There is a ton of great public relations work being discussed in the PR blogosphere. Here are links to four of them. Anti-Astroturfing CampaignTrevor Cook and Paull Young are asking bloggers to unite against astroturfing. Count me in. I’m encouraged …

It seems like a natural progression to go from text based blogging to live audio and video, but does BlogTalkRadio have what it takes to push the market? We have already seen vlogging, podcasting, and video broadcasting services so there is definitely…

- TalkShoe now offers both Mac and Windows clients!

- TalkShoe can support up to 1000 talkers and shows of any length. In August, two 12-hour LIVE concerts are planned, and they will also be recorded in their entirety.

- TalkShoe already supports access from any regular or mobile phone, as well as Skype and other IP services, but in early August a virtually unlimited number of people will also be able to listen live via audio streaming to their computers. Of course, all (streamers, phone, and VoIP) can text chat with participants.

That said, I wish the best of luck to our compatriots at BlogTalkRadio. Congratulations on your launch. We’re all helping expand this market.

There’s a reason talk radio works, it’s because talent is behind the microphone. But, I guess if you can get enough people cllicking on ads, anything will work.

The service enables people to create a community about any topic, and then to:

* conduct conference calls with 2 to 50 callers, accessible via a local call in > 30 countries (worldwide via direct VoIP)
* listen to any public conversation as a live MP3 feed, playable on most media players (24kbps feed)
* post voice messages to a group voice message board (accessible via phone, also sent via email to group members)
* send an email to all or a subset of a community by emailing yourgroup@radiohandi.com or yourgroup.subgroup@radiohandi.com
* send a broadcast SMS to your group via our shortcode
* conduct SMS chats with your groups as well
* we also telecast participating broadcast and internet radio stations, just dial any RH access number, the dial the station’s 4 letter callsign to listen in (we’ll also be hosting mobile optimized MP3 feeds for people who have stream capable mobile devices)
* new website with the requisite AJAX “bling” coming soon

Communities can use whatever combination of tools they need. Someone who’s hosting classes can use the telecasting feature so people can listen in by phone or MP3. Someone who’s organizing a club or sports team can use the email and SMS listserv features. Families or groups of friends can use the conference bridge to host weekly reunions. Someone who wants to do guerrilla broadcasts needs only a mobile phone and a decent mic and they can broadcast from anywhere, anytime.

The service is in beta, and is accessible globally via local numbers in over 30 countries, and worldwide via VoIP (via direct SIP calls, or via peered VoIP services including Gizmo). If someone wants to contact me, I am glad to provide more info about the service, etc…

PS - next time you need to host a conference call, BCC invite@radiohandi.com and it’ll create a conference bridge and email dial in instructions to everyone.

alrighty… enough of the shameless plug.

Some of the driving factors of a talk show host’s success include the tone and pace of their voice and how exciding theay sound.

I write for LandingTheDeal.com, part of the Know More Media network, and we’re always looking for ways to push the envelope in discovering new methods for communicating with our readers. This seems like a natural…still very personal, but much more interactive.

I think there are real significant application for sales related blogs: Imagine having interested prospects reading the blog, and then being able to have a more in-depth permission based conversation with them that would allow them to ask questions and relate back to the seller in real time! There are great possibilities.

Great article. Thanks for the heads up on this new service.