Years ago, I worked for a group of radio stations that hired Wayne Ens to do research on TOMA in Fort Wayne, Indiana. TOMA is an acronym for Top Of Mind Awareness and if your business doesn't have it with your potential customers, you are living with an unfair...
The Holi-daze are upon on and this is a weird and wonderful time of year. I've created a few items that you as a business person or marketing person, or what ever kind of person you are, you can take a look at and use to help you navigate the last few weeks of this...
Thank goodness the political advertising season is done for awhile, now we get to see and hear holiday ads. Advertising it self is neither good or bad, but you and I know that we have seen plenty of bad ads we never want to see again. Let's set the record straight....
It happened again. I got a request from an "Operations Assistant" recently asking for information including prices for advertising with WOWO Radio. My reply was to attempt to book a meeting at their office to learn about what they wanted to do and ultimately discover...
How long are you and your business planning on staying around? Are you here for the short term or long term? That's an important question that we as consumers want to know. As we enter the holiday season there are certain types of businesses that are seasonal and by...
WOWO Radio, the radio station I work for and one of the stations I grew up listening to has promoted our News and Program Director, Kayla Blakeslee. Starting Wednesday 10/16/18, Kayla has become the new host of Fort Wayne's Morning News on WOWO. What makes this...
In the "good old days" of advertising and marketing, a company would often develop a plan for the year and stick with it. That plan would include a budget for this, for that, and have expectations of growth base on doing better than last year, etc. I still have...
I read a lot. Not as many books as I used to before the internet, but I read all kinds of stuff. I read everyday. I bet you do too. Sometimes I am asked by business people, what is the best day to advertise? Everyday is my usual answer. Recently I was reading an...
It's still September as my fingers tap out these words. They are words of Irony and a couple of Marketing lessons for you and me. First, I'll share with you the full meaning of the title of this article and podcast, followed by a couple of examples and together we...