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Do you Talk to your Listeners?

“Will you talk to me?” I mean, one-on-one? It’s my observation that most program directors spend infinitely more time talking to the ratings reports than talking to actual listeners.  Needless to say, this confuses input (listeners) and outcome (ratings). As a practitioner of consumer research, I’m not foolish enough to believe that one conversation with one listener represents a fact, but it does represent a story.  And the sum total of all listener behavior is the sum total of those…

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Are You Set Up to Share or to Fail?

Although I quote my friend Seth Godin regularly, I rarely repost his thoughts in their entirety.  Today I am going to make an exception for a post which is, in every way, exceptional: Horizontal marketing isn’t a new idea.  But it is the new reality for just about every organization. Vertical marketing means the marketer (the one with money) is in charge. Vertical marketing starts at the top and involves running ads, sending out direct mail and pushing hype through…

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A Halloween Tale for Radio Brands

As Halloween approaches it’s time to gather round the fireplace for spooky stories, and if one of those stories contains a useful lesson for broadcasters and other marketers, so be it. That’s the case with this particular story spun from the spirit of the season, and a ghostly spirit it is. Watch this short video for the sage marketing advice of one particular horror legend. Please upgrade your browser Prefer audio?  Try this: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]…

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MRM President Mark Ramsey has worked with innumerable television and radio broadcasters over his career, including all the biggest names, from Clear Channel, CBS, Bonneville, Sirius XM...

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