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Article #308: Promote Your Site with Internet Radio

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Internet radio is just broadcast quality audio ads you want. But be careful,
content being streamed over the internet. people are 1 click away from not
That is it, nothing more. listening. Yet, we are conditioned to
There are 2 variations, and both are hear, "This program is brought to you by
considered internet radio. One version is XYZ advertiser" and 8 minutes of every
live content being streamed in real time hour, radio plays commercials, and you
based on a time schedule, but in reality could do the same on Internet radio
that is not really necessary or cost programming.
effective for that matter. Lets face it in times gone by if someone
What I believe to be the next wave of wanted to listen to a certain broadcast
useful marketing tactics using audio on on the radio they had to tune in at a
the web, is building a niche internet specific time on a specific day. With
radio station which will have tremendous most people leading busy and hectic lives
marketing and audience building this is not always possible and so savvy
potential. It will be in the producers and Internet webmasters are now
broadcaster's best interest to produce producing certain popular shows and
killer-archived content and post that allowing their listeners access 24/7.
regularly to stream on demand for their What makes Radio, Radio.
listeners. The aural elements we take for granted
This is so easy and cost effective to do, and don't think about.
and does not require the live production Below are auditory elements we hear every
techniques of traditional radio, nor the time we listen to commercial radio. They
high costs and server infrastructure of all can be produced easily with sound
live feed internet audio streaming. Be editing software, royalty free music, pro
aware live streaming can be done through audio mics and sound cards, Add some
web companies such as or and many other creative energy and you can have an
others that have the data centers to internet radio station broadcasting your
multicast audio streams in real time. creative content to the world. Listen to
Internet radio needs only to be great become familiar with the examples of the
audio content available upon demand aural elements of radio.
online, and I see it as an incredible Below is listed examples of radio style
opportunity for marketers of niche audio production you can create yourself
products and services to create to build to make your niche station
audience or traffic to their online Advertiser Jingles
offerings. Station Call Letter IDs
The model of radio has been working and Sweepers - Bumpers
profitable for years. The only difference Production Music Beds
between WABC radio and is they have an Voice overs
audience (akin to web traffic) and they Interviews - Talk radio
are pros at producing audience attracting Advertisers commercials
audio content that they broadcast 24 Niche Internet radio station examples
hours a day to a limited area online now.
geographically. With your dot com, and on - All lawyers radio
demand radio streaming you can broadcast All soul music radio
audience-attracting audio content just as - All fitness radio
good as theirs, broadcast it on demand to What is a great solution to host an
anywhere in the world, and make profits internet radio station?
with niches where they can't. Flash is the best technology to stream
Example: Fly fishing radio, Pottery archived audio over the web because it is
artist's radio, Swing trading radio, Hair the most common cross platform player,
coloring tips radio, thousands of other period. Real Media and Windows Media are
possible niches would fail horribly in the formats that allow live streaming,
traditional radio broadcast models, but but I focused on archived, on demand
niches thrive on the internet, and so audio in this article. The easiest method
does niche internet radio. Once the for hosting internet radio content is
audience is built, if yours is not You can do it all with the right
already, all the profitable techniques of equipment, the right production software
traditional radio apply. and a little learning curve, all
It would not be spam in an internet radio available from
program to advertise and direct listeners Hear you on the Internet!
to online offers. You could run all the






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