"Thank you Sir! May I have another? PLEASE"?
Anybody got an aircheck?
I'd LOVE to hear that.
(At the time you reference, I was on a conference call, which I will allude to below.)
'Would also like-to-have-been-a-fly-on-the-wall for what-was-said OFF-the-air there after.
How would that call get past the screener?
And -- as consultants are-wont-to-do -- may I point-out-something-else-obvious?
Pause the TOPIC of this conversation long-enough to notice THE CONVERSATION ITSELF...this Internet platform.
If listeners were as-engaged-with, as-passionate-about, AM/FM programming as y'all are about non-programming here, radio would be in better shape.
UNTIL NOW, I didn't really "get" Twitter.com.
But this back-and-forth shortform content being-created-on-the-fly here is Twitter-like.
Hear me.
It's worth it.
Pause topic.
Focus on platform.
Imagine if -- doing-this-very-same-kind-of-thing -- YOU COULD MAKE MONEY.
Some people are.
Myself included, thanks to YOU.
Since I linked, several posts back, to
http://hollandcooke.com/08June.pdf, three people have subscribed to my newsletter.
$129 X 3 = $387.
So thanks to all the anonymous denizens whose zingers keep pushing this thread to the top of the Providence board.
But I digress...
That conference call I mentioned?
It was with someone I met weekend-before-last weekend at the Talkers magazine New Media Seminar.
He's doing a podcast, about a sports-related topic.
And, to his credit, "it's niche," a very narrow, specialized topic.
In 20 minutes, he-and-I brainstormed 3 ways to make the content more "episodic" and habit-forming; and two ways to MAKE MONEY online.
And, over the weekend, I spoke with someone else, who does local radio, in the Midwest, who has a wrinkle on movie reviews, and is building-it-out online, and having a ball.
My point?
"Channel."
THIS VERY PLATFORM -- which all these silly snipes demonstrate-to-be easy-to-use -- can be so much more than you-talking-about-OTHER-PEOPLE.
YOU can do YOUR thing, here, on this new platform which AM/FM listeners are, measurably wandering-off-to.
You can do whatever-you-want, without permission from the dang corporate suits.
Without do-this-don't-do-that from the dang consultants.
And largely without-spending-a-dime, using all the free apps/software/tools I described in my presentation at the Talkers thing.
For the link to AN ENTIRE PAGE of download links, email
[email protected]
The robot will RSVP in moments.
Or you could instead invest-available-time-you-have-for-this-platform talking-about-other-people.
But make no mistake.
Here, The New Platform, is where-the-action-is.
If you don't believe me, lurk, as-anonymously-as-you-need-to, near The Apple Store on July 11.
If radio has been reduced to the-incident-you-described, that's why those people you'll see will be lined-up on the 11th.
Now, if you'll excuse me, my days today/tomorrow/Friday are committed to finding several "Matt Allen-with-a-southern-accent" type hosts.
Tell any likely candidates to send airchecks/resumes to
[email protected] (use YouSendIt.com for airchecks).
Later -- no matter HOW good these Matts are -- anonymous local snipers will probably damn me for importing 'em.
As Sonny & Cher sang, "a cowboy's work is never done."
Aloha from Block Island
HC
It was a thing of beauty! I didn't realize it was Barber until a minute or so into his call. My only question is how many scotch on the rocks had "Dave from Providence" consumed before calling Matt to complain about his negativity, to mimmick his "oh my" and to repeatedly tell Matt he should move elsewhere to find happiness.