PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (July 21, 2009) – The award-winning GolfTalk Live radio show, hosted by Tony Leodora, has completed a record-setting year on its website. The traffic on the website has grown more than 1,000 percent in a year.
The website, www.golftalklive.net, was created and launched by the design company – eRose Web and Business Services – one year ago. The first month in which website activity was analyzed was June 2008. During that month, the new website received 4,197 hits.
The next month the total was more-than-doubled, with 8,913 hits. A new record was set in October (12,297). The record was broken again in November (23,687) and March (34,815) and May (42,227). In June of 2009 another record was set with 46,144 hits, marking the growth for the website in one year of more than 1,000 percent. All activity figures for www.golftalklive.net were compiled by the data analysis company of Site Analytics.
GolfTalk Live, which airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com, is an interview-driven golf show that has grabbed national attention. At the PGA Merchandise Show in 2008, GolfTalk Live was voted America’s Best Golf Radio Show by the prestigious International Network of Golf.
Now in its fourth year on the air, GolfTalk Live has reached an even larger audience with the unprecedented growth of its website.
“People told me how important it was to have a good, interactive website to support the show,” says Tony Leodora, show host and national golf writer. “Now, the proof is in the numbers. As the website grows, the show audience grows. And vice versa. It’s a nice growth cycle.”
While the website has many facets, the most interesting feature is that each week’s show can be heard via podcast for the entire following week. That gives listeners three different opportunities to hear the show – live on the radio via WNTP 990-AM in Philadelphia, anywhere in the world – live – via www.wntp.com, or anywhere in the world for one week after the show airs, via www.golftalklive.net.
Other features of the website include Tony Leodora’s popular Golf Blog, as well as information on sponsors, competitions and events.
Finally, the extremely popular GolfTalk Minute commentary which airs 20 times a week, during prime time, on WNTP 990-AM, also can be heard on the www.golftalklive.net website. These lively commentaries by show host Tony Leodora air on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They also will be archived so they can be heard on www.golftalklive.net.
In addition, a video version of the GolfTalk Minute is e-mailed each week to opt-in listeners in the show’s database, and to VIP clients of the website sponsor, Yuengling.
“The website has proven to be a lively extension of the radio show,” said Leodora. “Our listeners now have more options. Plus, they can interact with the show and each other via the Blog. All access, all the time – it’s the way of the world in the 21st century.”
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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