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BlogTalkRadio at Blog World

Blog Talk Radio provides a incredible service for bloggers to host their own radio shows.  I was really impressed wih their interface.  You can take live callers, screen callers, and tons of other stuff.  We talked to them a bit at blogworld:



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  1. www.Amer-Nejma.com

    how can i use it ??

  2. QuickPWN

    It would be really interesting to hear a BlogTalkRadio hosted by Shoemoney, John Chow, Tyler Cruz and the other big bloggers.

  3. Dick

    This is amazing stuff. Progress is moving huge steps.

  4. Eva White

    Some how I prefer writing to talking. A blog is what i like to read.

  5. River Girl

    This is a must do. Can’t believe this is free.

  6. Moneybites

    Sounds great, this is definitely something to look into in the future

  7. Ari - Laberinto Social

    they should strike up a live cast through the main website magazine home page. that would spike both of their numbers. then put in your show.

  8. Jason Leyanna

    That sounds pretty cool. Has anyone here tried it out yet?

  9. SEI Design Group

    This is a 2008 goal, so better get going. :-)

  10. Bryn Youngblut

    That sounds like a great service, although I am leaning more towards ustream or live podcasting.

  11. andrew

    sounds like a great service, nor that I’m going to use it or anything similar to it. Not my kind

  12. Jarret

    Never heard of this before as well but it looks like it has a lot of great features. The level of interactivity between the host and viewers is really a great idea, I will have to really check this out and possibly start using it.

    • Dick

      Direct contact with the audience this is very good for business.

  13. Reid

    I had never even heard of this before… cool information, maybe something to consider in the future?!

  14. Daniel Kemp

    So how much do you really make?

    The dude in the video says 30%, but at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/faq.aspx#50 it says “By signing up for the Revenue Sharing program, you will receive 35% of the total net revenue generated by advertising on your show. And, if the sponsor lead is brought to BTR by you and that lead turns into a contracted deal, you will receive 50% of that total net revenue from your show.”

    So is it just 30% or 35%/50%?

    • andrew

      go send them an email and I’m sure they will clarify it for you

      • Dave

        geez daniel kemp. trying to win teh comment contest or something? What do you have about a dozen replies in thsi thread.

    • John Federico

      Hi, Daniel.

      The web site is correct: the standard revenue share is 35%.

      However, if you as a producer send us a lead on advertiser for your show and we work the lead, negotiate the contract, have the attorney’s bless it, etc. We’ll share 50% of the revenue with the producer.

      Essentially, you’re earning an additional 15% for the introduction.

      I hope that clarifies things.

      Regards,

      -jf.


      John Federico
      Vice President of Marketing
      BlogTalkRadio

  15. Jonclaude

    In this business we have a lot of audio tape from top gurus.
    And the blog radio is logic term and I think it is good thing to use all kind communications tool to get the info out the little gurus box.

  16. Dave

    Why don’t you just lump all these posts together into one giganticly long post and get it over with. All these companies won’t even be around in 2 years so what’s the point. I guarantee they all use the words “leverage” and “maximize” up the wazoo in their presentation.

  17. meethere

    great tool…. radio shows is a good idea.
    nice interview there.

    • andrew

      we’ve had a lot of interviews with different companies in the last posts.

  18. Zurpit

    This looks like a great service, it can bring a lot to a blog. Especially that people can call in

  19. Vijay

    I liked their tag line.
    Free Speech meets, social networking…

  20. Tushar Dhoot

    This is actually pretty wicked for a free service. Definitely going to sign up.

    Thanks for sharing Shoe.

  21. coderbari

    This is really an incredible service. I’ll check them for sure.

  22. Adam - Creadiv.com

    That would be awesome if you had enough to talk about. Even conventional talk radio gets boring on a day to day basis because the hosts end up talking about the same topics so frequently.

    Don’t get me wrong the concept is great and it seems like these guys have come up with a unique/good way of implementing the technology to pull it off. I just think it might be hard to host.

    Adam

    • Daniel Kemp

      Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony never get boring.

      • Zurpit

        That’s because they have people working for them giving them
        scripts and stuff to talk about. But it doesn’t have to be a show
        every day it can also be once a week or once a month

        • Daniel Kemp

          It’s not hard to just go on Digg, Reddit, or Google yourself and find what are popular topics to talk about for the day.

    • Tushar Dhoot

      Who’s saying you need to do it once every day. I’m sure you could find enough content for once every month, once every week, or even if you did it just randomly.

      • Adam - Creadiv.com

        Frequency is key. I mean if you wrote 1 blog pos a month you wouldn’t get many readers so if you record 1 radio show a month you aren’t going to get many listeners.

        • Jacques Snyman

          Quality is important too!

        • QuickPWN

          I agree. You should try to make it a daily thing or at least
          weekly. This will make your viewers want to come back for more.

  23. Ben Adkins

    I’ve been looking for something like this. I’m going to check them out now.
    Nice Resource Shoe…..

    Ben
    http://www.drbenadkins.com

  24. Legalize Marijuana

    This service sounds great, maybe when I get enough readers I will start using it. I especially like that you can give visitors a number to call in.

    • Moneybites

      Yeah, it def relies on the number of preexisting readers you have to launch into their space, or your time could be wasted.

  25. Kok Choon

    Great service, I am gonna try it soon, anyone else has used it?

    I first found this service at Jack Humphrey blog, I think we can use it to interview people…

    • Daniel Kemp

      I just listen to some stations on it.

      Ya you can use it to interview people, you just have the person you want to interview call in to the show or you could probably just do a threeway call with your phone.

  26. mrkbsm

    I think that’s a good tool for a blogger to have available, at least to test out or use occasionally. One of the big reasons that blogging caught on is b/c of their interactive nature vs. a standard website – blogs give people the ability to participate. Once blogs started including a lot of video/audio, it was (is?) only a matter of time before that all becomes interactive as well.

    • Daniel Kemp

      Ya like Chris Pirillo is pretty cool. He has live video where he does his YouTube videos from and he allows authorized people to interact while those videos are going. When he’s not doing YouTube videos he lets everyone interact and your text even comes up on the video which is wicked.

  27. Daniel Kemp

    Fantasy Sports Channel is a great one that I like to listen to.

    This is a cool service for anyone who wants their own talk radio and you can include advertising on your show (but you got to choose from a select list of advertisers).

    • Zurpit

      Having advertisers and commercials on your radio show would be a great way to get more money especially if you have a lot of listeners

      • Moneybites

        Yup, or just getting someone to sponsor your radio show

        • Jacques Snyman

          It’a all about audience at the end of the day. The more listeners you have the more value your offering will be seen to have by prospective advertisers!

  28. Steven-Sanders

    Might be something to think about starting on my blog. I’ve seen others using their service. Only problem is doing a show, then asking for listeners to call in, only to then realize no one is listening. lol

    I think blog talk radio is pushing blogging further towards a media that already exists. Public radio. And I think the future of blogging is probably really heading in a different direction.

    But that’s just my opinion.

    • Steven-Sanders

      Then again, if you look at it as another social media tool for microblogging, and driving traffic to your blog, then it may be the future of social media, with blogging going somewhere else at the same time.

      • Jacques Snyman

        Unlimited possibilities….that is what I love so much ab out the internet…..unlimited

    • Daniel Kemp

      You can just have a full show prepared and then say to people that they can call in anytime they want, then if someone calls in you then answer it.

      • Jacques Snyman

        That is a good way to approach it. It doesn’t necessarily need to be in real time….AHA!

    • Verizon Ringtones

      LOL, I agree that would be the worst nightmare, DEAD AIR!

  29. Rob M

    On one hand, I think some of the allure of blogger radio has dwindled, but on the other hand maybe it’s just because there was no universally viable solution like this.

    • Moneybites

      Or because a bunch of the more interesting bloggers stopped because there was no universal solution :)

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