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Radio is (almost) dead

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Yeah, I know, clickbaity claim 🙂

But no, radio is not actually dead. Getting there, but it is technically still alive, and not doing too well.

I got 6 months of free Satellite radio with a car I bought recently. If I was in the car for a total of, say, 50 hours over the last 6 months, I probably listened to Satellite Radio for a total of about 10 minutes.

The remaining 49 hours and 50 minutes, I was listening to podcasts.

And this week, I’ll be letting my Satellite radio trial expire.

Nothing rules like podcasts.

Sorry, but Radio is dead.

Long live podcasting.

8 Podcast Episodes

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I’m already up to 8 podcast episodes of my show “Subscribe Me“.

Episode 1: Making, Marketing & Monetizing Your Digital Content

Episode 2: DOGPOO vs DOSAA, Apple’s New Membership Model, How To Get Ripped To Shreds On SharkTank & Trolling My Own Indian Accent

Episode 3: $1.5 Billion for a Membership Site? Membership Site Dream Team

Episode 4: Too Much Content. Too Little Revenue

Episode 5: Interview with Ryan Lee

Episode 6: Ravi Interviewed by Steve Kidd

Episode 7: 6 Reasons Why You Should NOT Deliver Member Content Via Email

Episode 8: My Top 20 Favorite Tools I Can’t (and Won’t) Live Without (Part 1)

You can listen to all of the episodes at SubscribeMe.fm .

And of course, I would really appreciate it if you subscribed to my show on iTunes (for iOS users) or Stitcher (for Android/Windows/Other users). And if you like the show, please leave me a rating and a review behind, as that will help me reach more listeners and spread my message to more people who need to hear what I have to say.

And don’t forget to join my new Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/subscribemefm/ where like-minded entrepreneurs discuss membership sites, digital commerce, online marketing, content delivery and more.

And yes, you can also get better access to me via the group.

Cheers!

– Ravi Jayagopal

An iPad For My Birthday

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You see, my birthday is coming up later this month.

And my lovely wife Veena wanted to gift me an iPad2 (she’s a darling, isn’t she?)

But here’s the other part of this story: She already has an iPad1.

And she really puts it to great use too (see picture below of Veena relaxing at the beach in San Diego, with her iPad, hidden from view below her gigantic purse that has lots of cash – I think! – some of which she might use to buy me a gift with!)

Veena at the beach with her iPad

I get this feeling that she’s up to something sneaky here – which is, to get me an iPad2 for my birthday, then since she thinks I won’t be using it much, she plans on emotionally blackmailing me into exchanging my shiny new iPad2 with her “old” iPad1.

“Not so fast!”, is what me thinks.

So here’s my plan.

Brendan Burchard, a marketer I highly trust, respect and admire, is currently doing a launch of his newest product.

And he’s giving away some insanely high quality, “knock your socks off” free videos to generate buzz for his launch.

And he’s promised his marketing partners, that if we get enough (real) people to simply watch his free videos, he will give us a shiny new iPad (I’m guessing it’s an iPad2!!).

So, go to this link, simply sign up for free to watch his incredibly awesome, free video training series.

You get some extremely powerful content for free, and I *might* get an iPad2 in the process.

You win, I win [who cares if Brendon wins… heheh <sound of evil laughter at the thought of stealing an iPad from him legally!>]

And if I win an iPad, then I might emotionally blackmail Veena right back, to give me cash instead, which I could then use for buying really cool stuff on Amazon (psst: there’s this awesome zoom lens that I’ve been eyeing for a while, which…. oh well, I digress).

Deal?

Click here to watch the first of the free videos.

Here’s what you’ll learn…

* The ‘Create Anything’ outline and script for creating your products

* 12 simple-to-create products and programs that bring in recurring revenue

* The MATH for how you can make $100,000 in 12 months with EACH of these products

* How you can win $1,200 just for posting a video of your story and advice

All free. Nothing to buy to watch these videos.

So don’t hesitate to forward the link to this post to your friends [nope, I will get only one iPad no matter how many people sign up :-(  ]

Here’s the link again: http://RavisRants.com/blueprint.html

Wish me luck!

– Ravi Jayagopal
PS: Sure, I could run out and buy one in the next hour. It’s not like I can’t afford it. But where’s the fun in that? Nothing like “winning” a toy, is there? 😉
PPS: BTW, I’ve never won anything in my life. Never won any kind of business contest. So not a bad way to get my feet wet, eh?