I am having more and more people ask me if they should invest and do their own Internet Radio show. I guess we have people online who will teach you in 8 easy steps, how to make millions with your own radio show. As a radio vet…maybe I’m biased…maybe I’m…protective of the skill…but I don’t think it’s easy to host a radio show. Otherwise, why would they pay me so much money to do my morning show?
If you want to actively do a radio show and are dedicated to learning everything there is to learn about it…I say go for it.
If you are doing it because it will give you credibility, I say give the money to charity. It would be much easier spending your day getting on someone else’s show as the expert.
Learn to be a great publicist and you could be everywhere…always talking to different audiences and making a ton more money than doing your own internet show.
Plus when you’re doing it for your self…you wouldn’t have the sales team, the GM, the PD and the bosses wife all screaming at you when you do something wrong. And how fun is that?
Here’s an experiment. Grab some friends. Sit them around your kitchen table and talk to them for 30 minutes. (Now they won’t talk back…only you can talk.) Are they still at the table 30 minutes later? OK now try it with some strangers…and then let them tell you what they really think.
See you on the Radio!
Wayne Kelly
