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...
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mramsey1
- Apr 21, 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...
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mramsey1
- Mar 6, 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...
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mramsey1
- Feb 19, 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,...
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mramsey1
- Jan 14, 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...
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mramsey1
- Oct 28, 2014
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...
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mramsey1
- Oct 12, 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?...
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mramsey1
- Sep 24, 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...
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mramsey1
- Sep 22, 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...
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mramsey1
- Sep 11, 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....
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mramsey1
- Jul 7, 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,...
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mramsey1
- Jul 1, 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...
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mramsey1
- Jun 18, 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...
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mramsey1
- May 26, 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...
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mramsey1
- Apr 22, 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...
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mramsey1
- Jan 19, 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)...
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mramsey1
- Dec 17, 2013
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...
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mramsey1
- Nov 22, 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...
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mramsey1
- Oct 17, 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...
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mramsey1
- Oct 3, 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...
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