Every clever formula will eventually fail. The more successful they are, the more likely they’ll become poisonous eventually.
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Often when I play a piece of creative for a client, there is an uncomfortable silence choking the air out of the room when the audio finishes. I relish this moment. It’s in this moment that I realize I’ve achieved what I wanted.
Read MoreIt can be easy to fall in love with a slick commercial when you’re looking for a campaign for your business. Maybe it makes you laugh, maybe it makes you sound cool, or trendy or any number of other images. But, does it actually say anything solid about your business?
Read MoreAdvertising campaigns are designed to bring attention to your company. The point is to get someone to visit a store, visit a website, or simply gain recognition of a brand. It can’t stop there!
Read MoreHonest question. Do we talk about ourselves too much in advertising?
Seriously. We all know that this is why people hate commercials of all types. They’re in your face, they waste your time, and they make you tune out.
Read MoreThe point of buying advertising time is to make your business stand out. So, why are so many commercials so easy to ignore? How are businesses allowing this to happen? Actually... it’s pretty easy. Don’t fret. Read this article and take the points to heart.
Read MoreKeywords are a hugely important element of good marketing in almost every medium. Unfortunately, most businesses haven’t realized the sheer power of strategic wording.
Read MoreCrappy commercials suck. You hate watching them, listening to them, being bombarded by them at every second of every damn day.
But… some of them. SOME of them get you. Some of them trick you into listening.
Read MoreIt’s a cliché that we’ll be inundated with hundreds of advertisements for gyms & weight loss products at this point in the year. Those industries make a crapload of cash based on collective regrets. It sounds awful, but there is a huge opportunity available to businesses on January 1st.
Read MoreThis is a radio advertising site. So, you probably think I’m going to jump right out and declare radio king. Well, you’d be wrong. Radio is great, and so are countless other advertising forms when used correctly. But, the best advertising you will ever receive is free. What is it?
Read MoreLast week we tackled this question from the perspective of a small business. This week, let’s imagine we have a big budget, but not much of a brand.
Read MoreThis is one of the first questions you’ll ask yourself when you consider your marketing strategy. Unfortunately, there’s no easy answer.
Read MoreI love the Olympics. There’s something about seeing the culmination of a life time of effort. We get wrapped up in the victories and the heartache. We cheer for people we’ve never heard of in sports we have little interest in. The Olympics inspire people for no other reason than that they are the Olympics.
Read MoreEveryone in radio likes to rip apart Groupon. It’s kind of funny. The only reason they get so upset is because it’s eating into our client bases. I’m not saying it’s a perfect model, but it does have its place.
Read MoreBranding is hard. It takes a long time to have success with it. For that reason, most businesses don’t do it properly.
Read MoreRadio is a great medium. And there’s every chance that it’s the only one you need. But, I get that you might not be convinced by one guy writing a blog on the net. Or maybe you manage a business that has a sizeable advertising budget that can properly span across multiple mediums
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