ScLoHo Media & Marketing
The weekly published articles written by Scott Howard aka ScLoHo
Out with the Old, In with the New
In the old media world, 86% of advertising budgets went towards production and delivery costs that are totally unnecessary in the new electronic media age. This archaic mode of communication came at the cost of harvesting trees, operating expensive pulp and paper...
Ask The Right Questions
9 months is the usual length of time it takes a baby to develop from conception to being born. During those 9 months, the new parents are preparing for the future, the changes that will be occurring in their lives, especially if they are first time parents. While each...
Do Your Customers Trust You?
Trust… It’s not just for personal relationships. It’s a MUST in business too! Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Do you trust the vendors that you do business with? Are they providing you with or doing things for you that consciously or subconsciously earn...
Long Term Losses Over Short Term Cuts
You cut your advertising, you could lose a heck of a whole lot more than you realize. Odds are against your business ever recovering. There are multiple stories over the past 100 years of how during an economic downturn a business cut their advertising and ultimately...
Priceless
Do you remember the old Mastercard campaign? The title of it was “Priceless” and the impact of the campaign was “priceless”. “There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s Mastercard.” This “idea” turned this struggling company around and saved...
Why WOWO is the Best Choice for Advertising (Part Two)
I was reading a blog post last week from the Radio Advertising Bureau that includes several facts and figures I am going to share with you in this 2nd part of an ongoing series as to why WOWO radio is your best choice for advertising. But first, a little comparison of...
The Danger of OverTargetting
The goal of your advertising should be to increase both your sales and your brand identity. But all too often we get hung up on targeting analytics or demographics when creating our media plans. Narrowly targeting oftentimes means you are missing the much larger...
The Drill or The Hole
Every year there are millions of drills sold across North America. But here’s the crazy thing...not one person who bought a drill wanted a drill! What they really wanted were holes! If another tool would have made the holes faster, better, easier, or cheaper they...
Radio versus Social Media
For the past few years, President Donald Trump has called the major news media Fake News. Meanwhile the commentators on the networks and news organization he calls Fake, call the Presidents favorite channel Fake News. I'm not about to dive into a political rabbit...
Work for WOWO
The final weeks of 2021 are here and I have an update for you. I just started running an ad for an advertising sales account executive to join my team at WOWO. And I've included a healthy hiring bonus. Here's the text of the radio ad: It’s true. Everyone is hiring....
Building Trust With Your Marketing
Today, more than ever, successful business owners know that the route to higher closing ratios and sales is built upon stronger customer relationships, and the single most important element to building and keeping relationships is built upon trust. “Trust” is defined...
Why WOWO is the Best Choice for Advertising (Part One)
Today I'm kicking off an occasional series of Why WOWO Radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana is the Best Choice for Advertising Your Business. I am calling it an occasional series because, every few weeks I'll add another article interspersed with the other articles I share...
Timeless Marketing Principles that are Pandemic-Proof
As we zoom thru the last few month of 2020, many businesses are wondering what's next? and how do we survive? The answer is simple. You need to rely on timeless human relationship principles for your business survival and success. By the way, I purposely used the...
Make Your Words Count
Several great minds, including literate Mark Twain and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, have been credited with saying in one form or another, “I apologize for the length of this letter. If I had more time, it would have been much shorter”. Whether giving a speech,...
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