Orem, Utah – September 14, 2006 – Podango, a Web 2.0 company that enables independently owned podcast stations for niche markets, today announced John Jantsch, well known author, blogger, and podcaster has launched, The Duct Tape Marketing Station to deliver simple, effective, and affordable ideas for small business owners and marketing professionals. The new station utilizes Podango’s free, hosted services that provide a complete platform for creating and conversing with subscribers of this free service. Podango’s platform allows Station Directors like Jantsch to provide listeners with:

“I chose Podango for my new podcast station because it allowed me to easily bring together the best small business programming and make it available on one integrated site,” said John Jantsch. “Even more exciting is the ability to tap the collective intelligence of my audience by allowing them to participate and contribute to the experience.”

Every Podango podcast station distributes multiple podcasts and includes community intereaction tools to enable an enhanced community conversation. Listeners can also tailor the information they subscribe to using a custom RSS feed to participate in the information most relevant to them.

“It is an honor to have John Jantsch as a Podango Station Director,” said Douglas G. Smith, president, Podango. “I cannot think of a better ‘guide’ to bring together the best podcasts on small business and interact with his audience as they strive to improve their companies and develop their professional skills.”

About John Jantsch
John Jantsch is a veteran marketing coach, award winning blogger, and now a Podango podcast Station Director. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketingsmall business marketing system.John’s Duct Tape Marketing Blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for small business and was twice named "Best Small Business Marketing Blog" by the readers of Marketing Sherpa.

His book, Duct Tape Marketing - The Only Small Business Marketing Tool You Need, will be in stores and online, Fall 2006.

John is also a presenter of popular marketing workshops for organizations such as Hewlett Packard, American Marketing Association, Small Business Administration, Kauffman Foundation, Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, Associated Builders and Contractors, and National Association of the Remodeling Industry.

About Podango
Podango, a web 2.0 company, delivers free hosted services for the management of independently owned podcast stations. Station Owners, also know as Station Directors, use Podango to program a schedule of leading market specific podcasts free of charge for station audiences. Station Directors bring to their audience the benefits of a knowledgeable mentor who delivers high-quality content surrounded by moderated discussions. Podango Stations solve the growing podcast information overload problem by allowing Station Directors to sift, sort and prioritize the mass of podcast information for their audiences and and leverage the value of community contributed content. Beyond distributing multiple leading podcasts, each Podango Podcast Station also incorporates community intereaction tools to enable an enhanced community conversation. Listeners, podcasters, and advertisers all benefit from the Podango Station model because of the concentration of great podcast information into a target market niche. Podango Stations are simple, tailored and targeted. To learn more about Podango visit www.podango.com, or contact us at info@podango.com.

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