Having been through the data, my brief thoughts are below.

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*** Summary:

Accessibility

- Having the service available through web, list and RSS is working well.
The numbers are well spread between listeners via RSS vs Email vs Website -
more so because this survey went via the list. All are necessary.

Publicity:

- There is clearly a need and opportunity for more visibility via websites
and podcasts.
- Personal invites work very well.

Comments:

* The list is generally working well - though quietly.

* The lack of chatter is appreciated, but we'd like a lot more review
activity. This is key.

* The "selection by moderators" has worked so far, but is due for a change.
We need a wider range of people finding interesting podcasts for the group.

* The video podcast comments were evenly divided, so I'm leaving this alone
for the time being (and creating a separate "Vodcast" site). As an
alternative I have set up some video services via the website. See the menu
on the site.

Comments not addressed here will be addressed on the PodcastPro blog at
www.herecomespod.org.uk/podcastpro/

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*** Changes to list

To encourage more input and comments:

1 - Open up and broaden the list more. I need more people to initiate
reviews.

I'm looking for about another 5-20 volunteers to join the moderation team.
You don't need a lot of time (I have an almost automatic process), nor do
you need to post a podcast for review very regularly. What you do need is an
enthusiasm for listening to podcasts. If there were some people with special
interests (kids, social issues, politics, poetry, cars.) that would be
great. Please email me (or I might invite some people). There are some
resources in place to help
you.

2 - Encourage wider conversation - but not too wide. This is a balance.
Let's try it and see.

3 - (Now done) Open up the comments on the Review web page so that people
listening
there can make a comment directly. This is a half way house to a rating
system. I'll also put a link in to the email group by each entry on the web
page.

4 - (In process) Have a crack at some sort of rating scheme. Yahoo polls
would be ideal -
and I'd just put the entire "New Review" email in the announcement, but the
damn things don't let me set the subject line (can anyone help here?), so
they will all have the same title with no mention of the different podcasts
for review - useless.

So this one is going to be driven from the entry for the podcast on the
webpage - with a link there in the email. The software is out there, but
this is going to take a couple of weeks to do.

5 - (Done) Do some promotional links with the people who have volunteered.
Site is
being restructured to this end. There are various buttons and players here:

http://www.herecomespod.org.uk/sitenews/

This includes my unique "button that plays a promo", that people keep asking
me about.

I am also implementing Blogrolling.com blogrolls on each section so you can
add each part of the website to your own BlogRoll if you have a blog.

6 - Introduce some new services for members on the website. These will be
for people in the group.

a Web page and RSS feed where you can publicise each new podcast you
release. This is live and you can add your new podcasts here:

http://www.herecomespod.org.uk/submit-member-podcast.html

The "Members' Atelier" of Members New podcasts is here:

http://www.herecomespod.org.uk/members/

The Podcast Feed is here:

http://www.herecomespod.org.uk/members/members-enc.xml

Time delay from submission to appearance should be 2-6 hours if you are an
established member (it is moderated by email address).

b.. Directory of members' podcasts - including a global location map.

7 - Encourage you guys to use the Yahoo invite facility, which is amazingly
effective if used with people who have asked publicly for help in podcasting
already - 70%+ of those I invite have joined. It hardly ever works when used
cold.

Please use this where appropriate.

Rgds

Julian