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The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?
Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...
mramsey1
Jun 29, 2014
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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
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Radio Ratings are in a Heap of Trouble
If you can’t trust the Nielsen ratings in America’s largest radio market, then where can you trust them? A few days ago, Nielsen delayed...
mramsey1
Jun 15, 2014
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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
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Hey Pandora, Watch That Commercial Load
There’s this myth out there that its the personalization that provides the primary motivation to use Pandora: The limitless allure of...
mramsey1
Mar 12, 2014
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Predictions for Radio in 2014
Tom Taylor offered up some questions for radio to ponder in 2014. I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer them: 1. Connected car –...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2014
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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
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And Pandora’s Newest Client is…Radio!
Today in two conversations two separate radio stations told me how they were promoting their brand using Pandora. Yes, you heard that...
mramsey1
Oct 21, 2013
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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
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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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The Hunger Games You Are Not, Radio
Since then we have relied on bowing our new brands with stunts: Events or circumstances designed to garner attention and trial that give...
mramsey1
Sep 5, 2013
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Things I Hate about Radio Station Websites
Some folks accuse me of being too negative in some of my posts. For you, this will be your “I told you so” moment. Are you like me? Do...
mramsey1
Jun 30, 2013
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Is Pandora “the Greatest Media of All Time”? Q&A with Ric Militi – Part 2
Ric Militi is CEO and Creative Director of InnoVision LLC, a leading independent Southern California “anti-agency” (they don’t “buy”...
mramsey1
May 24, 2013
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We Buy Ideas, Not Media – Q&A with “Anti-Agency” CEO Ric Militi – Part
Ric Militi is CEO and Creative Director of InnoVision LLC, a leading independent Southern California “anti-agency” (they don’t “buy”...
mramsey1
May 23, 2013
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Radio: Pretend your Customers are Fans, not Advertisers
So I’m talking to a digital solutions provider who has created a platform featuring new value for consumers as part of a radio station’s...
mramsey1
May 21, 2013
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What Radio can learn from ABC TV
A few days ago ABC announced that they would begin live streaming content in two major markets with more to follow on a new app called...
mramsey1
May 15, 2013
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Your PPM Strategy is Wrong: Word-of-Mouth Still Matters
It is almost impossible to count the ways in which playing to Arbitron’s PPM measurement methodology may provide short term gains for...
mramsey1
May 14, 2013
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“Passion is the Great Persuader” – Q&A with Tom Asacker, Part 2
This is Part 2 of my special conversation with branding guru and author Tom Asacker. If you missed Part 1 go here. Tom and I talk about...
mramsey1
May 8, 2013
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“You Can’t Create Desire through Advertising” – Q&A with Tom Asacker, P
Tom Asacker is an advisor to major brands like Procter & Gamble, UPS, and G.E. and the author of many thoughtful and incisive books on...
mramsey1
May 8, 2013
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Simulcasting Radio Spots Online? Open your Checkbook
So which is the better strategy to monetize online radio? Featuring targeted spots built for the context and platform of online radio and...
mramsey1
Apr 25, 2013
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