{"id":127,"date":"2010-10-05T17:52:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/\/salesarchive\/permalink\/2010\/10\/5\/135216.html"},"modified":"2010-10-05T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:52:16","slug":"opportunity-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/opportunity-perception\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"6\">The Opportunity Perception<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Have you heard the classic tale of two shoe salesmen who were sent to a remote village to sell shoes? When <\/font><span style=\"color: black\"><font face=\"Arial\">they arrived at the village, one immediately sent a message to his office saying, &ldquo;No one here wears shoes. Will return tonight&rdquo;.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The other salesman upon arrival, sent a message back to the home office as well, saying, &ldquo;No one here has shoes, send lots of inventory immediately&rdquo;.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are you saying, &ldquo;No one here is buying spots&rdquo; or are you saying &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s increase our inventory and offer them special events, promotions, sponsorships, web opportunities or mobile applications&rdquo;<\/font><\/span><span style=\"color: black\"><font face=\"Arial\">?<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><font face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"color: black\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Problems are simply opportunities in disguise. And the best companies and managers see those opportunities, while others are complacent in the status quo.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert Kennedy once said, &ldquo;Others see things as they are and say, why? I see things as they could be and say, why not?&rdquo; <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no reason your sales cannot be up dramatically as we sit on the threshold of economic recovery. That is, unless you<\/span> are still selling old media packages, rates, spots or rankers.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stations that capitalize on their marketing expertise and advertiser relationships to facilitate special events, shows, promotions, web opportunities, mobile applications and other tools to help grow their clients&rsquo; businesses, can experience recordbreaking revenues in the months and years to come. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Need a fresh set of eyes to recognize and capture the opportunities in your market? Maybe we should talk. <\/font><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single\" href=\"mailto:wayne@wensmedia.com\"><font face=\"Arial\">wayne@wensmedia.com<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS\">Do you appreciate your FREE weekly ENS on Sales?&nbsp; If you do, may I ask a favor in<br \/>\nreturn?&nbsp; I&rsquo;d like to double our circulation next week.&nbsp; Please forward this to 3 managers you know who might also appreciate these weekly tips.<br \/>\nSimply copy and paste this in your forwarded email:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial\">I receive a free radio management tip every week called ENS on Sales that I thought you would also appreciate.&nbsp; Simply <span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single\" href=\"mailto:wayne@wensmedia.com;%20angela@ensmedia.ca?subject=Please subscribe me to ENS on Sales\">click here<\/a><\/span> &nbsp;to subscribe to this free newsletter.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure you&rsquo;ll be glad you did.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Opportunity Perception &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Have you heard the classic tale of two shoe salesmen who were sent to a remote village to sell shoes? When they arrived at the village, one immediately sent a message to his office saying, &ldquo;No one here wears shoes. Will return tonight&rdquo;. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The other salesman upon arrival, sent a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}