It’s been a mere three days since we launched Cinch—our latest social-media tool, which makes creating short, snappy podcasts, well, a cinch—but already the national media is taking note.
To say nothing of a comic legend.
The Wall Street Journal’s App Watch column reports:
“For social networking aficionados who want to inject a little more personality [...]

Today, we’re excited to launch Cinch. We took the service a bit further than Dave Winer suggested some time ago, and we’re thrilled where we ended up.
As its name appropriately reflects, Cinch (which can be found at CinchCast.com) is the easiest way to create a podcast, pure and simple. You create a Cinch using any [...]

Two of the Grey Lady’s greatest voices graced BlogTalkRadio yesterday; one with a titter-worthy Twitter tale, the other enraged by enslavement of the fair sex in South Asia.
Interviewed on Zane Safrit, New York Times personal-technology columnist David Pogue recalled his ironic road from social-media critic to social-media convert.
“Interestingly, I didn’t start on Twitter. [...]

Beginning today, BlogTalkRadio’s platform joins the likes of WordPress, Hulu, Ustream.tv, Twitter Tracker and PollDaddy as a featured application on Ning, the social platform for interests and passions.
The BlogTalkRadio app enables any Ning Network Creator to host their own live, online radio show and stream the conversation to their members.
By joining with Ning, the BlogTalkRadio [...]

Fresh off from Labor Day weekend, we’re pleased to update you on two new BlogTalkRadio features:
An enhanced reminder function and a live Twitter feed.
-Reminder function: Now there’s no reason to miss your favorite BTR shows.
On all upcoming episodes, below the host name, there’s a “Remind Me” button that allows you to schedule a reminder that [...]

It’s not easy being a social-media guru, particularly a successful one.
Just ask Chris Brogan.
Interviewed on Danny Brown, the president of digital-marketing agency New Marketing Labs bemoans the drubbing he takes from his critics and comrades alike.
“I’ve gone from being this guy who’s blogged for 10 years to—every time I pick up a new client [...]

by Deb
Over the weekend I had an epiphany. Since we’re always using the forum, this blog and BlogTalkRadio Insider to help our hosts find ways to bring traffic and listeners to their shows, why not also bring out some gems from the BlogTalkRadio vault. Saturday’s feature, Chris Brogan’s Greatest hits was quite the success and [...]

by Deb Ng
So we’ve been talking about social media as way to bring in traffic and build community. All of our discussions on the blog, BlogTalkRadio Insider and our forums are terrific and yielding great results. But it occurred to me we have a wealth of information in the BlogTalkRadio vault. We have interviews with [...]

by Deb Ng
I received a lovely note from a BlogTalkRadio host who is enjoying all the helpful posts on the BlogTalkRadio blog, but is a little confused about the term social media. Since I’m often asked about social media and why it’s important, I thought it would be a good time to throw another definition [...]

by Deb Ng
My Twitter addiction is legendary is these parts. No matter how much I’ve tried, I can’t quit. OK, well that’s a lie. I never tried to quit, and have no plans to do so in the future. I like Twitter not for its ability to send traffic to my blogs or this website, [...]