You may have noticed some changes to the BlogTalkRadio homepage in the last few days.  We’re trying something new!
In the past, the Featured Talk Radio Shows area has been used to spotlight recently-aired programming that was not spotlighted in other ways on the site, or that was happening spur of the moment.  We still have [...]

by Deborah Ng
How to have a featured show is something that’s talked about often on BlogTalkRadio. The truth is, we have so much good content, it can be a difficult decision to pick which material makes it to the features box.
There are plenty of perks to having a featured show. The segment appears on the [...]

by Deb Ng
Blogging and online radio aren’t so different. As a blogger, I have to come up with fresh material several times a day, as a BlogTalkRadio host, you have to come up with fresh material once a week or more often.
I have productive days when the ideas don’t stop flowing.  Other times, I’m at [...]

by Deborah Ng
I don’t know about you, but I always get a little nervous when I’m doing a live interview. I find that if I don’t prepare properly, my listeners receive dead air and “umms…” and “ers…” instead of useful information.  As most of our hosts know, hosting a podcast or online radio show is [...]

Monday’s blog post about using descriptive paragraphs to bring in listeners was well received. Folks even sent quite a few emails and several comments asking me to expand on the descriptive paragraph topic and give tips and examples. Before I do, let’s talk a little about Search Engine Optimization or SEO.
SEO is the art of [...]

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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Did you know how you describe your show has a lot to do with how many listeners come on board? It’s true. Your host page is picked up by search engines and viewed by people searching through our programming guides. So it’s in your best interest to be as descriptive as possible.
Here’s another reason.
I have [...]