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The evolution of Radio’s local ad business
It's about more than your radio station's website, folks. It's about the radio station that happens to be owned by the owners of the...
mramsey1
Feb 27, 2009
Radio’s Challenge for 2009
From MediaPost: The problem: auto, financial, retail and real-estate businesses that generate more than half of local media advertising...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2009
Will Automaker Financial Gloom be a Gift for Radio?
It should be. That's what a new report from BIGresearch says (reported by MediaPost). According to a recent analysis of BIGresearch's...
mramsey1
Dec 29, 2008
Here come Addressable TV ads – and what it means for you
It's in an embryonic stage but it's possible that in the not too distant future many of the ads funneled into your TV will be addressable...
mramsey1
Dec 3, 2008
Sobering projections for 2009
From MediaPost: Advertising revenues are expected to plateau or decrease during the recession now underway, but one category–local...
mramsey1
Nov 24, 2008
A Harsh Slap in the Face
This past week I heard several stories of frightened radio managers cutting back initiatives in order to focus efforts on the shrinking...
mramsey1
Oct 30, 2008
“Local media sites have a significant lead over portals”
From the Center for Media Research: According to a new report by the Online Publishers Association, local media sites hold a distinct...
mramsey1
Aug 27, 2008


Making better Billboards
How to make better billboards, period. Here are six pointers (but go here for much more detail): 1. Make it visual 2. One board, one...
mramsey1
Aug 26, 2008
Engagement, not Impressions
The most important sentence you will read this year: We’re much more interested in measuring engagement and attaching a monetary value to...
mramsey1
Aug 24, 2008
What is “Accountability”?
From Radio One: Radio One Houston…is pleased to announce ACCOUNTABILITY[ONE], our top of the line scheduling and ratings verification...
mramsey1
Aug 20, 2008
In one study, “Radio outperforms Newspaper nearly 14 to 1.”
From Roy Williams, the “Wizard of Ads”: If you (1.) make exactly the same offer on radio as in the newspaper, and (2.) spend exactly the...
mramsey1
Jul 14, 2008
The Web will be the #2 Ad Medium in 5 Years
From IDC via MediaPost: According to a recently released study by IDC, the U.S. Internet Advertising 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis,...
mramsey1
Jun 9, 2008
Advertisers are moving to Digital – faster than ever
Marketers are continuing to put their ad dollars online at the expense of print advertising, according to a survey report from Eloqua...
mramsey1
May 26, 2008
But do the Ads produce Sales?
I talk a lot nowadays about the rise of accountability in advertising, even as radio remains obsessed by “reach,” which rarely promises...
mramsey1
Apr 29, 2008
Accountability in Advertising: Radio’s Biggest Challenge
Why don’t more of our sessions on radio’s future focus on the accountability issue? And no, I don’t mean proving that spots ran and when...
mramsey1
Feb 25, 2008
Using audio to build brands and move mountains
Here’s a great piece on how to use audio to build brand identity. Audio – that element that the radio industry should be the world...
mramsey1
Feb 18, 2008


The apparent insanity of Google audio ads
So let’s conduct an exercise. I’m a merchant in San Diego. I have no experience with radio before but would like to advertise there. So...
mramsey1
Feb 8, 2008


Bizarre Billboard Strategy of the Week
So let me understand this strategy. It’s “music radio that’s mostly music.” Meaning we’re apologizing for the fact that it’s not really...
mramsey1
Feb 7, 2008


Radio is now “audio-anchored advertising”? You’ve got to be kidding me.
From Radio Ink: The Southern California Broadcasters Association and marketers’ trade organization thinkLA jointly presented a powerhouse...
mramsey1
Feb 1, 2008
The end of Radio’s ad model?
eMarketer outlines three big trends in what I think is a hugely important article. Trend 1: …[as online] ad networks continue to grow and...
mramsey1
Jan 14, 2008
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