Generation Bold Radio Wins Gold in 2015 National Mature Media Award Program
Congratulations to Generation Bold!
Generation Bold: The Fountain of Truth was a Gold winner in the 24th annual National Mature Media Awards Program. The program, presented by the Mature Market Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for the senior market, recognizes the nation’s finest marketing, communications, educational materials, and programs designed and produced for older adults.
Adriane Berg, Host/Creator of the syndicated radio show, Generation Bold: The Fountain of Truth, received the Gold Award for National Media–Editorial Division. Those involved with the show include:
- Adriane Berg, Host/Creator
- Stuart Bochner, Producer
- Nicholas Tzanis, Patty Piroh, Debbie Galant, Adam Goldberg and Mike Barnhart from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University
“We were delighted to take part in the Mature Media Awards Program this year, and were honored to be selected as the Gold Award winner,” says host, Adriane Berg.
The entries were judged by a distinguished panel of mature market experts from across the United States for overall excellence of design, content, creativity and relevance to the senior market.
Generation Bold Radio, headquartered in Tewksbury, New Jersey, began under a grant from the State of New Jersey, as SuperAgingNJ, a hyper-local website and radio platform covering news and features of interest to boomers, older adults and caregivers of any age living in Warren, Hunterdon and Somerset Counties. Today, Generation Bold Radio is in national syndication, heard on the BizTalk Radio Network.
Business Builders with Marty Wolff and Financial Focus Coming to BizTalkRadio!
Two new shows are coming to BizTalkRadio this Saturday.
Business Builders with Marty Wolff
The Business Builders show is here to inform, educate, inspire and entertain you, our audience of entrepreneurs, small business owners and all professionals who seek excellence.
Marty Wolff is a serial entrepreneur having started and operated four different businesses. They included a transportation company, a retail furniture store, two consulting companies, The Wolff Group and presently Marty is President of Marty Wolff Business Solutions.
Financial Focus
Financial Focus likes to have guests on that are entertaining and bring good advice on specific topics to our audience. There are many folks out there that can offer strategic advice and answer your questions.
Troy Reinhart and Tyler Simones strive to give you the proper tools, education and assistance to help you truly build wealth, not just invest in a product someone sells you. The partners at Northwest Quadrant Wealth provide two hours of entertaining and wealth building knowledge you can use in your everyday life.
Experience Pros is now on BizTalkRadio!
Now on BizTalkRadio weekdays from 8-10am!
“Experience Pros Radio Show is a daily positive business talk show hosted by best-selling authors Eric Reamer and Angel Tuccy. Experience Pros is changing the way people treat people in business.”
Awarded 2nd best talk show team by Colorado Broadcasters Association and Best Morning Radio Show by Colorado Community Media. Home of the original Fan Braggin’® Friday and the Extreme Customer Directory.
Angel Tuccy and Eric Reamer ARE The Experience Pros!
Angel Tuccy and Eric Reamer are the hosts of the “most positive business talk show in America*”. The Experience Pros Radio Show has served the small business community since November of 2009, and has won numerous nominations and awards including “Best Midday Show 2013″ and “Best News/Talk Show Host/Team 2013 & 2014″ by the Colorado Broadcasting Association.
They are the founders of Ladies Who Lunch, Experience Pros University, The Extreme Customer Service Directory and their most popular brand: Fan Braggin’® Friday. Between the two of them they are bestselling authors of 7 books including “Lists That Saved My Life”, “Lists That Saved My Business” and “Waste Less Time/Gain More Customers”.
Tuccy and Reamer are both certified professional speakers, and keynote together as one on topics ranging from small business development to how to offer extreme customer service.
5 Interview Tips to Help you get the Job
Okay, okay. You’ve probably heard them all before. There are lots of interview tips out there. What makes us different?
Well, we’ve looked through those tips. Here are the little things that we haven’t seen before.
1. Act like an interviewer
We don’t mean you should act like an interviewer in your actual interview (though you should definitely have questions prepared for when it’s appropriate to ask). What we want you to do is look into techniques for being an interviewer. Just like there are tips for you, there are tips for them. An interviewer might be giving away what they are looking for based on the questions they ask. This will help you answer to the best of your ability.
2. Find your weakness
What question are you afraid to answer? Why? Get to the bottom of it and make sure you practice the answer to that question. Don’t just hope it won’t come up. It will. So be ready.
3. Pick your time slot
What is your best time of day? When do you feel most alert? Some job interviews have a little leeway as to when you can schedule your interview. Try to make it work to your best advantage. And don’t forget to allow yourself plenty of time to get there.
4. Ask who will be interviewing you
Is it a guy, a girl, a panel, the CEO? This might just be a good thing to know before you walk into the room. It will keep you from being surprised. Also, if it’s someone high up in the company, you may want to do a little research on what their role is.
5. Have references ready, but not with you
You should definitely line up recommendations from you work history, however, it isn’t necessary to bring those recommendations with you. The interviewer or company will follow up on that if they deem it necessary, you don’t have to worry about it.
What tips have helped you get through interviews? What hasn’t worked? Share in the comments!
BizTV and BizTalkRadio welcome BizTalkNews
BizTV and BizTalkRadio announced the addition of a new top-of-the-hour news product that airs daily from 9:00 am to 5:05 pm EST.
“We felt there was a void in the marketplace for business news,” said Scott Miller, EVP of BizTV and BizTalkRadio. “There are several great resources for news, but our TV and Radio affiliates wanted a news product that follows the stock market and provides business centered news stories.”
BizTalkNews is a five-minute top-of-the-hour news product that gives affiliates options. Stations can choose to air the entire five minutes or pick the segments they are interested in airing: News Headlines, Market Report/Business Headlines or a segment on Business Stories.
“We wanted to give our affiliates the ability to pick and choose to meet the needs of their viewers or listeners,” said Miller. “This gives them an option to air all five minutes, join the feed for the Market Report and Business Headlines or air the Business Stories later in the same hour.”
Independent News Network, a division of The Media Gateway in Little Rock, Arkansas is producing BizTalkNews. “We are excited to partner with BizTV and BizTalkRadio on this new venture,” said Jeff Lyle, President of The Media Gateway.
A Preamble
By Edward Frazier
I rarely think of the fourth of July as anything but another Holiday. A parade, some fireworks, picnics with watermelons, and pies. Did I mention fire works? One of my favorite memories and a pivotal moment in my youth happened as I watched a pocket full of black cats blowing up in my very own pocket.
Very cool in front of my “girlfriend”, and oh yeah I set her sisters hair on fire trying to be cool with a small bottle rocket. I had watched others casually flip small bottle rockets in the air after lighting it from a punk held in ones teeth. Well, at 14 years old I was ready for such a challenge as lighting and tossing a bottle rocket. So, for my first time ever I lit a rocket tossed it high in the air for safety, only to see it arc over the crowd and land in my girl friend’s sister’s hair styled with flammable hair spray. Best of all! The loud pop right at the finale of the bottle rocket. No fingers ever pointed in my direction so I was stealthy by luck. I disappeared to the watermelon seed-spiting contest. Not too good at that test either.
This weekend is the 4th so happy Fourth of July for all Americans. For reasons no one living can fully appreciate a group of people decided to declare our independence. Since then many more have followed to shape a nation. There has been progress from every generation since the foundation of our country. Many National Pivots are yet to come.
Consider today July 2, what these people who started this defiance of a sovereign Kingdom were thinking. As they no doubt reflected on what they intended to do in the next 48 hours. It had the consequences of death. In fact many did come to that consequence. Some starved on POW boats in the Hudson and came to a harsh end and all sort of war hazards prevailed. I would think to make those determined intentional decisions of our founders must have included a strong faith in God. For who can ponder such things without consideration of God’s role in their destiny? I call them serious historic gamblers who put it all at risk.
Enjoy the Fourth! May greater things come of this Nation. Pray for the days to come.
About Ed Frazier
Ed has been involved in media and Internet technologies for over 30 years. He was one of the founding individuals of the Regional Sports Networks that make up Fox Sports. Following Fox sports Frazier was involved in a joint Venture with Coserv Electric in the deployment and creation of advanced fiber networks. Through the CoServ Joint Venture he supplied advanced Internet technologies, for design, development and Internet marketing. Frazier has years of experience in Internet marketing and media, including, pay per click advertising, video streaming, banner advertising, Google adwords, Yahoo, MSN, and other directory and Internet marketing systems including direct e-mail, and user targeting advertising. His interest in Internet technology management for his clients is targeted to insure best practices in Internet marketing and ecommerce. Ed is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. He provides consulting services in the field of Integrated Media. This involves traditional broadcast media and emerging media via satellite and the Internet. He has served on the boards of publicly traded companies, privately held corporation and non-profit organization.
New Shows Coming to BizTalkRadio in July!
MoneyTalk
Saturday 8AM – 9AM EST
An informative and unique show that pulls back the curtain on Wall Street. They show you the things other shows won’t. The fees and expenses, the sales charges that are hidden. The way your money can be tied up for years. They tell you what to avoid when making investment decisions, and what to look for as well.
Killer Innovations
Sunday 5PM – 6PM EST
The award winning Killer Innovations, hosted byPhil McKinney, shares the skills and lessons learned from the hosts +30 year career developing award winning products and technologies. The objective is to share with the audience how to harness the power of innovation to radically improve their personal, career and business success.
Refresh Your Wealth
Thursday 7PM – 8PM EST
The Refresh Your Wealth Radio Show helps listeners live the American Dream and better build & protect their wealth. Their team has attorneys and CPA’s with years of in the field experience who know real estate, retirement planning, tax and legal strategies to help you save and make more money and protect it!
Smart Living
Sunday 9AM – 10AM EST
Smart Living is about lifestyle and living well. The show covers home and garden, food and dining, health and fitness, technology, financial health, travel and adventure.
The Stages of a Start-Up
by Ed Frazier
I have always been involved in starting companies or acquiring them. This post however is related to the start-ups. I have been involved in over 20 start-ups in my career, working 20+ years in the media industry but also some in wind power, solar, real estate, and Internet technologies. In all cases, they have had some common patterns.
1. THE CHAMPAGNE STAGE 
This is the initial planning stage where the math goes something like this. If we offer a product that everyone in our market loves and we capture 3% of the market we will make a lot of money. The model will also include some underestimated cost and time lines. However, as partners we are all excited about this prospect so we launch. It will include a plan to capitalize the venture, and some division of responsibility. This stage will last until the Champagne is gone.
2. REALITY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MODEL
This is the period when the venture partners and their investor watch the financial resources begin to deplete. There will be a realization that it’s going to take longer than planned. It is important to look at the end of year one and evaluate if there is a business to be built. The test of the concept can be determined by how much business has been secured related to the idea. If there are no customers it may be time to change direction. My experience has been that if I have some good clients by the end of year one the business has promise. If I don’t have some good clients its not a good sign.
3.THE HELMET AND FLAK JACKET STAGE
This stage of the business runs from year one to year three. It’s the time when the initial capital is close to being consumed and the profit line has not been obtained. The danger of running out of cash or calling on investors to contribute more is a real possibility. It’s the point in time when everyone questions the wisdom of the venture and self esteem can hit a low. It’s time to hunker down put on the flack jacket and persevere. About the end of year three you have been in business long enough that those potential clients you called on in year one are ready to trust you with their business. It comes at a time when one might considering giving up. Then a call from a client you called on two years ago comes in and orders. This is a sign that you have a future in your chosen business. Its also a good time to go back to all your previous prospects and touch base. Let them know you are still going.
4. ALWAYS KNEW YOU WOULD MAKE IT STAGE
This is the stage where all those skeptics that doubted you could ever succeed will start to say. “I always knew you would make it, everything you do turns to gold”. This is the point in time when you can go to family gatherings and instead of them asking when you will get a real job you can proudly say I own my own business and I love it. The most important thing at this stage is to remember the sacrifices that have been made share the wealth with those who helped you and extend a supporting word or resource to the pilgrims that are embarking on their journey. Above all, enjoy your success.
About Ed Frazier
Ed has been involved in media and Internet technologies for over 30 years. He was one of the founding individuals of the Regional Sports Networks that make up Fox Sports. Following Fox sports Frazier was involved in a joint Venture with Coserv Electric in the deployment and creation of advanced fiber networks. Through the CoServ Joint Venture he supplied advanced Internet technologies, for design, development and Internet marketing. Frazier has years of experience in Internet marketing and media, including, pay per click advertising, video streaming, banner advertising, Google adwords, Yahoo, MSN, and other directory and Internet marketing systems including direct e-mail, and user targeting advertising. His interest in Internet technology management for his clients is targeted to insure best practices in Internet marketing and ecommerce. Ed is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. He provides consulting services in the field of Integrated Media. This involves traditional broadcast media and emerging media via satellite and the Internet. He has served on the boards of publicly traded companies, privately held corporation and non-profit organization.
Streaming Content vs. Cable – From the floor of NCTA
Cable Companies Are Working to Keep Up With the Consumer
How you consume media has changed. According to industry experts, while TV sets are still the number one way to consume video, watching content on a device other then TV is up 400% in the past 18 months. In fact it has been widely reported that in 2013 the number of cable subscribers dropped for the first time since cable TV launched.
Netflix and YouTube account for at least 50% of all streaming content online in the US.
So what does that mean for the cable industry?
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association renamed their annual convention The Internet & Television Expo or INTX for short.
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association held its annual meeting last week in Chicago. Interesting enough, The National Cable Show has rebranded and is now called The Internet & Television Expo, or INTX for short. Not only has the industry recognized the need to include the Internet, it got first billing at the show.
CableLabs is a non-profit research and development consortium that works with the large cable companies in developing technology at a rate that is affordable and meets the ever changing demands of the consumer.
Phil McKinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of CableLabs, says there is no doubt the industry is changing. “Cable providers are looking less and less like cable companies and more and more like IP (Internet Protocol) delivery providers.”
Worth noting, cable TV is still the largest form of delivery of content. Currently 90% of US Homes still pay for TV. But, as McKinney points out, more and more providers are using the Internet to delivery content.
Will there be enough bandwidth to keep up with the demand?
“Technology is pushing Internet speeds,” says McKinney. “We continue to see more bandwidth being developed than what is needed.”
Just last week Comcast announced plans to roll out multi-gigabit broadband service to its 2.4 million Chicago based customers. And SpectrumMax, a San Antonio based company, announced two new products that it promises will allow “cable operators to eliminate customer losses and successfully compete with cellular or wireless carriers.”
Will streaming content online verses cable or satellite save the consumer money? Is the Internet the answer to the demand for an “al a chart” menu of programming?
The cost for traditionally produced content continues to rise eight to 12% annually.
Yes and no to both questions.
By opening up content via the web, or what the industry refers to as “over the top,” meaning content delivered by the Internet verses the cable set top box, there are less bandwidth issues. Even satellite has a limit to the number of channels they can deliver. But the Internet, at least for now, seems to have an unlimited amount of bandwidth. More bandwidth gives smaller, more affordable programmers an outlet to deliver their content. This means the consumer has more choices to fresh new content at an affordable price.
Where the consumer will find cost going up is the more traditionally produced content they currently get through their cable provider. ESPN is the perfect example. Under the current cable model, the consumer pays about five dollars per month to get ESPN. Yet, set top box data shows less then 20% of consumers actually watch sports. NFL being the exception, drawing about a 30% audience.
So imagine the cost of ESPN in an “al a chart” world. Think Pay Per View. In ESPN’s defense it is not cheap to produce a live sporting event in HD. So if the cable industry moves away from traditional cable to an “al a chart” model, the cost would increase for those consumers who want the content.
“The cost for produced content continues to rise eight to 12%,” says McKinney. “The cable industry is absorbing most of the cost, knowing the consumer wants a cheaper monthly bill.”
Sudden Link Cable went as far as to drop all Viacom (CBS) programming because of the rising cost of produced content.
In truth the answer seems to lie somewhere in the middle. Dish’s Sling TV is perfect example. Sling TV offers consumers a package of channels they can watch on their mobile device, tablet or traditional TV through RoKu. Bandwidth delivery gives the consumers the freedom they want, and the package keeps the prices at a lower rate.
Channel Master rolled out its new IP box at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention last month. The box combines an over the air antenna, built in DVR and channel apps for additional content. The antenna helps Channel Master avoid retransmission fees, which are fees the big networks charge cable companies for the rights to carry their content. The content is free over the air, so that alone saves the consumer money. The built in DVR allows the consumer to watch the content on demand, and the built in channel apps gives access to additional content. Not currently offered on mobile devices, but another example of how the Internet can reduce the cost for the consumer.
Social Media Has Influenced How We Consume Media
Before social media, content on TV was used to drive an audience to a website. Social media has reversed that by using Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites to drive an audience to TV.
But the biggest issue with social media according to McKinney is spoilers, “where east coast viewers spoil the end of a TV program for the west coast viewers.”
Live programming has been the only answer to the problem, like a sporting event. Both east and west coast viewers are watching the sporting event live, so no spoilers.
Some networks are solving this problem by having viewers interact with live programming in real time on the east coast, and then playing back the interaction during the west coast feed. Youtoo America is a perfect example. In the interest of full disclosure, the parent company of BizTalkRadio and BizTV also owns Youtoo America.
The concept behind Youtoo America is that you, the viewer, can be on TV. The Network launched two live shows last week that discuss the trending topics of the day. The viewer or consumer can interact with the program by voting on the question of the day in real time, texting a message that scrolls across the bottom of the screen or even submitting a short video that could be played with in minutes on TV.
The idea is to use social media to drive an audience back to watching live content. The trending topics are first put out on social media. Viewers tune in live to see if their comments or videos made it on air, or to see how the rest of the country voted in the poll.
Interesting enough, the NBA is taking the opposite approach in its telecast according to McKinney. They find that sports consumers want to watch the game on TV without a lot of distraction on the screen. So the NBA is experimenting with an app that will provide stats, the score and social media comments. The app will run live during the telecast of the game.
Finally, is there any new TV technology to keep the consumer’s interest?
Yes, and it is called Ultra HD. But it is not what you think. Ultra HD is not about a higher resolution, like the first generation HD TVs.
Ultra HD is all about the amount of color it can display. Current HD sets only allows about 38% of colors the human eye can see. Where Ultra HD allows up to 70% of the colors the human eye can see.
“Resolution will not be as important as the color spectrum with the new TVs,” says McKinney.
The good news for consumers, the price of an Ultra HD TV is expected to come down in the next couple of years.
The Bottom Line:
Technology changes, and media has always been evolving and reinventing itself. Cable TV is the latest medium to use the Internet to deliver content. The biggest hurdle is not the distribution, but how the industry keeps the cost of produced programming down in the fragmented world of delivering the consumer the content they want, on the device they want, when they want to watch.
Scott Miller is the EVP of Centerpost Limited, a private media holdings company that owns BizTV, BizTalkRadio and Youtoo America. Miller recently attended the Internet and Television Expo in Chicago and reports on how the industry is dealing with the changing landscape.
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