• BSW www.bswusa.com/ www.bswusa.com/ BSW sells broadcast equipment. I have purchased recording equipment and headsets from them. Great service.

• Giant Squid Audio Lab www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/ www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/ Giant Squid owned by Darren Nemeth makes a great line of microphones, accessories and cables.

• iodaPROMONET www.iodapromonet.com/login.php www.iodapromonet.com/login.php iodaPROMONET provides royalty free music safe for use in podcasts, blogs and websites.

• Simple Voice Box www.simplevoicebox.com/index.asp www.simplevoicebox.com/index.asp Simple Voice Box is the service I use for the Comment Line.

• PayPal www.paypal.com www.paypal.com PayPal is the service I use to conduct financial business involving the podcast.

• Toastmasters International www.toastmasters.org www.toastmasters.org Toastmasters is the place to learn communications skills. I recommend looking for a chapter in your town.