A few weeks ago I had 10 minutes to give a complete presentation to a couple dozen business leaders. After about 3 minutes of sharing who I was and my background, I jumped into the subject of advertising. Not to promote what I do, but just to give them a quick...
One of the questions I sometimes get when people learn I work for a radio station is, "Do People Still Listen To The Radio?" And those are honest, sincere people, not being sarcastic. I can honestly tell them and you, "Yes." The day this article and podcast goes live,...
As a follow up on last weeks article and podcast episode, Today I'm going to share information regarding the last ratings data we have for the Fort Wayne, Indiana market pertaining to radio station listenership. This data was collected last Fall and is the most recent...
Twice a year the international recognized research company, Nielsen does a deep dive into radio listenership in the Fort Wayne Indiana metro and then legitimate radio station companies and advertising agencies can purchase access to those results. The part of Nielsen...
Since 2013, I've worked for WOWO radio in Fort Wayne Indiana. This is WOWO's 100th birthday this year and for the past 3 decades WOWO has been a news/talk radio station. It's a legendary station with most of 100 years being broadcast on 1190AM. WOWO can also be...
There's a lot of information on how to buy advertising, where to place it and how often it should run, but one subject that I rarely see talked about in my industry is the content of the ad. And if there's not much being said inside my industry, the advice from...
It's the week between Christmas and New Year and for this weeks update, I found an article that caught my attention back in July. You can read it here.In the meantime, I'm just going to share a couple of thoughts from that story and what really matters as we move to a...
The email headline in my inbox last month read: AM/FM Radio Delivers Results For Retailers This Holiday Season I've got the highlights and insight from this report from WestwoodOne.com. The data comes from multiple credible research companies like Nielsen, Edison and...
Some business people get it, others don't. I'm talking about the building and growing process for your business and how advertising fits in. I can't tell you how many times people had unrealistic expectations and were either disappointed or they were too afraid to...