One is more profitable. One is more needy. Both are important to the overall success of a business. Understanding how to identify each type and how to turn transactional customers, when possible, into relational can be a huge boost to your business. Every business...
The Not-So-Secret Writings of ScLoHo
Radio is Back On The Road
It's back. Radio is back on the road. In case you haven't noticed this summer, a lot of us have been doing what we were discouraged from doing last summer. Spring and Summer 2020 was the year of cancelled vacations, limited gatherings and working from home. 2021 has...
Brand Building in Dollars and Sense
Did you notice the title of this article has a play on words? Or did you think it was just a typo? Brand Building in Dollars and Sense with the word Sense spelled not like the cents we use to refer to money but as sense, as it makes sense or common sense which people...
Maybe it’s the Weather…
Going to do some personal reflections on this Sunday... You may wonder, why? I thought this website was all about business, media and marketing stuff?! Yes that has been the focus for the past several years but I've sprinkled in some personal posts too. This habit of...
Audio Insights
Of the 5 senses most of us are born with, some have different filtering properties. Those 5 human senses are Taste Touch Sight Hearing Smell Some of these might diminish as we get older, the most common ones are sight and hearing. Others vary depending on the...
State of The Station for WOWO Summertime 2021
Here we are in the middle of June 2021 and this weeks article and podcast is a little different from my usual weekly updates. Today an update on what is going on at WOWO radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from an insiders perspective as we peak behind the curtain and give...
Why Your TV Ads Are Not Working
It's not nice to bad mouth others and I try to avoid it. I also want to be truthful. Over the next few weeks, I am sharing some information that might sound like I'm bad mouthing others, however I am more interested in providing you with the truth about advertising...
Measuring the Unmeasurable
If you are in charge of the advertising for your business, you want to make sure it is effective right? Of course you do. But the challenge has always been how to measure the effectiveness of your advertising. One way that has been around forever is coupons. A few...
The Disappearing TV Audience
Not even a pandemic can save broadcast television. As America opens up again after being told to stay home last year, we're getting new data about some of the long term affects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And since I'm a media and marketing dude, not a doctor, I'm...