Talk Radio Show – Why have your own Talk Radio Show?

With the advent of Web 2.0 comes a new medium known as Live Internet Talk Radio. And while it was around for a while before Web 2.0, back then it was expensive, lacked the web interfaces to give you production control, and required you to own or buy expensive radio studio equipment. Well those days are gone.

Now you can have your own live radio “station” (Account), set up and up and running in literally about 5 minutes for FREE!

You already have everything you need

Although I grant you that there is more to learn about hosting and/or producing your own live internet radio show and profiting from it; if you have a computer with an internet connection you can point and click your mouse, you can type (30 WPM is good but not a requirement), you can dial a phone number and have a conversation, you can host your own live internet Talk Radio Show from the comfort of your home office.

Does Internet talk radio really work?

In fact it does and you can listen to it right now. I will be directing you to various places where you can listen to live internet radio shows instantly. But for now you just need to understand that it works, you can listen to it live, on demand through websites, links and players (Widgets on websites) or as podcasts.

Is Internet Talk Radio really HOT right now?

There are actually several answers to that question. I will go into each of the following benefits in detail in a later chapter. But I’m going to break down its basics here now, so you can gain a clearer understanding of the power of having your own live internet talk radio show. Here (in no particular order) are the main benefits:

o Gain Expert Status by Proxy: As a host of a live internet radio show, you gain further exposure as an expert in your niche or chosen field by interviewing experts in your niche. Listeners assume that you are more knowledgeable about your niche as a result of meeting and speaking with people in your niche who are recognized experts. You can say that you earn a reputation as an expert by building your reputation as one through your association with your guests or through your agent.

o FREE – Eliminates cost as a deterrent – You can literally start making your live internet radio show without spending a red penny. While there are tools you can buy that will make presenting your show easier and are certainly recommended, they are not absolutely necessary.

Compared to what it used to cost or currently costs to produce a live Internet talk radio show through some providers or a terrestrial talk radio show, both of which could cost thousands of dollars, the capacity at no cost and low cost to produce your own live chat over the internet radio show is a great benefit.

o Promote your products and more: self-promote your products, affiliate deals and/or earn money from the affiliate deals of your expert guests. Coordinate your launch or the launch of a guest expert with your live Internet radio show and generate great buzz, traffic and profit.

o Also deliver as MP3/Podcast or Flash Media: You can also deliver your live Internet radio show as a podcast and increase your audience. You have the possibility to record each of your programs through your account system.

o Build Your Contact List: Promote your free reports to build your contact list by announcing your capture page URL on your live Internet radio show.

o Private Broadcast Fee: You may broadcast a private show, only available to people who sign up for special “How To + Q&A” shows with one of your invited experts similar to a Tele-seminar. (More details about that in the Collection chapter).

o Enjoy the benefits of teleseminar with more control – unlike a teleseminar where all your listeners are all on a phone bridge and you have to open the line to allow all callers to be heard. The noise can be deafening and very unprofessional. With I-Talk Radio, you can individually select callers, one at a time, so you’re the only other person calling besides you and your guest expert. Just think about the last conference call you were on where they opened up the question line. Background noises of children crying, spouse yelling at children, TV, loud music, neighbors using a leaf blower and the list goes on and on. Not with a live internet radio show. It’s the nice, quiet, clean, professional way to do a talk show or teleseminar.

o Direct Marketing: This should be pretty obvious but; Of course, you’ll want to provide enough information on your talk show to let your listeners know that there is a solution to problem X and maybe some tips on how you or your guest have solved that problem and where your listeners can buy that solution, ( e-course, report, e-book, membership site, video tutorial, software, etc.).

o Pre-launch buzz – Think about the kind of pre-launch buzz you could create for your next product launch or the next big affiliate deal where you’re doing a joint venture with the developer if you had your own radio show I-Talk as your guest expert.

o Subscription Members Only Talk Shows – If you have a membership site, you can do live shows that are only available to paid members. (More in the Collection chapter).

o Produce Live Internet Radio Shows for Others – Once you’ve finished the production process, there’s nothing to stop you from producing shows for other vendors for a fee. If you don’t know about the easy and free ways to produce your own show or are just too busy to mess with it, you can certainly produce your show for whatever fee the traffic will bear.

o Marketing yourself as a trainer/consultant – Using your own live internet radio show to promote your own coaching or consulting services is a natural. The perceived value of being mentored by someone with their own live internet radio show is several times more powerful than just another trainer or consultant with a website and blog.

You can also make private advice calls that are recorded in your account system for your client to refer to. Only you and your client will have access to the recording.

When you let your imagination run wild with the potential of the ways you can use your own live internet radio show and how it can be used to MAKE MORE MONEY, you will be amazed.