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RADIO IT, the IT radio podcast platform (www.primobonacina.com/radioitenglish)
9 December 2019
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2015-2019: the way we communicate has changed, traditional channels are no longer enough, the mainstream has gone Digital + Social
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2020 and beyond: Digital + Social is no longer enough!The future: audio/AI/voice/interaction
Podcasts, Alexa/Google Home/Siri, voice interaction
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Voice technology makes marketing truly multi-channel
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Voice technology makes marketing true content marketing
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Podcasts are not a new concept
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Podcasting: a must in multi-channel information today
Seth Godin, marketing guru and author of “The Purple Cow”:
• “It will connect you to listeners. Drip by drip, your narrative has a chance to resonate”
• “This is the moment, right here and right now, to start your podcast”
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Podcasting: B2B and B2C
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All age ranges
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Listen online (via web or app), download to listen offline
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Podcasting is growing fast
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Audio “infotainment” is growing at a dizzying rate
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Podcasts are good for business
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Podcasters are a privileged audience for IT
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Podcasts attract more and more sponsors
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Voice interaction is the future
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Alexa Skills (apps) are growing at dizzying rates
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Voice streaming is the new communication channel
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2021: smart speakers will be more common than tablets
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1. Visibility for the company and its management
2. Branding, authority, leadership
3. A new platform, an additional touch point for reaching the market and customers/prospects
4. Talking to customers at any time, whenever they want and have the time and means to listen
5. Talking to customers outside of the usual spaces (the office, events)
6. Establishing a more “intimate” one-on-one relationship with customers, without having to travel
7. Multiplication of knowledge, with no physical or temporal boundaries
8. Keeping up with the times, staying ahead of the competition
9. Experimenting with a new way of communicating
10. A “House Organ” conveying a cohesive, shared message
11. Complementary to corporate web site and blog
12. Material for social media actions and marketing automation
13. Material for specific advertising campaigns
14. Presence on audio apps (Spotify, etc.)
15. Presence on Alexa
16. Stays there as time goes by (SEO, repository, ongoing marketing)
17. Internal communication/training initiatives
18. External communication/training initiatives (channel)
19. Supporting the sales force with messages and material
20. Lead Generation (“Call to Action”, podcast by podcast)
20 good reasons to start a web radio podcast now
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October 2019: RADIO IT, Italy’s first platform for IT radio podcasts, is born
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1. The voice is the marketing tool with the greatest potential
2. Companies want to talk and have a relationship with their customers
3. Audiences want to enjoy interesting content when and where they want
4. Vocal assistants (such as Alexa) are becoming more and more common
5. The availability of a platform makes it easy to access a whole new world
6. IT people are digital and more sensitive to innovation than others
7. Social media are now the channel through which people get most of their news
8. Social media permit good audience profiling
… RADIO IT is here!
8 thoughts, a single idea: RADIO IT is here!
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• RADIO IT is the first platform for IT audio content in Italy
• RADIO IT is “the voice of the IT industry”: the voice of key people and issues in IT, Digital, Innovation, Technology
• An audio (+web) initiative that is opening the doors to audio infotainment in for IT industry
• A platform designed to host premium channels “powered by RADIO IT”
RADIO IT is the first IT platform for radio podcasts
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The people behind RADIO IT (https://www.radioit.it/chi-siamo/)
Platform, Content,Advertising, Facebook, Instagram
Sales, Operations, F&A, Media Relations,
LinkedIn, Twitter
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RADIO IT’s audience: supply and demand in IT/Digital/Innovation/Management• IT Vendors
• Cloud/Service Providers, Telcos
• IT channel: Distributors, VARs, Resellers, System Integrators
• Software/System Houses
• IT/Digital Consultants
• Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Open Source Specialists
• Corporate Management (CxO)
• Corporate IT/Digital Staff
• … + anyone interested in IT, Cybersecurity, AI, Software, Open Source, Digital, Innovation, Technology, Marketing, Management …
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Communication in Italian
Just like Italy’s IT magazines and TV/radio channels
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Project timeline
Q2/Q3 2019Planning, Developing
Q4 2019Launch, Alexa skill, 3 press releases, 20 channels, 6 speakers, 100 episodes, 2500 Facebook fans, 30k page views, 5k IAB listens
Q1 202025 channels, podcasts in English language, 5k Facebook fans, other projects
Q2 202030 channels, 10k Facebook fans, additional markets, RADIO IT app
H2 202035 channels, Google Home, worldwide web ranking: 1M
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Technologies & Platforms• Hosting: Aruba Cloud
• Web site: WordPress, Elegant Themes, Yoast SEO, Cookiebot, Popup maker, Really simple SSL, Visual Form Builder Pro, Facebook Pixel, Google Analytics, Coming Soon, Post Duplicator, All 404 to homepage, Nocaptcha recaptcha, Social media feather, Smart attachment page remove, W3 total Cache
• Podcasting/Audio: Spreaker, Castbox, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, Facebook «ThruPlay», iHeartRadio, Deezer, Podcast Addict, Stitcher
• Smart Speaker: Alexa
• Mailing: Mailchimp, Magnews
• Microphones: Rode NT, …
• Post-production: Audiacity, Logic Pro X, Adobe Audition
• Conferencing: Zencastr, Zoom
• Graphics, Video, Immages: Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/After Effects
• Social Media Dashboard: DrumUp
• Advertising, Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter
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Business model1. Free channels: audience,
critical mass, authority, continuity
2. Premium channels: sponsor channels (powered by RADIO IT) targeting particular issues and audiences of interest to them
3. Special projects using RADIO IT: special reports, interviews, advertising features, advertisements…
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Web site (www.radioit.it)
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Alexa skill
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6 voices (https://www.radioit.it/chi-siamo/)
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10 “free” features for in-depth information (https://www.radioit.it/rubriche-podcast-tecnologia/)
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“Il Protagonista” is the top feature
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Broadcast over ALL the principal audio/podcast channels
As well as on:
• YouTube
• iHeartRadio
• Deezer
• Castbox
• Podcast Addict
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The Radio IT platform for partner sponsors:A radio podcast channel, right away!
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1. Technology• Web site
• Cloud
• Software tools
• Microphones
• Post-production
• Graphics
• Best practice
• Special custom developments
A successful radio podcast channel needs 3 things
2. Content• Programming
• Reporters
• Voice
• Authority
3. Distribution and marketing• Podcast channels
• Web site, SEO
• Audience
• Social Media
• Advertising
• Events
• Press…
The RADIO IT platform has it all!
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• Get your own podcast channel, instantly: the infrastructure and audience are already there!
• No initial investment required: set-up, web development, equipment, infrastructure, broadcasting plan, audience, campaigns…
• Complete outsourcing: including reporting/voices, marketing, promotion
It’s not easy to set up your own podcast channel. RADIO IT offers a simple, immediate platform, with a complete outsourcing service!
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• Presence (with SEO) with their own section on the RADIO IT web site (name, logo, introduction, URL) and content (podcast)
• Opportunity to create multiple channels (by company or business area)
• Access to a growing, focused audience
• Reception of valuable audio material (quality production), which may be published via other channels
• Social media and online advertising campaigns to boost audience
• Listening statistics (all-time and by time period), precise, detailed and certified
Services for RADIO IT sponsors
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Sponsor channels (www.radioit.it/canali/)
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A sample Sponsor channel
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A sample sponsor episode
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Web + audio project: episodes contain “long” text(for easy reading, SEO)
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The cost of starting up, carrying on, leaving? ZERO!
• Develop web site/app/skill at NO COST
• Activation at NO COST
• Subscribe at NO COST
• Maintain at NO COST
• Leave at NO COST
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Total freedom• Start when you like, stop when you like (and your content will still stay online)
• Choose your own frequency, schedule, programming, and advertising initiatives
• Pay only for episodes/campaigns used
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Promoting a sponsor channel: 3 ways1. The sponsor company promotes its own radio podcast channel in
any way
2. RADIO IT conveys more and more highly qualified traffic toward its own and its sponsors’ channels
3. Online advertising (by RADIOIT)
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Promoting a sponsor channel: 3 ways
• Corporate web site, blog
• Social media channels
• DEM, Newsletters, Marketing Automation
• Discussion with colleagues, training, e-mail signatures
• Customer mailing campaign, initiatives targeting partners and suppliers, special promotions
• Joint press initiatives, press templates
• Driven by Radio IT programming/site
• Distribution over multiple podcast channels
• SEO of Radio Sponsor’s web site, podcast channels
• Social Marketing: posts, reposting, #hashtags
• Newsletters for subscribers
• Online advertising campaigns targeting specific territories, interests, etc.
1. The sponsor company promotes its own radio podcast channel in
any way
2. RADIO IT conveys more and more highly qualified traffic toward its own and its sponsors’ channels
3. Online advertising (by RADIOIT)
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Social media interaction
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Weekly Newsletter (Tuesday morning)
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Advertising on Facebook/Instagram (posts and stories)
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Identification of audience, episode by episode
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Social media advertising may embed the audio podcast (+ simple video) for easy, direct listening (“ThruPlay”)
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Advertising: guaranteed steps
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Advertising statistics
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Listening statistics, #1
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Listening statistics, #2
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Readership statistics
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Readership and appreciation statistics
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Figures• 10 free channels (https://www.radioit.it/rubriche-podcast-tecnologia/)
• 9 premium channels (https://www.radioit.it/canali/)
• A team of 7 people, including 6 voices (https://www.radioit.it/chi-siamo/)
• 2300 Facebook fans (https://www.facebook.com/Radioitpodcast/)
• 90 podcast episodes (https://www.spreaker.com/user/radioit.it)
• 25000 page views (Analytics)
• 150 newsletter subscribers (https://www.radioit.it/iscrizione-e-mail-all/)
• 180 podcast listens/downloads (IAB certified) on best single day
• 4500 total podcast listens/downloads (IAB certified)
• 2000+ listens per episode in advertisements (“ThruPlay”)
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