BlogTalkRadio

Aspiring radio hosts need only a computer, phone
Anyone with dreams of being a talk radio star--ranting about sports and politics, chatting with callers, sharing recipes or car-buying tips--can play host on their own show, right on the Web.

BlogTalkRadio, Talkshoe and Skypecasts are among the Web sites that have become popular for would-be radio jocks, and all it takes is a computer and a telephone.

"You can create a show within five minutes and be on the air within 15 minutes," said Alan Levy, the CEO of BlogTalkRadio, a site he started shortly after his father fell ill with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2006.

At first, Levy created a blog for his father, allowing him to easily keep in touch with family and friends. Later, Levy decided he wanted something more than a blog.

"I wasn't feeling like it was a conversation--it was all text," he said. So he came up with the idea of creating broadcasts for bloggers, and BlogTalkRadio was born.

With BlogTalkRadio, hosts use a telephone and computer to create live, call-in shows. Unlimited participants can join, and the service is free because it's advertising-supported. After airing, the shows are archived and become available as podcasts for other listeners.

So far, nearly 46,000 shows have been created--with subjects ranging from entertainment to politics to sports and lifestyle. Actor Brad Pitt, politician John Kerry, baseball player David Wright, and author Jodi Picoult are among those who have been interviewed.

"Some shows are good, some aren't so hot," said Levy. "The cream rises to the top."

a feed reader for your friends

Spokeo 2.0: A Feed Reader For Your Friends
But what if you want to keep track of what all your friends are doing on other parts of the Web, whether they just added a photo to Flickr, a bookmark to Digg, a product to their Amazon wish list, or sent out a new Twitter?

There are so many social sites out there that it is hard to keep track of them all. Harrison Tang, the founder of Spokeo, just made it easier with the relaunch of his site today.

Amazon Reviews

Amazon top Reviewers
#1: Harriet Klausner : I am a speed reader( a gift I was born with) and read two books a day
- Reviews written: 15208 , Helpful Votes: 93634
#2: Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
- Reviews written: 6666 , Helpful Votes: 94816 ( with just 40% of #1 reviews he got equal Helpful votes speaks for better quality of reviews )


Consider ideas for upgrading Amazon's software -- what a detailed descriptions of customer giving software improvements.
- P D Harris reviewer rank: #17
last updated: 9/7/07
Read: 1,893 times
Rated: 13 out of 19 helpful

Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me
- this 6 th edition has 280 reviews and has used books for $2 , 7 th ed coming in December
- this book reviewed by Jennifer L. Metcalf's ( all her reviews has good helpful votes )

Online Marketing Strategies: Ten Ways To Promote Your Business With Social Media

Online Marketing Strategies: Ten Ways To Promote Your Business With Social Media
- Online marketing tools are a dime a dozen, but the most effective among them build links not out of persuasion, but rather the passion of your potential customers. Social media marketing is changing the rules of the game - here's how you can get involved.

MySpace

Mysapce - see how easy is it to find people what you are looking for by filling search boxes
blogs - see blog categories on the lett

forum - typical questions
read this casuval question and click on the 2 nd post profile you see kind of images .

and these videos all over

LinkedIn

Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn
- The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven.
- The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes.
- People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.


The Missing Link
Social networking has been great for the kids, but not of much use to business - until now. With Reid Hoffman's MySpace-for-grown-ups at a tipping point, these days you're either LinkedIn or left out.

Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting - NPR credited it so should be good

Rediff connexions

Health Care/Hospitals - Rediff Connexions seems popular with employees , many forums are related to jobs and companies where as Bharatstudent.com etc.. are more focused on students/Boys/Girs with lots of movie videos etc..

Orkut

Orkut -- google (bought later ) social networking site. It is famous in india etc.. not so famous in USA.
- cities & Neighborhoods - Hyderabad ( due to high IT of any indian city? )has highest members, followed by Bangalore
- citi Los angeles based community -- lots of indians in LA are members

Indian Social Networking

Bharatstudent.com, a social utility and network portal, will hire around 2,000 students as interns to report campus happenings and guide aspiring students trying for admissions in their schools and colleges, during this fiscal.

While we will pay Rs 4,000 per month for the Indian interns, their counterparts abroad would earn anywhere between $300 and $500 per month," he said.Northgate would invest around 300 million pounds (approximately Rs 25 crore) in the portal over the next two years.

The two-month-old portal, which the company claims to be the 45th most-popular site in India, has so far garnered 7.2 lakh registered users, and witnessed 30 million page views and 4 million video views per month

Study Abroad
USA Study Guide - Good info on US universities and Tests