Category Archives: Radio Production

How to Amplify Your Word-of-Mouth (Guaranteed)

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Rod Schwartz

You prize good word-of-mouth don’t you? We all do. Word-of-mouth may not create business, but it helps create a preference for your business or brand in the heart of the hearer. Good radio advertising can have the same effect, only multiplied and amplified. … Continue reading →

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Putting Your Phone Number in a Radio Ad is a Bad Idea. Here’s Why.

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Rod Schwartz

You’re not one of those advertisers who puts their telephone number into their radio ads, are you? Good. Didn’t think so. Because you know better. You chuckle at the mental image of somebody pulling over as they’re driving down the … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal for Radio

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

 Do Most Radio Ads Suck? Jeff Sexton is an ad writer, and a damn good one. He occasionally teaches ad writing at Wizard Academy and is himself one of the Wizard of Ads® Partners. I subscribe to Jeff’s blog and … Continue reading →

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Help Wanted: Have a Job to Fill? Attract More, Better Applicants with Radio Advertising

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

What’s the best way to attract your next superstar? Hire your local radio station. Continue reading →

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For All Your [Fill-in-the-Blank] Needs

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

cli·ché (noun) – a phrase that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought Just for fun sometime, make a mental note of all the ads you encounter that contain these five words: “for all your __________ needs.”   Every time … Continue reading →

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How the New Business Landscape Is Challenging Tradition and Igniting Radio Advertising Sales

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

How long before the rest of the matches in this photo will ignite? It’s a good way to think about an emerging trend in business, including radio advertising sales. A recent article in INSIDE RADIO talked about new and emerging prospect … Continue reading →

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Advertising to Make You Smile

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

Over the past few years the guys at Howard Hughes  Appliance, TV, and Sleep Shop have used their radio advertising on April 1st to feature imaginative new products or uses for existing products, invented solely to give listeners a little chuckle. … Continue reading →

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Advertising and the Two Gateways to the Brain

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

Which is more powerful, the eye or the ear?  If you could keep just one of these two senses, which would you choose? Strange questions to ask, but stay with me for a moment. We don’t give much thought to our … Continue reading →

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Penetrating the Consumer Brain

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Rod Schwartz

The goal of all advertising is simply to penetrate the human brain*, the seat of all our thoughts, emotions, and choices. My goal as an advertising professional – and yours as a business owner – is to make your company the … Continue reading →

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Radio Ads Outperform Other Media In Actual R.O.I.

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Rod Schwartz

LONDON: The £592m spent on radio advertising in the UK in 2015 represented a value of £4.6bn to advertisers, according to a new report. British advertisers using radio there enjoyed a return on investment (ROI) of ￡7.70 for every ￡1 … Continue reading →

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