Triangle Tactical

Published: Oct. 21, 2013, 7:11 a.m.

b'Luke is a young man who has loves competitive shooting and his podcast features news for gun enthusiasts with a splash of politics.\\nFirst Impression: Website\\nTheir WordPress theme is from Cyber Chimps and it was simple and easy to read with just a few touches of advertising. You have to click on a post to get to a player. For me I would use blubrry.com or podtrac.com to get a player for people to click on toe listen to one (or more) episodes without clicking on a post. I prefer them to open in a new window for those people who listen at work.\\nFirst Impression: Podcast\\nWe listened to episode 48, and the show starts off with some high energy music. The host Luke brought some energy to the microphone. For me, I hate music for the sake of music. So you could go to a site like fiverr.com and get some affordable voice over (or check out Music Radio Creative (http://www.schoolofpodcasting.com/mrc)). They had a bit of \\u201cchit chat\\u201d at the beginning that was barely gun related (but it was short). Both hosts have good voices, their audio sounds good.\\nThe bad news is they have the dreaded blue music note of death. This means you are not adding your ID3 tags before you upload your file to libsyn.\\nDo You Like Guns?\\nI am not a huge guns person. I can take them or leave them. Consequently, I am not their target audience (a point I repeat too often in the episode). They use a lot of jargon that I have no idea if they know what they are talking about. They seem to have an active Facebook page (620+ likes) and 17 five start reviews in iTunes. Their audience seems to think they provide a no jargon, straightforward approach. If you are pro gun, and are interested in competitive shooting, this is the podcast for you.\\nDon\\u2019t Assume Too Much\\nWhile I may not be there target audience, don\\u2019t always assume people have read your blog, or heard the latest news. You can always give a quick two sentence paraphrase of the top story before giving you opinion.\\nSay No To Feedburner\\nI didn\\u2019t mention this on the podcast, but I see their feed is being run through Feedburner. This was a good idea in 2005, but not in 2013. You\\u2019re using Blubrry, use that plugin for your feed as well.\\nCheck Out the Podcast\\nYou can find them at http://www.triangletactical.net. You can subscribe to the Triangle Tactical \\u2013 Guns | Gear | Concealed Carry | Competitive Shooting (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/triangle-tactical-guns-gear/id677946602?mt=2&uo=4&at=10l5Go)\\n(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PodcastReviewShow/~4/D-oJVfkhhDQ)'