July 28, 2017
AQH is made up of two components, Cume and TSL. And TSL is also made up of two components, occasions and durations. An occasion of listening is one tune-in. Duration measures how long the listener stays tuned in.
Plenty of Nielsen research has shown that durations are pretty steady across stations and formats. Programmers should instead focus on increasing occasions.
Increasing occasions is all about recycling – bringing listeners back time and again to garner more TSL.
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July 14, 2017
The old adage “a face for radio” doesn’t seem to stand the test of time in a competitive industry that now demands more from its on-air talent. What was once a blind conversation with your daily host is now a multidimensional relationship where you can interact with your fave personalities in a variety of ways.
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June 28, 2017
Advertisers are convinced they need a digital campaign. All that many care about, including some of the largest advertisers, is getting the right eyeballs to see their ad as cheaply as possible. On the surface this seems to make sense. The solution is programmatic buying, which is presently being led by Google AdSense.
A recent Washington Post article proved that the devil is in the details. Many major and sophisticated advertisers, including Macy’s and IBM, went the route of programmatic advertising. The consequences of this decision had a negative outcome.
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June 16, 2017
Despite the fact that over the past 12+ years I have supported sales people by mining data to provide materials that help put a station’s best foot forward, overcome advertisers’ objections, and ultimately assist them in winning business, I am not a sales person.
There are those who will debate this, insisting that everyone, in every business, no matter what their title, is in fact a sales person. The idea being that your attitude, customer service, quality of work, etc. all play a part in “selling” your business. And, while this may be a topic for another blog, that’s not my intent for today.
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June 2, 2017
I’m a woman with a four-year college degree, a respectable income, investments, and a child (who attends private school). I own a pet, two cars, my own home, which I have refinanced before. I have loans, I travel (both domestically and internationally), I volunteer, I attend church, I donate money to various organizations, I have between 6 to 10 credit cards with interest rates in very respectable ranges, and all three of my reported credit scores are above 720. Oh, and did I mention that I’m black/African American?
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