by Deborah Ng
As a professional blogger, it took years for me to learn the ropes. Blogging isn’t something I entered into blind. I did a lot of research to learn from the best probloggers in the business. There’s a lot more to blogging than just posting some content.
After browsing our blogging-related content, I realize we [...]

by Deb Ng
As a professional blogger I learned a lot about what it takes to run and build a successful blog and community. Perhaps even more important, I learned why blogs are an important promotional, social networking and community building tool. For serious podcasters and online radio hosts, blogging is a must. Here are some [...]

Deb mentioned that some hosts had been asking her about being featured. I would like to clarify the process to request featured shows so we are all on the same page.
As all our esteemed hosts know, BlogTalkRadio is a growing community, a network of hosts and listeners, interacting on a wide variety of topics [...]

BlogTalkRadio’s own Nikki Starr will be speaking at PodCamp Boston on Saturday July 19th. Her session is called “Becoming Part of the Conversation- Using a live podcast to allow your readers to ‘become part of the conversation’” and begins at 11:15 a.m. EST.
If you’re attending PodCamp Boston or in the area, do stop by and [...]

Happy Monday, radio fans. The holiday weekend is over and it’s back to reality. Are you listening while you work? Don’t forget, all of our segments are available on demand so if you miss a broadcast you can still catch the stream or download the podcast. There’s a lot going on today, so I’ll get [...]

Folks are now starting to realize what we’ve been saying for over a year. BlogTalkRadio is an easy way to broadcast over the Internet. Anyone with a phone can be a radio host. Don’t believe us? Check out this awesome testimonial from Nathan Burke. He’s not on staff and we’re not paying him to sing [...]

Do you Tweet? I do. In fact, some say I’m addicted to Twitter. Now I don’t know if that’s true or not, but it’s a great way to keep in touch with others and promote blogs and radio shows. BlogTalkRadio is now on Twitter alerting us to upcoming segments. Here are some links to follow:

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The Personal Democracy Forum
I received some Skypes today from Alan Levy, BlogTalkRadio’s CEO and host of the Alan Levy Show. Alan is enjoying himself in New York City today, where he’s attending the Personal Democracy Forum.
So what is the Personal Democracy Forum? From the website:
Technology and the Internet are changing politics — now more than [...]

Members of the blogosphere won’t want to miss out on today’s Blog World Expo Radio show. Hosts Jim Turner and Rick Calvert will be chatting with the president of the Media Blogger’s Association, Robert Cox.
Why is this a big deal?
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave or off Twitter for a while, there’s a big [...]

As someone who has been blogging for several years, I’m always looking for ways to take my blogs to the next level. I’ve done redesigns, contests, and even implemented video. Something else to consider is radio.
Blogging is all about community. What better way to really connect to your community then by letting them hear [...]