Paul Colligan chimes in on his blog with five predictions for the coming year, including the introduction of wireless iPods and Zunes. "Will 2007 be Podcasting’s year? Don't know yet.", says Colligan. "I do know that I’m betting my farm on the future of this channel and media. I also haven’t been more excited about a calendar year than this one." Read more of Colligan's predictions here.

On his podcasting blog, Jason Van Orden recommends seven blogs to help "supercharge your podcasting efforts".  The list includes Leesa Barnes' Podonomics and Scott Bourne's Podcasting Tricks.  Read Van Orden's blog for the complete list.

In this 7th installment of her teleseminar series, Heather Vale will be sitting down with podcasting expert Paul Colligan. Colligan will be sharing his methods for podcasting profitably. Registration for the show is free and avaliable at the Internet Marketing Unwrapped website.

On Thursday, November 2nd, Lynn Carnes and Natalie Judd will be interviewing podcasting expert Paul Colligan as part of their ongoing teleseminar series. Carnes and Judd recommend that those unfamiliar with podcasting attend the teleseminar to learn how to use this profitable marketing strategy to sell products, educate consumers, build a community and increase affiliate relationships. The call will be at 8 p.m. ET, and free registration is available at the Internet Master Series website.

On August 10th at 3 p.m. EDT, Anne Holland and Stefan Tornquist of MarketingSherpa are hosting a B-to-B teleseminar. Topics include podcasting, blogs, lead generation, search and e-mail marketing and effective ways to reach Fortune 1000 execs. Registration is free and available at MarketingSherpa. Participants will receive a 13-page PowerPoint presentation upon registration.

Jon Watson introduces his readers to Blog Talk Radio, a new service that allows bloggers to host their own show as a streaming audio. Performing postcasts live as streaming audio allows hosts to take live callers and respond to instant messages during the show. The service also records the shows, and makes them available for download in MP3 and Podcast formats. Watson also covers the downsides of live podcasting in a very balanced post. Read more on Jon's Biz Podcasting blog.

In his second Profitable Podcasting episode, Paul Colligan interviews TNC New Media's Tim Bourquin. Colligan quizzes Bourquin on the use of ads in his podcasts and the results he obtained. Read more at ProfitablePodcasting.com.

Leesa Barnes of Podonomics has gathered a comprehensive list of resources for podcasters. This blog entry discusses legal isses in podcasting. Another current entry provides marketing alternatives for podcasters. See Barnes' blog for the full list.

John Watson introduces his readers to LibriVox, an online catalog of public domain material that has been converted into audio. Like to Project Gutenberg, a catalog of public domain books, the podcasts are freely redistributable. Audio is available in both OGG and MP3 formats. View Watson's post here.

Mark Blevis of Podcast Lounge points to an interesting Edison Media Research study on the demographics of podcast listeners. Blevis says the study is useful in determining ways to make money from podcasts. The 35-minute presentation is available at Edison Media Research.

Yesterday Nielson Ratings published a press release with statistics about the growth of podcasting. In the release Neilson confuses those who listen to podcasts with the bloggers who produce them. Compounding their mistake, the survey's statistics also counted some music downloads as podcasts. Frank Barnako has a good commentary on the buzz the release has caused in the podcaster blogosphere.

Paul Colligan announced the launch of Profitable Podcasting, a show which will focus on interviews with successful podcasters. His first interview is with Jose Espana, a spanish language podcaster that receives an impressive CPM of $156 from his efforts. Get more information at ProfitablePodcasting.com.

In podcast #14, Sterling and Jay have a lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of physical vs. electronic products. They also talk about their favorite type of product, a new time management system Jay is developing, and what any service provider should be doing to get more leads and revenue. Listen to the podcast here.

On Wednesday, July 12, learn how to "Boost Your Business with Podcasting" when Kelly McCausey interviews Leesa Barnes. Leesa is the author of Podonomics, a blog devoted to optimizing the use of podcasting.

The teleclass will discuss how use podcasts to increase your sales by 50%, getting a top search engine ranking, and generating passive income from your products. Registration is free and is available at HotSeminarSeries.com.

According to a study conducted by KnowledgeStorm and Universal McCann, podcasting usage in business is on the rise. About 60% of the survey respondents would find whitepapers more interesting if they were available as podcasts, whereas 55% would actually listen to them as podcasts. The article quotes other interesting statistics from the press release. View the full article at MarketingVOX.