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6 Ways to Promote Your Internet Radio Station

So you've got your own brand-new radio station. Great. You can’t wait to get out there – play some cool music, and watch as your listeners multiply and advertisers pour in. 

But before you start basking in the glory of thousands hanging on to your every word – it's time for that all-important next step. The real reason why The Avengers made $1.5 billion while no one watched The Informant.  Yes folks – we’re talking about marketing. 

Wouldn't it just be wonderful if you just started a radio station, played some songs, talked whatever came to your mind and people would just tune in and listen? Unless you’re Kim Kardashian and willing to shoot a sex tape, that’s not the way the world works. Remember – telling people about your radio station is as important as having one. These days, success is to marketing what Charlie Sheen is to drugs, Lindsay Lohan is to rehab, and politicians are to lying - inseparable.

So here are six of the best, tried-and-tested methods to get the word out. Although following them won’t make you an overnight success, they will certainly bring you one step (or five steps) closer to the Holy Grail:


1. Decide the budget beforehand

Deciding how much dough you want to fork out is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. First of all –the answer to this question is not the same for all radio stations. Don’t try to compare yourself to other stations and their marketing budgets – one size doesn’t always fit all. Instead, try to make a plan (ideally before launching the station) based on your own unique genre, requirements, direction and future strategy. Consider your target audience and niche and plan accordingly. 


2. Join the herd

Submit your radio station to the many radio directories on the internet. Radio directories are sites where thousands of radio stations are classified according to specific criteria. Submitting your station in one of these sites can be the best way to get that traffic flowing in. Plus – you get dedicated traffic that is genuinely interested in radio stations – not some random user who popped in via a Google search. 
A few popular directories are iTunes Radio, Windows Media Guide, Radio Tuna, Comfm, Shoutcast etc. Most of them are free. Certain sites have certain criteria that your station would need to satisfy, while some are relatively easier to get into than others. Try to get yourself listed on as many such directories as you can. 

3. Organize contests: 

Organize contests on your radio station with attractive prizes, and don’t forget to announce the name of the winner(s) on the air. Encourage viewers to call in by giving away a special prize for a lucky winner. 
And remember – the prizes (and the contest itself of course) should be related to your niche. For example, if your niche is heavy metal, you might want to give out a Metallica special edition CD as a prize. 
The contests need not be limited to the radio station – you can have them on your website as well (You do have a website don’t you?). And speaking of websites… 

4. Go social: Eat, Poke, Tweet

Invest some time and resources in developing cool pages and accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the like. Study the pages of other famous radio stations. Try to think of funny one-liners and anecdotes. Post news and current events (anniversaries of bands/artists etc.) relevant to your niche. Conduct promotional campaigns on social media to make them truly social. 
When someone follows you on Twitter or likes your Facebook page, send them a personal thank you message. This might seem cumbersome at first and not worth the trouble, it will pay off in the end. Visitors and fans like to know that you recognize their efforts, and that you are more than just another statistic to them. 
Remember – social media can make or break your entire marketing campaign. Ignore it at your own peril. As a wise man once said - social media giveth and social media taketh away.

5. Go old school

Promote your station at local events. Get your own booth at fairs and other similar social gatherings. Put up banners in your city at strategic locations. These old school techniques matter more than you think. Moreover, they’ll help you get local traffic. If yours is the only radio station in your city in that niche, use the fact to your advantage. 

6. If you’ve got a higher budget…

There’s nothing like having more moolah to work with. There is really no end to the possibilities when you have enough money to spend. 
Try to get some big names into your studio. You can start with a local celebrity and then move upwards. You can also sponsor concerts and other events in your niche to increase your popularity. One single tweet by a famous artist mentioning your station and you could be set for life.

As you promote your station and get your hands dirty, you’ll yourself start noticing what works for your particular case and what doesn’t. Marketing and promotion is rather like education – it never ends. It is one of the most important (not to mention rewarding) things you’ll ever do. It’s rather like that philosophical anecdote – if no one knows about your radio station, does it really exist?

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IQ or EQ?

A Brief History of Locking: The Lock and Short of it

Years ago, Dan Campbell made a mistake. The result was one of the most popular hip hop dance forms in the world today.

The Mocking that created Locking
 
One fateful day, somewhere around 1970, Don Campbell was performing the Funky Chicken (some say it was the Robot Shuffle) in front of an audience when he suddenly realized that he couldn’t remember his next move. He had reached a particularly intricate point in the dance when he realized that he had forgotten his next step. He furrowed his brow and scratched his head, but his brain would have none of it – it simply gave him the middle finger and refused to co-operate. He then did what most of used to do when a hot girl approached us in high school – he froze. And then a lady from the audience did what that hot girl probably did to you – she laughed. And then Campbell did something inspired by something that most of us never have - a flash of genius. Annoyed by his own failure, he simply showed her the finger – not the middle finger of course – he just pointed at her and that in turn caused everyone to look in her direction, giving them the impression that the pointing was actually a dance move.

8 Reasons why you Should Drink Less Coffee and More Tea

Much ink has been spilled regarding the health benefits of tea. Studies are divided: few proclaim tea to have almost magical healing properties, while cast doubt on its actual health benefits.
 
Tea is without doubt safer than most other beverages – think coffee (the daily culprit), soft drinks (duh) and alcohol (double duh). Tea will do your body less harm than any other beverage you’re likely to drink. 

If you are one of those people who have been at the receiving end of some coffee-induced indigestion or a desire to lie awake at night - and in bed in the morning (and let’s face it, who hasn’t?), consider switching to tea. It combines the benefits of coffee with none of the harm.
 
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Clouds on the horizon: Cloud computing opportunities in India

“Cloud computing” is one of those catch phrases that seems to have taken the internet by storm. But what exactly does it mean? In a nutshell, cloud computing is the concept of providing resources as a utility over the internet. Instead of storing data in your hard drive, you can store it in an online repository, known as the Cloud. Applications or software that you use can also be accessed and executed directly from the Cloud. Hence, you would be spared of the burden of storing something locally – rather similar to a bank account. 

This is particularly appealing to startups and SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), since they can save significant amounts of money and resources in maintaining their data and applications. According to a study undertaken by IBM across 22 countries, businesses plan to invest more in Cloud Computing than in any other area.

IQ or EQ?

“Marks don’t matter; what matters is the intelligence”, we tell ourselves every time we get a low score in our exams. IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and aptitude are considered far more important than marks. Ever since companies have started taking aptitude tests for short listing candidates for recruitment, the whole facet of IQ and aptitude has risen to an entirely new level, with mock aptitude tests being conducted and students learning the meanings of thousands of difficult words by rote.

However, there is another ‘intelligence’ to be considered which has a broader impact on our future – Emotional Intelligence (EI), measured by Emotional Quotient (EQ).