Listed as one of Inc. Magazine's "Fastest Growing Private Companies" for a Fourth Consecutive Year!

BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, announced today that the company has been included in Inc. Magazine's 2011 "Inc. 5000" list of fastest-growing private companies in the USA.

BRS Media has the honor of being named to the annual ranking of fastest-growing private companies for an astonishing fourth year in a row (2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011). In addition, BRS Media ranked in the Top 75 Media Companies, that featured prominent companies like: Pandora, FriendFinder and Demand Media.

 "We're thrilled to be recognized among the top U.S. privately held businesses yet again, it is truly an honor to be named to the Inc. 5000 list for a fourth consecutive year," remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. "This prestigious distinction is a testament to our dedication to building a successful online company that provides innovative, cutting edge services to our first class clients and successful partners worldwide. We look forward to even more progress and growth in the coming years."

http://businesswire.mercurynews.com/news/mercurynews/20110824005414/en

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A recent analysis by research firm IBIS World, blogged by Wall Street Journal, looks at 10 industries that appear to be Thriving & Dying.

Top 10 Thriving Industries

Internet Publishing & Broadcasting made list of the Top 10 Thriving Industries, with an over 25% growth in revenue over the past 10 years. Net Broadcasting will being gleaming to see another 6.8% forecast over the next 6 years according to the research firm.

Voice Over Internet Protocol Providers (VoIP) took the # 1 position up over 194% in the past 10 years and look for another +17% growth over the next few years.

Selling Online? Well your in the right business, E-Commerce & Online Auctions saw a 12.2% growth over the past decade and is looking for another 9.4% over then next +6 years.

Now....  Top 10 Dying Industries

The biggest industry profiled by IBIS World is wired telecom carriers, largely due to cell-phones and the Internet. 
 
The Internet also hit Newspaper Publishing, down 28.6% in the past decade and is looking at another 17.6% decline in the next 6 years.
 
Next: Record Stores off over 77% in revenue from 2000-2010 with a projected further decline of over 11% in the next 6 years.

See the full report here: Dying Industries

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TechCrunch published a great article on the death of Blockbuster Inc, as the leftovers are scooped up by Dish Network.. Must Read:  Snoozing And Losing: A Blockbuster Failure

(Blockbuster? Remember that store that you drove to, just to pick a VHS or DVD video)

Hitting the nail on the coffin - "Snoozing And Losing" - The failure to embrace new technology and adapt to changes in the market is the leading cause of death for any business.

The slow death of this giant provider of in-home movies lasted well over 6 years. All the while, Blockbuster CEO was declaring: "there was no real threat from......".

The story even digs up a quote, he once made: "I've been frankly confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix  ..Netflix doesn't really have or do anything that we can't or don't already do ourselves."

Apparently everyone 'got' Netflix, but him..

Well, let's change just one word: "I've been frankly confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix Pandora   ..Netflix Pandora doesn't really have or do anything that we can't or don't already do ourselves."

Little to close to home? 

Remember, Blockbuster was "a mega-chain of blue and gold awnings that decorated much of the country. They had inventory that simply could not be matched."

No company is too big to fail - Like any business, Radio must embrace new technology and adapt to changes.. Both On Air & Online!

Still think there is no value to digital assets? Does the Internet, Mobile & Streaming nonetheless offer no benefit? Internet Radio provides nothing, you can't do yourselves? "Snoozing And Losing"

See you Monday @ RAIN Summit West #rainsummit http://bit.ly/rsw2011

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BRS Media Inc. Named as One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in
America.

Making the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies for the
Third Consecutive Year!

With a remarkable increase in revenue of 136% over the past three years, BRS
Media has the honor of being named to the annual ranking of fastest-growing
private companies for a third year in a row. In addition, BRS Media ranked
in the Top 50 Media Companies, that featured prominent companies like:
Blurb, StumbleUpon and Pandora.

"It is truly an honor to be named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third
consecutive year, we're elated to be recognized among the top U.S. privately
held businesses," remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc.
"This prestigious distinction is a testament to our dedication to building a
successful online company that provides innovative, cutting edge services to
our first class clients and thriving partners worldwide. We look forward to
even more progress and growth in the coming years."

BRS Media has pioneered the 'multimedia' domain space since launching the
.FM & .AM Top Level Domains in 1998. Since that time, BRS Media has been
actively and successfully promoting and marketing dotFM and dotAM to radio
and media companies around the world. Online Radio is among the fastest
growing segments of the Internet, according to Arbitron and Edison Media
Research, reaching 43 million Americans age 12 or older during an average
week.

Full Story at MercuryNews.com:
http://businesswire.mercurynews.com/news/mercurynews/20100831005341/en

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I'm unveiling my own customized 'Brand' Link URL Shortener. GTB.fm (http://gtb.fm) will be featured across all my social media updates: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. 

Progressively more and more innovative companies, organizations, social media apps and individuals are setting up their own branded URL for use across Twitter, Facebook.. ect.

Social Media Optimization (SMO) and extending one's Brand across Social Media has become a necessity across all media platforms.

Online engagement helps extend a brand and leverage social media, and a customized short URL is the first step to Securing your Brand or Online Identity on Social Media

Here are few examples of customized 'Brand' Link URL Shortener(s):

Warner Brother Records (wbr.fm)
SEO.fm (seo.fm)
The New York Times (nyti.ms)
Poll Daddy (poll.fm)
TweetMic (tmic.fm)
AudioBoo (boo.fm)
Pepsi (pep.si)
MakeUseOf (muo.fm)
Media UK (muk.fm)
Rdio UOL Brazil (uol.fm)

and now my own (GTB.fm)

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Part of the Panel at RAIN Summit West "BUILDING BRANDS ONLINE" @ 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas

5)  YouTwitFace(d)MyBuzz

Your brand should have a presence across Social Media sites. In addition to extending your reach, one of the side benefits of strengthening your brand on Social Sites is Search Engine Optimization (SEO).   

      A) YouTube Channel
      B) Twitter
      C) Facebook “Fan Page”
      D) MySpace Page
      E) Google Buzz* 

*Although Buzz has its critics, “there isn't much in Buzz that is new or original” don’t write off Google. Get your Buzz foot in the door, now.

Search your brand on Google (SEO): Of the 10 listing on the First search results page. The TOP 5 should be your:

     1) Web Site URL
     2) Twitter Account
     3) Facebook Fan Page
     4) YouTube Channel
     5) MySpace Page

4) BuzzThis  DIGGThat &  RETweet ToBoot

Help Spread the Love of your Brand. No matter if your station is News, Sports, Music, Talk or “Other”. Nearly every one of your web pages should include “Buttons” to share your content across ALL Social Networks. Including:

 1) Facebook Share
 2) Twitter ReTweet
 3) Google BuzzThis

EXAMPLE: KFWB’s Lisa Osborne had an article published last week on AOL.com related to Your Career and her “Cards of Density”, which has become the most popular stories on the Jobs section of AOL.
 In part, because it has been shared over 3,000 times on Facebook via the Facebook Share Button on the bottom of the Article.  

3)  I TWEET / YOU RE-TWEET

Retweeting is one of the most valuable currencies in the Twitter economy. Were talking Old Fashion “Word of Mouth” Provide Great Content within your Tweets and watch your brand “Catch on Fire!”  

It’s OK to ask! On some of your Really Great Tweets add Pls RT - Meaning “Please ReTweet.” NOTE: Don’t do this on every Tweet.

“Don’t jam your Twitter” Leave room in your tweets to make it easier for someone to RT and also add a short reaction, endorsement or some comments. You have 140 Characters you don’t have to use them all.

  bub.blicio.us coined it well: 120 is the New 140!

2) HashTag A Go Go!

One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag, a topic with a (hash) pound symbol (#)  

A hashtag is a way to unite global Tweets around some particular topic.  

Claim your Own HashTag and Engage your Community with Live Chat and Conversation.  

EXAMPLE: The NAB Show HashTag for this Show in Las Vegas is NABSHOW. Last week, a number of us had a Pre-Show Twitter Chat using the NAB Chat HashTag #NABChat
 

1)  Meet My FRIEND - SHORTY EARL (URL)

On Twitter, Facebook and Google Buzz, In Order to Squeeze as much as your can, links are “shorted”. These Short URLs, you see are BIT.ly, TinyURL.com (not really ‘tiny” anymore), IS.gd and others - BIT.ly is the default direct on Twitter.

 - In Building your Brand on Social Media Shorty Points:

a) Use your Own Website Domain within Tweets, if you can. Linking to just your web site. Don’t Shorten it.

b) Get your OWN Branded Short URL. A number of services are now offering Custom URL Shortener. Bit.ly and Awe.sm are beginning to offer powerful Custom URL Shortener. Just bring your Own Short Domain (Hack).

EXAMPLE: Some of the companies:

The New York Times @ (nyti.ms)
Pepsi @ (pep.si)
Warner Brother Records @ (wbr.fm)

A Custom URL Shortener is a great way to extend your Brand across Social Media.

Domain Hack

The most important decision is choosing and purchasing a good short domain to match your branding. We strongly suggest the domain name be kept to 5-6 characters. Few people will ever type these domains - instead they will be created via the API, shared, and clicked. Hence, the branding of your short domain should focus on being visibly recognizable. - From Bit.ly
 

In Conclusion:

An impressive 60% of Facebook fans and 79% of Twitter followers are more likely to recommend brands they follow on Social Networks! - From Chadwick Martin Bailey Research

So Go - YouTwitFace(d)MyBuzz – Away!

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MySpace Down to Flat.. Twitter Up and the two will cross soon.

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Whip It!
#14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 1980. It is ranked #63 on VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 80's and #15 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.

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Happy Birthday, FM! It was on March 4, 1941 that the first FM station signed
on in Nashville. Station "W47NV" is now known as WSM-FM.

FM or frequency modulation -- was first proposed in a scientific paper
written by Edwin Armstrong in 1922. Edwin Armstrong presented his paper: "A
Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency
Modulation", which first described FM radio, before the New York section of
the Institute of Radio Engineers on November 6, 1935:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM  

In 1938, Edwin Armstrong built 425 foot Alpine Tower, in Alpine, New Jersey,
for his transmission experiments that led to modern FM radio. The original
transmissions occurred at 42.8MHz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Tower  

Today Alpine Tower in the home of WFDU 89.1 Teaneck NJ, the broadcast outlet
of Fairleigh Dickinson University: www.wfdu.fm  

According to Inside Radio: Today, there are nearly 11,000 radio stations
around the nation -- close to six-out-of-ten of them operating on the FM
band.
http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=1717413&spid=32060

See the full gallery on Posterous

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Tweetaholic II - Someone who stays up til' 3:23AM just to watch the numbers change over 10k.

RT @MrMilestone @GTBundy Congrats! You just reached 10000 followers!! Spread the word! http://bit.ly/roDP Follow me on Twitter :) @GTBundy

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ICANN is asking for Public Comment, soliciting information, advice and proposed models as it considers soliciting expressions of interest in new gTLDs. Send ICANN a little note to express your support for new Top Level Domains.

But hurry, community members that wish to have their input considered by the ICANN Board during its December meeting, should submit comments no later than Friday November 27, 2009.

GO here for info & offer support for EOI & New Top Level Domains:

http://www.dotradio.info/EOI

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Don't wish to get up at 4AM for those Early Bird Black Friday Specials?

Don't wait In-line on Friday.. Shop On-line Monday.

"Cyber Monday", the on-line equivalent of the brick and mortar retailers Black Friday, is one of the busiest Online shopping days of the year. According to comScore: E-Commerce spending jumped 15% last year on Cyber Monday to $846 Million, the Second Heaviest Online Spending Day on Record.

A Shop.org survey found 85 Million Americans shopped on Cyber Monday in 2008. More than half of people with Internet access at work will shop at the office monday. (..must be the least productive day of the year!)

Don't forget the Online Christmas Music from http://www.Christmas.fm, it's the second most listened to day of the holiday season. Second, only to the last "work" day before the Christmas Holiday, each year.

For Black Friday Specials:
Online: http://www.blackfriday.fm  
Twitter: @blackfriday_fm  

For Cyber Monday Specials:
Online: http://www.cybermonday.fm  
Twitter: @cybermonday_fm  

"Tune In" Lisa Osborne's CyberMonday reports from LA's KFWB Newstalk 980:

Cybermondaylo1 Listen on Posterous

Cybermondaylo2 Listen on Posterous

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Get ready to Shop 'til you Drop w/ News and Ads about Black Friday by @blackfriday_fm & Live at http://blackfriday.fm

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BRS Media's Internet radio portal Web-Radio.fm has announced it will once again feature "Christmas Radio Stations" Online! Web-Radio will enable listeners to browse a growing list of Holiday-themed webcasts and streaming radio stations from around the world. BRS, which has now offered the "Christmas Radio Stations" feature for 14 years, says its already aggregated 70 online holiday webcasts here.

http://ping.fm/U3kV0

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