{"id":18622,"date":"2015-10-12T01:06:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T08:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=18622"},"modified":"2015-10-12T01:06:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T08:06:28","slug":"radio-commercials-30s-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/radio-commercials-30s-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO COMMERCIALS &#8211; 30 vs. 60 SECONDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/copywriting-secrets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18631 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_thirty_seconds_8500-320-216x300.png\" alt=\"30-second radio commercials\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_thirty_seconds_8500-320-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_thirty_seconds_8500-320.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/copywriting-secrets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18630 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_sixty_seconds_8502-320-216x300.png\" alt=\"60-second radio commercials\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_sixty_seconds_8502-320-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stop_watch_sixty_seconds_8502-320.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Remember when Clear Channel tried to convince advertisers that \u201cless is more\u201d and that 30-second radio commercials are more effective than :60s?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That campaign, of course, had nothing to do with advertising effectiveness and everything to do with radio station inventory management and profit maximization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So which <strong>is<\/strong> the preferred length of a radio ad?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The answer often depends upon for whom you\u2019re asking \u2014 the radio <em>station<\/em> or the radio <em>advertiser.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This video contains the answers, as well as the surprising discovery that the length of a commercial break has less impact on audience tune-out than\u2026Well, let\u2019s hear what the guy in the video has to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6anHBWYsUcU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"530\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/copywriting-secrets\">Click here to download free radio copywriting seminar<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Remember when Clear Channel tried to convince advertisers that \u201cless is more\u201d and that 30-second radio commercials are more effective than :60s? That campaign, of course, had nothing to do with advertising effectiveness and everything to do with radio station inventory management and profit maximization. So which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RADIO COMMERCIALS - 30 vs. 60 SECONDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remember when Clear Channel tried to convince advertisers that \u201cless is more\u201d and that 30-second radio ads are more effective than :60s? 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