DEAR ABBY: First, let me offer you a piece of advice.  If you are planning to submit your nonprofit or NGO's podcast feed to the iTunes Music Store, do not submit it before you post at least one program.  I made that mistake last August when I switched the NetSquared Podcast over from Odeo to Libsyn, and Apple rejected my feed.  In spite of multiple attempts since then to resubmit it, and multiple viewings of the message, "The feed has already been submitted," it is not listed.

I have emailed the Music Store several times, searched and posted in Apple forums, tech forums and podcast list servs for answers, and put the feed through feed validators, but after three months, it is still not listed.

Now I'm at the bottom of my list of things to try:

Begging.

If you have any advice, or better yet a sister, friend, second cousin, ex-husband, anyone you know at Apple who can help me get our feed taken off the bench for bad behavior and put back in the game, please contact me.  The iTunes Music Store is the number one way people find podcasts to subscribe to.  If we're not listed with them, we can't play. 

--CRAZED COMMUNITY BUILDER IN CALIFORNIA

Photo Credit: Advice by Laughlin Elkind.