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Random Access Radio: The Next Level of Internet Radio

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How many times have you listened to a Classic Rock radio program only to have to wade through the same 21 songs over and over?  Aren’t you getting just a little tired of Pick Floyd and the Moody Blues taking up 20% of a music station’s playlist?  When have you EVER heard the CD Cut version of a Van Halen tune on a radio station?  These questions about the state of today’s radio scene, both online and offline, could go on and on…what is the answer to all this misery?

Well the answer is in the Randomness of the internet..as in www.RandomAccessRadio.com .  Yes, finally an online radio music program that tunes Tuesday evenings into quality time and takes you back to the days when Radio was played at its best with little talk and even less commercials.  Finally, an internet radio program you can turn on in the back ground and sit back relax and listen.  Gone are the days when you spill your Jack & Coke getting to the mouse to find a better tune to play.

Online Radio Just Got Better

RAR is a high quality, high bit stream driven online music radio station that brings to the discriminating music lover a level of listening they cannot find anywhere else online or offline..unless they want to play their own tunes.  PLUS..RAR also gives listeners live access to the on-air personality while the program is being recorded.  Yes, Social Media Radio…

Chris Kulturides, founder of Random Access Radio, created RAR’s format to play random music for different genres of artists from every era of Rock and pipe the tunes out to the listens on the Internet at the highest (256kbps) quality that can be maintained.  Chris said it best..

We are out to play random styles of music and play it at the same quality the artist recorded it in.

Paul Swansen, Virtual Executive Producer of RAR (and member of the Business Golf Country Club), is RAR’s anthropologist of Rock. If there was, or is, a stone a rock band or star has hide under Paul have turned it over sometime during the recording of Rock’s history.  Paul eloquently explains the purpose of RAR with saying..

We want to play music that brings back the good memories of when a listener first heard a tune, but offer it at a level of quality play they may never have heard to tune played before.  We hope by broadcasting the tune at notch higher quality will enhance their memory and create a new memory related to how they heard the tune on RAR.

Quality Music Program with a Social Media Flare

Random Access Radio has just passed its fourth month online with Live on-air play and have now set the pace for the weekly 2 hour program produced every Tuesday from 9:15 to 11:15 EST.  Chris, the on-air personality, and Paul, the back stage manager and creative consultant for the show, add a little more flavor to the program with also offering listeners the opportunity to socialize during the live airing of the show via Google Wave.

RAR also has a Fan Page and Group on Facebook, is out on Twitter as well as having their own web-site for fans to place comments and requests for a special tune to be played.

Random Access Radio is just beginning and already has turned a few people’s heads by jumping out of the box to produce a powerful 256kps crystal clear data stream that makes turning up the speakers again a real pleasure.  This high quality of transmission over the internet does not come from plugging in a CD player and jumping on iTunes.  Nooooo, it comes from Chris’s well thought out and considerable investment in producing only quality.  Man, has Chris’s and Paul’s efforts paying off.

Quality is the name of the game today.  If something does not have quality why bother.  In this failed economy consumers are having to be frugal with their funds.  They are also expanding that frugal philosophy to how they spend their time.  RAR’s efforts to bring quality music to the music listener’s market is helping music lovers, who are also consumers, fill their little personal time with something of quality.

I joke sometimes on Twitter of finally finding a tune or two to play while I am writing my blogs..it is no joke now.  After jumping on board to listening to RAR I now have moved my Blog Writing Day to Tuesday evening during the RAR show.  I would like to think the quality of the music RAR pumps out will rub off on the quality of my blogs.  Maybe it will someday once I stop playing air guitar to Seether’s Gasoline, geez Chris…can you turn that tune up a little?

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Keep on rocking and let me know how I can help.

Welcome to the New ClamBake Cafe

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Yes, things are changing in the world of Social Media and the ClamBake Cafe is changing with it.  The new blog site you are seeing is just in its beginning stages.  More will be added and the design of the blog may even be changed.  That is the exciting part.

What is also exciting is the ClamBake Cafe site can now help more of the members of the Business Golf Country Club find out what other members are doing in golf and business.  There will be live chats held here through the IBGS ‘oovoo’ video chat service.

So, take a look around.  Come back and check to see what other changes have been made..and make sure to join the Business Golf Country Club so you can join in the fun of being a member of the best business/social network on the internet.

21 Business Networking Tips

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I see it every time I attend a business networking function.   There are more people who was laid off or decided it was time to find another job.  A college graduate eager to find their place in the business world.  A retiree who decided to pass on their vast business experience.  All hit the business networking groups and have NOT a clue what to expect or do. 

This makes it tough getting started.   Everyone who is in business has experience the feeling of awkwardness when they attend their first gathering of other business people.  Sometimes dealing with un-hosted gatherings or gatherings where there is not anyone or leader who makes an effort to meet everyone at the door, it can be a daunting experience.

Though I now do most of my business networking after a round of golf, I do get out to different groups from time to time to see what is happening in other markets and to LEARN new things..yes, even I can learn a thing or two.

My mission has always been to do what I can to help people do a better job in developing business and in an effort to help those here online who need to get offline to survive, here are 21 tips to use when attending a business networking function.

  1. Carry a pocket full of Business Cards.
  2. Bring everything required to leave a great impression.
  3. Be positive and volunteer in talks, but don’t over talk.
  4. Ask open-ended questions when discussing an issue.
  5. Be as much of a listener as a talker.
  6. Be approachable.
  7. Visit as many groups of interest as possible.
  8. When joining a group commit to help the group grow
  9. Make your first impression the best impression.
  10. Understand the law of successful giving and thankful receiving.
  11. Think about perfecting your handshake.
  12. The goal is in developing relationships.
  13. Attempt to be at the right place and at right time.
  14. Follow up quickly and efficiently.
  15. Cultivate an endless referral network
  16. Aim to highlight what you do for your business
  17. Become someone others come to for knowledge on a subject.
  18. Never miss a scheduled meeting or introduction.
  19. Put the person you are talking to first and You second
  20. Make sure to collect cards from all contacts made.
  21. Never miss a networking event.

I know there are more and when I come up with them I will let you know.  This should get you started on a sound foot so Get Out there and build solid business relationships.  It more than likely will pay off more than a Facebook Fan Page.

Let me know how I can help.

Mr Business Golf Does The Golf Club Radio Show

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As far as live radio golf talk shows go The Golf Club Radio Show is the best in my book.  Why?    Well, not just because I was on the show this past Saturday, but more about the Hostess of the Danielle Tucker.  Danielle Tucker and I met in the Business Golf Country Club, a golf community network that is becoming the place to be online if you are looking for REAL golfers.

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What I like most about Danielle’s Show is Danielle..she makes the show..she is the voice and she moves fluidly through the program from guest to guest and intermingles her sponsor obligations in the show as artfully as anyone I have every heard…and I have listened to a lot of talk radio.

Danielle has been on the broadcasting scene in Hawaii for 20 years. Hawaii grew up together waking up to Danielle’s laugh in the morning to start our day off with a smile.

The Golf Club Radio Show® broadcasting state-wide talking to Hawaii’s Golf Pros and across America sports shrinks, authors, mental coaches and PGA broadcasters.

It was a true pleasure to be one of her guest for this past Saturday’s show.

 

Broadcast Worldwide from Hawaii

SATURDAY MORNINGS: 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM HST

MAUI     KONI FM 104.7

OAHU    KUMU AM 1500

KAUAI    KTOH FM 99.9

HILO      KPUA AM 670

Now Here is the Show I was on this past Saturday, Oct 10, 2009.Listen In.. Radio Golf Club 

3 Things Business Golfers SHOULD DO in the Off Season

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As the summer golf turns to winter golf many golfers put their sticks up until warmer weather comes again.  However, do they really have to dump their golf for the weather?  If they are business golfers they should keep the clubs near by.

Here are 3 things golfers should do when the weather in their area keeps them off their home course.

1.  Out of Town Business Conferences

A business person should NEVER..did you hear me…NEVER stop learning how to improve their business.  Just because you spent a dozen years getting your MBA and yada yada …never stop the search for information that will keep you and your business up to date on not just technology but techniques to improve the way business is done.

Most of the time there is a conference that is held that covers a subject you NEED to know about and that conference is out of town.  Since most conferences planners don’t add golf to their agenda there is no reason why you could not make this learning opportunity have a round of golf or two associated with the trip.

Why not ask a client to meet you the day before or after the conference.  OR, be aggressive and have one meet you the day before and another the day after.  This keeps the golf in the business reason column of your accountant’s ledger and pushes a lot of the expenses incurred to being business related…especially if you know how to play business golf.

2.  Golf Schools

Yes, the out of town golf clinic and golf schools make a perfect winter time get away.  For the Business Golfers, here again, is an excellent opportunity to take the staff or a group of VIP customers to a three or four day long golf school. Those staff members and clients who do not know how to play golf get their winter camp training so when the golf season starts up in the spring they are ready to play business golf.

Of course, to make the affair a business opportunity it takes some planning and coordinating, but if you know how to play Business Golf you know how to do this.

3.  Golf Vacations

Naturally, the family also needs to get out of the cold weather.  Taking a golf vacation doesn’t have to be a week long ordeal. A three day weekend, or just a weekend outing does a lot to keeping the mind fresh for dealing with the winter time Blah.

Again, with a little planning the golf vacation can become a great opportunity to plan a meeting with a client or attend the many seminars that are being held on the weekends.  Just make sure the plan includes arranging for something the family can do while you are in the meeting or conference.  Have the golf as part of the conference or meeting for that day you are tied up.

 

There are a number of things a golfer can do to keep their golf game in shape during the bitter winter months.  No matter what level of business you are in, take advantage of what golf can offer to secure a more sound business relationship with clients, employees and vendors.  Learn how to play business golf and it will expand your opportunity to do what you enjoy doing most which is playing golf.

Let me know how I can help.

Innovative Business Golf Solutions offers business golf conferences, golf schools and outings that combine golf with business.  For more information contact us through our website or by sending us an email to info @ innovativebusinessgolf (dot) com. With subject line : Business Golf Services.

ALSO, make sure to join the Business Golf Country Club to meet other business golfers and receive information on all that is going on in the world of Business Golf.