http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is rare that a talk show host is involved in interviewing people in a hostage situation but it could happen.  My advice to you is to try to avoid it at all costs,  because little good ever comes out of it.  However sometimes station management will ask you to ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=278 In this economy staying even on salaries is good news.  In this article from http://radioink.com/ we learn that salaries for people working in radio have stayed even.  That is good news for all of us.  Here is the article: RTDNA: Radio Journalism Salaries Hold Steady August 26, 2010: The latest ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=276 Many of my talk show host coaching  clients are interested in expanding their audience size, but they have limited budgets for promoting their shows.  Enter social media.  Social media is free and it can be incredibly effective.  Here is an article from http://abraham.ilikehandbag.com that covers how to collect information using ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=274 Many of my talk show host clients use Skype, but I worry about its overuse.  It just doesn't give you the quality and audiences will be turned off if your production values drop on a regular basis.  Skype is perfect for deadline situations but the downside is a degradation in ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=272 As a talk show host coach, you know I am always on ways to monitor how you and/or your competition is doing or to gain market intelligence.  I just found a new tool from youtube that will allow you to find out who is watching certain videos and learn a ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=270 As a talk show host coach I stay abreast of what is going on in all phases of programing and I have found a new phenomena. TV stations all over the US have just discovered a undeserved time slot and are rushing to take advantage of it.  The media rating agencies ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=268 As a talk show host coach I know good advice when I see it and I just ran across this article on http://www.walkleys.com. It contains a number of tips on conducting interviews and is worth reading. The Art of the Interview 26 August 2010 Written by Walkley Intern Lucienne Bell What are the ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=266 Consider this.  When you buy a new device such as an Ipad,  some people are going to be hired and some people are going to be fired.  Apple will be hiring, and the device you replace will be firing.  Why is this?  Well the Ipad people are more up to ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=264 If you can interview, you can create information products with the same techniques.  And make some nice money in the process. My friend Fred Gleeck, wrote this  at http://www.fredgleeck.com/blog/ about how to do it: Information Marketing Audio Interview Products There are a LOT of people selling information products who produce audio interviews ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=262   So Dr. Laura used the "N" word on air, it went out without being deleted and now we have her ending her career because of it.  Of course the "N" word is wrong, but the lesson for us as talk show hosts is that we need someone watching over us ... http://www.conductknockoutbroadcastinterviews.com/blog/?p=258