Category Archives: BlogTalkRadio

What’s New On BlogTalkRadio’s Featured Stations

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Healthy Vision with Dr. Val JonesYou can see a sunburn on your skin, but what about your eyes? Short-term damage is hard to notice, but over the long-term, the sun can cause irreversible harm. Just as you protect your skin with sunscreen, there are ways to protect your eyes too. Tune into Healthy Women™ with Dr. Val Jones to hear tips and recommendations from optometrist Dr. Stephen Cohen and dermatologist Dr. Jeanine Downie. Tune in here.

Frank Fontana of The Down and Dirty

On Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana, meet comedian/actor/writer Moshe Kasher. You’ve seen his name as a writer for a number of different sitcoms, and he’s also the co-host of The Champs podcast. He’s always on tour, and this weekend he’s appearing at the TBS Just for Laughs Chicago festival. During the Craftsmanship segment, Frank chats with Endless Games co-founder Brian Turtle. Who knows better how to craft a great game than the guy who co-created the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon phenomenon? Tune in here.

Women's Business Talk Radio NetworkEverywhere you look people are talking about cleansing, especially this time of year since spring is the perfect time to detoxify and refresh our bodies. The question is how do you do it? Anna Forkan and Kristen Overlock, owners of Revitalive Café in Newburyport, MA (www.revitalive.com) demystify this popular trend. With degrees in nutrition and years of hands-on as well as personal experience, they will walk you through the process. Tune in to The Women’s Business Talk Radio Network.

BlogTalkRadio Host Advertising Kit & Guide

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Are you interested in selling advertising or sponsorships on your BlogTalkRadio show?  We’d like to help make that happen by providing you with your very own customizable Host Advertising Kit that you can send to potential advertisers.

 How It Works

  • Download the document.
  • Personalize the document in the areas where you see brackets {  } by double-clicking in different sections – don’t forget to edit your show name at the very top:)
  • Feel free to add and delete information where you see fit and use this template as a guide. For example:
    1. You may have more of a presence on Twitter than Instagram so you would delete Instagram from your document under the Online Reach section.  Or say you are on Google+ or Pinterest, you would add those on to the list.
    2. If you are not a Pro host, you would delete out the option of offering banner ads under the Advertising Opportunities section.
  • Email or print out and deliver your completed document to your prospective advertisers.
  • Post this document on your personal website or blog.
  • Make sure to update the document with new information every few months.

What are you waiting for? Download your Host Advertising Kit now.

Need more tips on Advertising & Sponsorships?  Be sure to listen to our special 3-part BlogTalkRadio University series on the topic.  Go to shows.

What’s New On BlogTalkRadio’s Featured Stations

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Healthy Vision with Dr. Val JonesAre you doing all you can to protect yourself from UV rays this summer? Do you know how to choose the right sunscreen for maximum protection or the worst time of the day to expose your eyes to UV light? Tune into Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones: UV Protection to learn from leading experts on the importance of UV protection and the steps you need to take to stay “sun safe” this summer and year-round. Tune in here.

Frank Fontana of The Down and Dirty

On Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana, meet Sell This House: Extreme master builder Charlie Frattini. A few weeks ago, Frank had show host Tanya Memme on and she gave the scoop on the crew… including Charlie. Learn about his background, and how he got involved in A&E’s longest running daytime show. Tune in here.

Women's Business Talk Radio NetworkEverywhere you look people are talking about cleansing, especially this time of year since spring is the perfect time to detoxify and refresh our bodies.  The question is how do you do it? Anna Forkan and Kristen Overlock, owners of Revitalive Café in Newburyport, MA (www.revitalive.com) demystify this popular trend.  With degrees in nutrition and years of hands-on as well as personal experience, they will walk you through the process. Tune in to The Women’s Business Talk Radio Network.

Pierce Brosnan’s No Casanova: ‘I like having the stability of one woman’

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“I remember Keely getting into the car in this cloud of a wedding dress and looking like a princess,” Pierce (right) tells us of his wife (left) on their 2001 wedding day.

Despite playing one of the world’s most famous lotharios in four smash-hit flicks, Pierce Brosnan believes in fidelity with all his heart.

When Wedding Day Radio host Robin Milling asks the former James Bond if he feels guilty about having intense relationships with women on the big screen while Keely Shaye Smith, his wife of 11 years, peers on, he replies:

“She calls it legal cheating. She said this at a dinner party one night and I just about choked on my shrimp! I’m a lucky guy.”

Then Pierce—whose new flick, All You Need Is Love, co-starring Danish beauty Trine Dyrholm, tells the story of a hairdresser who travels to Italy for her daughter’s wedding and falls for an angry widower—turns serious.

“It’s just a great job that I have to be able to play out the romance of life, the sexuality of life,” he says.

“However, if I were to go down every avenue, I wouldn’t be here. I’m not very good at such a life. I want to have my cake and eat it.

“I like to have the stability of one woman, a family and the continuity of that.”

Pierce and Keely were married Aug. 4, 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, Ireland. The couple has two children, Dylan and Paris.

Wedding Day Radio, a three-part series presented by World Kitchen, launched in April and runs through June here on BlogTalkRadio. Tune in here.

The New BlogTalkRadio Portable Player Is Here!

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The BlogTalkRadio Portable Player enables you to share your show with more listeners on your site, blog and social networks. We’re happy to unveil a brand new version of this player with a  number of enhancements to help you further grow your audience of listeners. 

The player features the slick new look & feel of our recent redesign.  It also displays the images that you’ve attached to your show, just like the player on your BlogTalkRadio show page. 

Here’s what the new player looks like when embedded:

A big reason why we’re changing the player is to allow your show embeds to work on mobile devices, which typically use a built-in player instead of Flash or HTML5. This means your listeners will be able to listen to shows on their iPhone or Android phone as well as their desktop computer. 

To embed your show, you just copy your embed code right from your profile or episode page (depending on which you’d like to embed):

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If you need more guidance on how to embed your player, you can find information in our help center: Portable Player FAQ

Sean Kanan and Wife Michele Dish Details of Their Mediterranean Wedding

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an-kanan-wife-michelle_vegaTV fans who may cringe at the bad-boy characters Sean Kanan portrays on General Hospital and The Young and the Restless will be happy to learn that, in real life, he’s a devoted family man—and a romantic to boot.

“I was living single in Los Angeles. I had a big house in the Hills, all by myself. Then I met Michele, and she promptly told me she had four kids. So I did what I think any guy would do—I married her! And I have a daughter myself, so now we have this blended Brady Bunch family,” the actor, 46, tells Wedding Day Radio host Erin Brown of his beloved bride, who sat down with him to dish details of their nuptials last summer in Europe.

“We went to this little Italian town called Monte di Procida where I’d shot a film several years ago and became very good friends with the owner of the Al Chiar di Luna hotel,” says Sean, who, as author of The Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan, knows a thing or two about throwing a memorable party. “We had a beautiful wedding overlooking the Mediterranean. We were married by the mayor of the town. Then we went to Sicily for our honeymoon.”

“I ended up wearing, like, six different dresses,” says Michele a producer-director whose big-screen credits include 2011’s My Trip to the Dark Side. “Birgit Müller, a three-time Emmy-winning costumer for The Bold and the Beautiful, did the design work. And Sean wore a suit by Carlo Pignatelli.”

As for favorite wedding gifts bestowed on couple, Sean adds: “One of my Italian friends showed up with this super lightweight luggage. That sounds really silly, but we’d bought a bunch of stuff during out tour of Italy, so we needed it.”

Wedding Day Radio, a three-part series presented by World Kitchen, runs throughout April, May and June on BlogTalkRadio. Tune in here.

What’s New on BlogTalkRadio’s Featured Stations

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Healthy Vision with Dr. Val JonesSummer is around the corner, which means everyone will be spending more time outdoors. Are you prepared with the tips and tools to ensure that you and your family are properly protected from the sun’s harmful rays? Tune into Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones to hear optometrist Dr. Stephen Cohen and dermatologist Dr. Jeanine Downie discuss tips for keeping everyone healthy year-round. Tune in here.

Frank Fontana of The Down and Dirty

On Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana today at noon, meet Tanya Memme from Sell This House: Extreme. Beyond hosting the longest-running daytime show on A&E, Tanya is also a journalist, an award-winning actress, and a former Miss World Canada!  During the Craftsmanship segment, get familiar with Villy Customs president Fleetwood Hicks. He heads up the premier custom cruiser bike brand in Dallas, with over 1500 bicycles out on the market in the past four years. Tune in here.

Women's Business Talk Radio NetworkJoin Host Tai Goodwin on Launch Talk on the Women’s Business Talk Radio Network. Tai tackles the myths about small business financing. She’ll be joined by special guest Karlene Sinclair-Robinson, dubbed “The Queen of Business Financing.” She is the Author of Spank The Bank: THE Guide To Alternative Business Financing. She is considered a foremost expert on alternative business financing for startups, small businesses and struggling entrepreneurs. Tune in here.

New Host Goodies on BlogTalkRadio

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This morning, we released a few nice improvements to BlogTalkRadio that we’d like to share.

Direct Connect

We’ve added a new feature to the Studio that we’re calling “Direct Connect.” Direct Connect is a new way for hosts to call in to the studio. We’re testing it out as an alternative to Skype. Hosts who have used it already have found this method delivers better sound quality. Try it on your next broadcast and let us know what you think.

Next time you enter the studio, you’ll see a new button next to the Skype button. Click this button to use Direct Connect to host your show.

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Secure Login

Our login page page now uses SSL encryption every time you log into BlogTalkRadio. Most of you will see no difference when you log in. We just wanted to let you guys know that we’re vigilant in protecting your data and want you to be secure when connecting directly with your audience.

Bug Fixes

We also squashed a few bugs around social media connections and mixed in some design tweaks to the studio.

Enjoy!