{"id":176,"date":"2009-08-21T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T11:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/\/salesarchive\/permalink\/2009\/8\/21\/075356.html"},"modified":"2009-08-21T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T11:53:56","slug":"advertising-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/advertising-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Advertising Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\"><font face=\"Arial\">&copy; by Wayne Ens<\/font><\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The most successful stations I work with are<span style=\"color: black\"> visible<\/span> everywhere in their communities<span style=\"color: black\">,<\/span> in pursuit of audience.<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I&rsquo;m convinced their high visibility does even more for their revenues than it does for their ratings!<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prospects who don&rsquo;t listen to your station can get the impression that everyone else in town does listen to you when your vehicles, banners, sponsorships and staff are seen at every community event they attend.<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With all of your competitors claiming to <span style=\"color: black\">be &ldquo;number one&rdquo;,<\/span> most business decision-makers don&rsquo;t believe ratings<span style=\"color: black\">.&nbsp;&nbsp; They<\/span> have learned that figures don&rsquo;t lie, but liars sure can figure.<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the other hand, they do believe their own eyes and have confidence in your popularity when they perceive they see you everywhere.<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retailers claim the key to success is location, location, location.&nbsp;Are your station vehicles tucked away overnight in an employee&rsquo;s driveway or hidden behind your station, or do you have a plan to keep them out, moving and visible? <br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do your personalities pull a shift then hide in their cocoons the rest of the day, or are they out and about, clearly identifying themselves as your stars with their attire and vehicles? <br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By the way, radio advertising works too!&nbsp;The easiest person to sell is someone who listens to your station&hellip;.you don&rsquo;t have to convince them someone listens, they know first hand. Do you run creative, relevant, though<span style=\"color: black\">t<\/span>-provoking commercials to attract new advertisers?<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our business is no different than our clients<span style=\"color: black\">&rsquo; <\/span>businesses. Advertising is the first link in a marketing program. But advertising <span style=\"color: black\">only &lsquo;attracts&rsquo;<\/span>audience and sponsors. It&rsquo;s what comes over your speakers and what we do to create value for our advertisers AFTER the sale that will determine your <span style=\"color: black\">long-term<\/span> success.<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">P.S. Do your reps know how to create the value perception for your advertisers? Our Creating the Radio ROI can dramatically improve your customer satisfaction, key account order size, and renewal rates.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\">P.P.S. Our weekly <span style=\"color: black\">radio e-marketing<\/span>, called SoundADvice, can be the most cost-effective advertising you can buy. <u><span style=\"color: blue\">Email Wayne <\/span><\/u>to arrange a free, no obligation demo. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&copy; by Wayne Ens&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The most successful stations I work with are visible everywhere in their communities, in pursuit of audience. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I&rsquo;m convinced their high visibility does even more for their revenues than it does for their ratings! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prospects who don&rsquo;t listen to your station can get the impression that everyone [&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-176","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\/176","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=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}