{"id":1239,"date":"2017-08-31T21:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T21:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/ens-on-sales\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2017-08-31T21:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T21:46:16","slug":"thats-not-branding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/thats-not-branding\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s Not Branding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our TOMA (Top-of-Mind Awareness) Surveys consistently and convincingly prove radio&#8217;s effectiveness, but occasionally a &#8216;good&#8217; radio advertiser does not fare well in the survey.<\/p>\n<p>On those rare occasions, we dig deeper to help the advertiser create a campaign that works. 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