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The New Face(book) of Advertising
Changes are coming to the capabilities of advertising on Facebook. From Fast Company: First, Facebook is making the new ads social by...
mramsey1
Feb 23, 2012


Don’t Simulcast your On-Air and Online Radio Spots
Talk to many broadcasters and you’ll hear a common refrain: We wish we could simulcast our on-air spots with our online ones and bundle...
mramsey1
Feb 20, 2012


Arbitron’s Small Sample Problem – it’s Worse than you Think
It’s not news that Arbitron has a problem with small samples in PPM markets. Every broadcaster in these markets has bumped into this...
mramsey1
Feb 9, 2012


Worry Less about Technology – More about Content
The title of the piece in USA Today says it all: “YouTube spends $100 million to redefine TV.” Beginning this month, YouTube is gambling...
mramsey1
Jan 12, 2012


How to make Listener and DJ Relationships Interactive – and Social
What’s the point of being a “local” station if “local” DJs aren’t interacting with “local” consumers? What if your listeners could...
mramsey1
Jan 10, 2012


Tell the Second Story
Recently I was interviewed by a reporter for a major advertising trade, and she asked me whether broadcasters “see the light” that shines...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2012


What Matters When the Spots Come On?
I’ve been on vacation in a remote corner of India, so you’ll forgive me for not paying more attention to the recent Coleman study of the...
mramsey1
Dec 13, 2011


Creative Solutions for Radio Clients without Breaking the Bank
Sometimes the only thing standing between your radio brand and a new client is the right creative on the right platform. Cash by...
mramsey1
Nov 21, 2011


Why Simulcasting Ads on Radio Streams is Dumb
Yesterday I talked with a broadcaster who is considering simulcasting their over-the-air stations with their online streams, including...
mramsey1
Oct 31, 2011


What’s Wrong with Radio Advertising?
What’s the biggest problem with radio advertising? It’s that everybody in the message pipeline – from advertiser to broadcaster to...
mramsey1
Oct 26, 2011


Is Cost-Per-Point the Enemy of Radio Innovation?
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Kaihaan Jamshidi, the Director of Strategy for Method, a brand experience, design, and innovation...
mramsey1
Oct 17, 2011


How to Innovate the Radio Experience
Kaihaan Jamshidi is the Director of Strategy for Method, a brand experience, design, and innovation company and works with major...
mramsey1
Oct 16, 2011


Kroger’s Agency is Foolish
From Radio-Info: TRI has a copy of this email from the Kroger agency – “Hello radio partners, a couple weeks ago I had sent out a request...
mramsey1
Sep 29, 2011


What are Radio’s “Great New Ideas”?
You have probably heard about the changes at Netflix. One company is now becoming two, with the original brand providing the streaming...
mramsey1
Sep 18, 2011


Ad Guru John Winsor says Radio Needs a New Business Model
John Winsor is the head of a fabulous new agency called Victors & Spoils. John is the author of Flipped: How Bottom-Up Co-Creation is...
mramsey1
Sep 6, 2011


Is Groupon Evil?
In too many cases, Groupon and various Grouponalikes are destroyers of value. I’m going to tell you why, then explain why I think deals...
mramsey1
Aug 28, 2011


The Advantage of “Reach” in a Social Media World
Radio folks talk a lot about the “reach” of radio. And while “reach” isn’t sufficient, it is necessary if your goal is to spread a...
mramsey1
Aug 25, 2011


You are not in the “Radio Industry”
A couple years ago, radio industry vets would have scoffed at the idea that a leading broadcaster like Radio One would ever consider...
mramsey1
Aug 10, 2011


Leave the Digital Strategy to Muggles
Recently, Roy Williams, the “Wizard of Ads,” had this to say in the print version of Radio Ink: I strongly believe radio should not look...
mramsey1
Jul 20, 2011


Local TV leads the way for Social Media
“Facebook is now the web’s content discovery portal,” writes social TV blog Lost Remote. “The average user spends 6 hours and 36 minutes...
mramsey1
Jul 14, 2011
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