ScLoHo Media & Marketing
The weekly published articles written by Scott Howard aka ScLoHo
Summertime – Fun Time!
Regardless of what part of the country you live in, North or South, East or West, for most, summertime is a fun time and a great time to launch and execute promotions for your business. The next time you are planning a significant event or promotion,...
The Media versus The Message
In the never-ending maze of online media, on-air media, outdoor media, direct mail, and print media, business owners often ask, “Which media works best?” or, “Which media platform will give me the highest return on my investment?” If you ask an honest and...
The Online and On-The-Air Marketing Mix
If you are a business owner or in charge of handling the marketing and advertising, a wise thing to do is to pay close attention to what the BIG GUYS are doing. The “Big Guys”, the likes of GEICO, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble and others, have huge...
Boomers Still Have The Money
Last month when my wife and I were on vacation, the publication Mediapost shared a story that I was living at the moment.My wife and I are Baby Boomers.Our kids are Millennials.The business world, or more specifically the advertising world, is focused on...
How Much Does It Cost To Advertise on WOWO Radio?
Most of the business people I talk to these days are listeners to one of the radio stations I work with but they are not necessarily advertising partners with me, yet.A big question that comes up is, "How Much Does It Cost To Advertise on WOWO Radio?"When...
What Does Reach Mean in Advertising and Marketing?
If I were to ask a dozen people what REACH means, I am sure I would get at least 4 or 5 different answers, all depending on each persons life experience.You take the basketball player and they know that reach is important in being able to grab a loose ball...
Let WOWO Radio Tell Your Story
Let Someone Else Say It for YouWhen you spend money on advertising, you obviously want to say positive things about your business, and you want to brand your business in a credible way. While most business owners don’t want to brag, at least publicly,...
7 Sales Secret Tips
Every once in awhile, it's good to take a look at what has helped you become successful and today is one of those days. In 2009 I wrote and published an article on 7 Sales Secrets that generated some national attention. I was 6 years into my position as an...
The Mystery of Branding
The POWER of Brand Identity…Still the Most Important Thing! Running a business 15 years ago was difficult enough. With the advent of a New Media World, it became even more difficult and more competitive. First, it was the internet disrupting the Yellow...
Keeping Your Core Customers
Core Customers – Keep Them! Every business owner understands that keeping a current customer is much less expensive than creating a new customer. Or at least you think they would! Let me rephrase this; Every SUCCESSFUL business owner not only understands...
Ad Fraud is Real
…his team did an analysis looking back to 2001 and said “the number is actually worse” — noting that prime-time television ratings have declined 78% while ad rates have increased 180%.
The Truth About Boomers and WOWO
We want young people, you know, the ones who have money to spend and are not stuck in their ways to come to our place.That was part of the conversation I had with a couple of business owners in their 40’s recently. Their Mom was in her late 70’s and still active in the family business.But these two brothers were having a hard time understanding who they should be inviting to spend money with them.
Rule #1, Repeat & Referral Business
Rule #1, Repeat & Referral Business Marketing, like most fields of endeavor, has certain proven formulas you can use to ensure you get a return on your marketing investments. The first formula, The Two “R’s” is simple; Advertising can’t make a bad business a good business. How do you measure if you have a good business or a bad business?
One Day At A Time
No matter what, you and I cannot speed up or slow down the clock.The number 168 is important to me.It represents the number of hours in a week. 7 days a week x 24 hours in a day.Both the most successful person you know and the least are given the same...
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