Just got an email from Ken Carroll, the brains behind an online podcasting and tutorial service that teaches you Mandarin Chinese. ChinesePod has been named one of the Top Ten Podcasts for 2006 by Time Magazine. Kudos to Ken, who is based in Shanghai, for such a clever and engaging idea.

Again, with the publication of The Corporate Blogging Book in Chinese, I am hoping to get to Shanghai in 2007. So Ken, count me in as a new customer.

Anil Dash, VP and chief evangelist for Six Apart, and I could have talked for hours. We chatted about:

• What it means to be an A-list blogger (and whether it matters)
• The importance of niche communities who are loyal to particular blogs
• The natural deaths of some blogs
• Tools like digg and del.icio.us and how corporate bloggers can use them
• Time's 2006 Person of the Year (You!) and what this means for corporate blogging
• Using blogs for progressive

Anil Dash, VP and chief evangelist for Six Apart, and I could have talked for hours. We chatted about:

• What it means to be an A-list blogger (and whether it matters)
• The importance of niche communities who are loyal to particular blogs
• The natural deaths of some blogs
• Tools like digg and del.icio.us and how corporate bloggers can use them
• Time's 2006 Person of the Year (You!) and what this means for corporate blogging
• Using blogs for progressive social change
• And more...

 I'll have to get him back on the show.

Download the Dec. 19, 2006 show as a podcast (MP3, 12.8 MB, 55:42) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the TCB Show) automatically.

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Had a great chat with Aussie Des Walsh who graciously agreed to come on the show at 6 AM by his clock. He lives and works on the Gold Coast of Australia, the lucky dog. Des also writes Business and Blogging for B5Media. Here are his musings on our show.

Download the Dec. 12, 2006 show as a podcast (MP3, 12.8 MB, 55:51) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the TCB Show) automatically.

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Had a great chat with Aussie Des Walsh who graciously agreed to come on the show at 6 AM by his clock. He lives and works on the Gold Coast of Australia, the lucky dog. Des also writes Business and Blogging for B5Media. Here are his musings on our show.

Download the Dec. 12, 2006 show as a podcast (MP3, 12.8 MB, 55:51) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the TCB Show) automatically.

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Pete Blackshaw was one of the best interviewees so far on The Corporate Blogging Show. We had a meaty one-hour conversation about CGM (consumer generated media) and much more. Pete is CMO of Nielsen BuzzMetrics, a former brand manager for Procter & Gamble, and a genius when it comes to parsing the woolly world of consumer generated media (a phrase he coined). Complete write-up of the show here.

Download the Dec. 5, 2006 show as a podcast

Pete Blackshaw was one of the best interviewees so far on The Corporate Blogging Show. We had a meaty one-hour conversation about CGM (consumer generated media) and much more. Pete is CMO of Nielsen BuzzMetrics, a former brand manager for Procter & Gamble, and a genius when it comes to parsing the woolly world of consumer generated media (a phrase he coined). Complete write-up of the show here.

Download the Dec. 5, 2006 show as a podcast (MP3, 13.4 MB, 58:38) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the TCB Show) automatically.

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Googler Karen Wickre is one of those behind-the-scenes brains who is way too modest. She currently manages Google's 38 public blogs, including Google's Official Corporate Blog and eight country blogs (for Brasil, China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland and Russia). But you'll hardly ever see her by-line. She's the genie behind the blog who gives entries submitted by other Googlers a light edit to ensure a consistent and informal voice.

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Googler Karen Wickre is one of those behind-the-scenes brains who is way too modest. She currently manages Google's 38 public blogs, including Google's Official Corporate Blog and eight country blogs (for Brasil, China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland and Russia). But you'll hardly ever see her by-line. She's the genie behind the blog who gives entries submitted by other Googlers a light edit to ensure a consistent and informal voice.

We talked about how Google's official blog got started in 2004, who writes the blog (generally it's product managers), how sensitive issues like the Google Book Search program were handled on the blog, and how many hours a week she spends in her managing editor role. About 60 percent of her time, she told me, including time spent helping to launch Google's country blogs.

I'll post the show as an MP3…

In the second edition of The Corporate Blogging Show (Nov. 21, 2006), CEO blogger Zane Safrit and I talked about how he was inspired to start a blog by Seth Godin and how he views his blog as an integral part of his marketing strategy.

Zane uses his blog as a creative white board, a place for him to clarify his thinking and to experiment with the multimedia services (audio & video) that his teleconferencing company, Conference Calls Unlimited,

In the second edition of The Corporate Blogging Show (Nov. 21, 2006), CEO blogger Zane Safrit and I talked about how he was inspired to start a blog by Seth Godin and how he views his blog as an integral part of his marketing strategy.

Zane uses his blog as a creative white board, a place for him to clarify his thinking and to experiment with the multimedia services (audio & video) that his teleconferencing company, Conference Calls Unlimited, is expanding into – a key differentiator in a crowded market.

I quoted from The Corporate Blogging Book (pages 20 - 21):

"Blogging helps me articulate and refine ideas in a linear fashion... ideas I may be thinking about for our company. So blogging improves my ability to communicate with my employees."
- Zane Safrit

Zane riffed;…