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The Dawn of Audio UpFronts
If you’re in the TV business, you’re familiar with the UpFronts. That’s the annual dog and pony show put on by the networks to debut...
mramsey1
Apr 28, 2015


Advertising is Dead; Long Live Advertising
Interruption marketing is bad. Right? People hate ’em – those ads that stop you from enjoying the content you love – blah! But wait, if...
mramsey1
Apr 21, 2015


Are Your Audio Ads Too Dumb? Make Them Smarter
Data is powering marketing in general and advertising in particular in ways that could not have been imagined even five years ago. It’s...
mramsey1
Mar 6, 2015


How Great Creative Makes Audio Advertising Sexy
Is it important for creative to make audio advertising sexy? Okay, not necessarily “sexy,” per se – but seductive, compelling,...
mramsey1
Feb 19, 2015


Your Audio Advertising Needs to be More Human
Alex Blumberg is the creator of the popular podcast Startup and founder of the new podcasting network, Gimlet Media. Given his deep...
mramsey1
Jan 14, 2015


Look Out: Big TV is Eating the Internet – Media Unplugged Ep 6
We have about two thousand listens to the new twice-monthly podcast I produce with branding strategist Tom Asacker. It’s called Media...
mramsey1
Oct 28, 2014


How to Monetize Your Podcast
What’s the upside for advertising on podcasts? Where is it going and how can your podcast get a piece of a growing advertising pie?...
mramsey1
Oct 12, 2014


Ryan Holiday: How to Grow Your Media Brand the Silicon Valley Way
Quick Summary: How do today’s tech startups launch and scale big and fast? By using a new union of traditional and direct marketing and...
mramsey1
Sep 24, 2014


What is Radio’s “Fair Share” of Revenue?
“Radio does not get its fair share [of ad revenue],” says Radio Ink. That’s based on a new eMarketer report indicating that consumers...
mramsey1
Sep 22, 2014


Is Bob Hoffman’s Argument “Full of Crap”?
Tongues are wagging about NAB keynoter and self-styled “ad contrarian” Bob Hoffman’s profanity-laced critique of online advertising....
mramsey1
Sep 11, 2014


What Advertisers Want from Radio
What do advertisers want from the audio marketplace in general and from radio in particular? Let’s ask an agency head! Or in this case,...
mramsey1
Jul 7, 2014


This is how Pandora has Changed Audio Advertising
Pandora is changing more than the way folks consume radio – it’s changing the way agencies view audio advertising. This was at the center...
mramsey1
Jul 1, 2014


A New Tool to Make Audio Advertising Interactive – XAPPmedia
You know the radio spots that give you an 800-number – and repeat it four times? Don’t you just love that? Or the ones that ask you to...
mramsey1
Jun 18, 2014


Can Digital Revenue “Make Up” Lost Traditional Radio Revenue?
Are you wasting your time nursing digital pennies and dimes when the “big money” is in the dollars that flow to your coffers from...
mramsey1
May 26, 2014


The Internet Radio Revolution has Arrived
Everybody wants to know what’s just over the horizon for radio. That’s why I talked with BIA/Kelsey’s Managing Director Rick Ducey about...
mramsey1
Apr 22, 2014


Buying Pandora can Increase Your Radio Station’s Ratings
Yes, a radio station can buy time on Pandora with the intention of driving audience to the station either online or (less efficiently)...
mramsey1
Jan 19, 2014


How Radio can Compete Against Facebook
Dear Radio Brands: Are your clients including Facebook as an important part of their media strategy – not just as an inexpensive way to...
mramsey1
Dec 17, 2013


Advertising is about Audiences – not Distribution Channels
Twitter’s ability to attract a swarm of conversations around particular TV shows means that it can marshal a large audience engaged in a...
mramsey1
Nov 22, 2013


28 Minutes of Commercials per Hour – on a Music Station?
So there’s this medium-sized market unmeasured by Arbitron/Nielsen. And what does a broadcaster do when the ratings company doesn’t...
mramsey1
Oct 17, 2013


Are There Too Many Commercials on the Radio? Nope!
What about the far worse ad clutter on good, old-fashioned terrestrial radio? Does the logic of minimizing spots in one place mean spots...
mramsey1
Oct 3, 2013
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