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Radio and Context and Advertising
Clear Channel recently announced a landmark effort to tailor advertising to the context surrounding that advertising. Hence, dialogue or...
mramsey1
Jan 19, 2010


The End of Radio’s “Zero-Sum Game”
"I don't understand why radio thinks of itself as a zero-sum game," Kawasaki said, and that's exactly how radio thought of itself then...
mramsey1
Jan 11, 2010


Interactive marketers predict radio’s effectiveness will decrease
In a study of interactive marketers, Forrester Research asked how they think the effectiveness of marketing will change over the next...
mramsey1
Dec 28, 2009
Are you just counting the pitches?
We readily accept the notion that 20% of a brand's customers (and usually fewer) contribute 80% of a brand's sales. So why do we fail to...
mramsey1
Dec 28, 2009
One Take on the Future of Advertising
"Social media, video, and mobile." "Consumers have much greater leverage over marketers, however marketers can invite consumers to...
mramsey1
Nov 11, 2009


The Listener, not your Content, is the “Product”
The Atlantic recently posted a note on the slow death of the newspaper business, and one of the comments to that note was so perceptive...
mramsey1
Nov 4, 2009
Goodbye Arbitron, Hello Consumer Connections
In MediaPost, Diane Mermigas outlines five factors that will determine future ad spends. Among those five is this: 2. The absence of an...
mramsey1
Oct 11, 2009


How the Radio Advertising Bureau of South Africa Sells the Value of Radio
One of my most recent kicks is to help grow the business of radio (and all its various extensions) among advertisers, whether at home or...
mramsey1
Sep 29, 2009
Radio’s Sales Story
From Inside Radio: A new survey shows two-thirds of marketers are being told by their companies to drive more sales with the same or...
mramsey1
Sep 15, 2009
Where is Advertising Headed?
When it comes to advertising, what's "the new normal"? When the recessionary smoke clears, says Robert Liodice, president and CEO of the...
mramsey1
Aug 3, 2009
Radio Creates Demand
From AdWeek: A new survey of top marketers by Forbes.com confirms that the Web has far to go to prove itself as a vehicle for brand...
mramsey1
Jun 2, 2009
Can Twitter be Radio’s “Killer App”?
Plenty of radio stations are plugged into Twitter – to pimp themselves. But how many radio stations leverage Twitter to benefit their...
mramsey1
May 18, 2009
The first step in making radio advertising accountable
"Accountability in radio revolves around identification. If you can consistently identify a spot, the advertiser it's associated with,...
mramsey1
May 18, 2009
The “End” of the Website?
Everybody is always asking me to name an example of a radio station website done really well. If you follow this argument from the...
mramsey1
Apr 14, 2009
Why doesn’t Radio give its clients what they want?
More than just demographics, [advertisers] want to connect with their target audiences in measurable environments that can drive a...
mramsey1
Apr 5, 2009
The End of Commercials?
The economics of supply and demand are inescapable. Historically, the demand for radio content was high. Indeed, it remains so today....
mramsey1
Mar 30, 2009
More than Digital Duct Tape
From today's news: A new study from IBM reveals that "media companies are falling behind in meeting the growing expectations of digital...
mramsey1
Mar 25, 2009


Bob Garfield’s “Chaos Scenario” – and answers for Radio
Garfield, who has a forthcoming book that will point the way to answers to what he calls the "chaos scenario" presents in gory detail the...
mramsey1
Mar 23, 2009
Radio: We Create Demand
Another week, another announcement of the record number of ears reached by radio. To advertisers, this sounds like old news. The shiny...
mramsey1
Mar 22, 2009
What “Accountability” is….
From Radio & Records: The "Radio Accountability Initiative" introduced Wednesday (March 18) in Orlando at the RAB's annual conference,...
mramsey1
Mar 19, 2009
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