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February 13, 2009 · 4:09 am

Micro-casting catches on

thumb0011My friend and colleague Doug Zanger of Xhang Creative has launched Small Plate Radio, a new media platform that allows communicators to use the broadest of mediums (radio broadcasting) to reach the narrowest of niche audiences.  Huh?

Leave it to Zanger to realize that what attracts the masses to radio (entertainment, convenience, immediacy, interactive potential, etc.) can also be used to attract and communicate with targeted niche audiences, just like so many websites, blogs and twitterers.

Say you’re holding an important meeting, a press conference, a concert or some other event where there is great interest but limited access.  Many folks would like to participate but few are able to.  Through Live Podcasting, interested listeners can tune in live on the internet and even send in questions via instant message.  Small Plate Radio will set-up a Pop Up Radio Station on the site of large events like conventions so that luminaries can stop by for a quick interview. All content can be listened to live on the web or archived for later podcast listening in the comfort of your car, office or hot-tub.  

Radio is a great medium in that I can take it with me wherever I go (even while driving) and listen even while multitasking.  A former boss called radio “theater of the mind.”  I’m glad the theater is now open to even highly targeted, niche audiences.

 

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September 24, 2008 · 7:45 pm

Radio Drives Mobile

 

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Mobile Driver

Recently, my work in the radio industry and my interest in mobile marketing have crossed paths.  

 

Thanks to my colleague Doug Zanger at Small Plate Radio, I’ve found myself in several radio industry posts. I’m on the radio jury for the London International Awards, I’m the moderator for the Radio Suits group on the radiocreativeland talent pool and I handle media relations for the soon to be launched Good Radio Stories, an online PR service showcasing the charitable acts of radio stations across the country.  GRS is a Radio 2020 project commissioned by the Radio Advertisers Bureau, National Association of Broadcasters and HD Radio Alliance.

The more that I play in the radio world (I have a broadcast journalism degree) the more clearly I see synergies between radio and mobile marketing.  As I pointed out in my post “Drive to Mobile,” one of the best attributes of mobile marketing is the ability to “capture” an audience no matter where they are or what they’re doing. 

Where people can often be found is listening to the radio in a car, at home, at work or in someone else’s store, gym or drycleaner.  Radio therefore is a perfect medium for Drive to Mobile because it is ubiquitous and can be accessed from anywhere (just like mobile phones).

This fact is not lost on mobile marketing providers.  Companies like HipCricket and Spark Network Services offer radio stations turnkey mobile solutions to further relationships with listeners and provide stations with an additional revenue stream.

HipCricket has also just signed a deal with the Spanish Broadcasting System to build loyalty groups via text. I know from my work in the Hispanic market that Hispanics are a great target for text campaigns.

When it comes to building Drive to Mobile campaigns, radio is a terrific medium.

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