Just a quick update to let you know that we’re still alive and well despite the fact that there has not been a new episode of the podcast posted in months!  We apologize for the disruption, and really appreciate the emails and tweets asking if The Niche Show is still active.  The fact is, we do this in our spare time, and lately there has been precious little of that for either of us.  New babies and big projects have a way of commandeering one’s time!

We will get back at it soon enough, but in the meantime. if you have any ideas for the show or would like to be a guest, please let us know.  Thanks again for telling us that you’ve missed our show!

I recorded this episode while traveling on the highway.  I had some thoughts I wanted to share with you so please excuse the poor audio quality.  Oh, and the stuffed up sound of my voice? Well, I actually was stuffed up with a head cold and had no idea I sounded that bad!

There is actual science that proves that you function physically and mentally more proficiently when you are happy.  You can listen to the authority on the subject on CBC’s Quirks and Quarks science podcast.  This has implications for entrepreneurs, some obvious, some not so much.

John Jantsch had Steve Strauss from USA Today on his Duct Tape Marketing Podcast and he had some interesting things to say about people starting their own businesses and how good entrepreneurs minimize the risk they expose themselves to.  That got me thinking about how that translates to those of us who are so new to our entrepreneurial endeavors that risks can be hard to identify, while at the same time staring us down every time we look up.

What are your thoughts?

In case you haven’t heard of the sensation that is Rocketboom, please check it out.  It’s been running since 2004 (the dark ages, in Internet Video terms), and has been a highly acclaimed, heavily visited, and healthily growing website ever since.  In late 2008, Rocketboom signed a significant distribution and advertising deal with Sony Pictures Television that is breaking new ground for Internet Video, and allowing Andrew and his team to set their sights on even greater things.

Listen to the podcast, subscribe, leave a comment, watch some Rocketboom video.  There, you’ve got the next couple hours planned!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Will video help or hinder your website? Will your face be what you need to push customers to buy, or will it scare them right out of Internet Explorer?! There are some important factors to keep in mind when deciding to include video as part of your web presence, and I do my best to cover a few of them.

Please…enjoy me in all my stunning beauty…he laughs…

Check out Ron’s Glamour Apprentice site for his excellent blog, some slick photography, and a free mini-course! You can also visit another site of his referred to in this podcast, called Distinctions For Life for some nice personal development insight. Look for some more talk with Ron in a couple weeks.

As always, please don’t hesitate to speak your piece here if you have any thoughts on what you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening!

Of course, Nick and Shaun didn’t actually record this podcast or even come up with the idea, but they are going to make hundreds of thousands of dollars from it, and only have to pay some poor guy in Mumbai 2 cents an hour as he does all the work…

We think the Onion News Network sums it up best here.

Check out his iPhone App Shop website for great apps that help you record your wine tastings, buy your next home, or budget for Christmas presents, to name a few!