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Since the mid-eighteenth century, economists like Adam Smith and James Denham-Steuart have detailed the effect of supply and demand on a product’s price. As supply fell or demand increased, the cost of a given product would rise. Conversely, as supply rose or demand decreased, the price of that product would fall.
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There’s been a lot of buzz about ABC/Disney’s recent decision to sell 23 of their 24 Radio Disney O&Os. Does this send a signal about the viability of radio? Or does it say something about Radio Disney’s specific business model?
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It is no surprise that digital ad revenue is growing at a faster rate than any other major advertising outlets. According to eMarketer, digital ad spending is expected to grow 17% this year to $140 billion globally.
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Not too long ago I was stuck in traffic behind an HVAC van. With nothing better to do, I read the services this particular company offered. One word in big, bold letters stopped me cold – FURNANCE.
Now, I knew they had meant to offer services in regards to a furnace, but their typo led me to speculate several things about this company. 1) Were they truly ignorant of the correct spelling? 2) Had they made a small mistake? 3) But if so, which was true: Were they too cheap or too unconcerned to correct it?
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Can You Hear Me Now … Can You Hear Me Now … TIME TO PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!
The current economic situation is forcing consumers to make tough choices that affect almost every spending category. Fundamental ideas are changing and basic concepts are being altered. We need to start paying attention to the details in order to thrive in this changing economy.
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One major goal of any company is to increase revenue. In order to achieve this goal efficiently and effectively, companies must constantly pay attention to the changing times and ever-growing needs of their clients. Anticipating the needs of clients is critical to the sales process by allowing you to adapt and evolve with the times.
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Americans’ lives have changed drastically over the past 15 years. Arbitron and now Nielsen Audio has had to respond to those changes through an ever-evolving radio ratings service. Today we put our focus on the qualitative diary, utilized in well over 100 radio metros, by comparing a diary from 1998 to one from last year.
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There has been a perception that Arbitron’s (now Nielsen) transition to PPM in the country’s largest markets has resulted in ratings compression. It is a hard idea to refute when you look at an AQH rating ranker and find multiple stations tied with a 0.5 (for example), and often only 0.1 or 0.2 of a rating point can separate a dozen radio stations in a given market. If you accept the notion that perception is reality, then all of these stations are tied, and on a cost per point basis there is no difference.
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Over the past few years, political ad spending has exploded. From local to presidential, political campaigns have long used television to get their message out. The 2012 presidential election saw the two major candidates and their supporters spend nearly a billion dollars on television advertising, after Rick Santorum dropped out of the Republican primaries on April 11, 2012.
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We always knew it was true. Now comes news that Nielsen has used its capability to match actual exposure to radio ads with actual consumer purchase information to prove it. Every dollar spent on radio gives an average of more than $6 of incremental sales1. Not only does radio work for advertisers, it provides “an ROI double that of even the best results from many recent studies of digital and TV media2.” Read More…
