{"id":13447,"date":"2012-11-14T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T08:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=13447"},"modified":"2012-11-14T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T08:08:21","slug":"radio-advertising-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/radio-advertising-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO ADVERTISING SECRET #4: When Should You First Give The Advertiser’s Name In The Radio Commercial?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the fourth of a 6-part series of Secrets of Radio Advertising<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When To Use The Advertiser’s Name In The Commercial<\/h3>\n

I have heard “experts” declare that you must use the advertiser’s name at least twice in the first ten seconds of the commercial.<\/p>\n

Ridiculous. Stupid, even.<\/p>\n

Here’s exactly when to use the advertiser’s name in the commercial:<\/p>\n

After you’ve interested the target audience in the problem your client promises to solve for them.<\/p>\n

Until the audience is interested in what the advertiser is offering to do to add to their lives, they have absolutely no interest in knowing the advertiser’s name.<\/p>\n

Why is the following a stupid radio traffic report?<\/p>\n

“There’s a six-car pile-up that has slowed traffic for several miles on Highway 101 just north of Riverside.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s stupid because no one pays any attention to the details if they don’t already know the location applies to them.<\/p>\n

First you identify the location, then you identify the problem.<\/p>\n

But most radio commercials<\/a> include the name of the advertiser in the very first sentence:<\/p>\n

“Sears proudly announces its big annual white sale….”<\/em><\/p>\n

Remember what Robert Collier<\/strong><\/a> said about entering a conversation the consumer already is having?<\/p>\n

How many of your listeners already are having a conversation \u2014 either with someone else or with themselves \u2014 about Sears?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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