{"id":20674,"date":"2019-03-14T00:02:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T07:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=20674"},"modified":"2019-03-14T00:02:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T07:02:31","slug":"radio-stations-digital-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/radio-stations-digital-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Station&#8217;s &#8220;Digital Staff&#8221; Tags Along on Sales Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.danoday.com\/categories\/Sales\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/radio-station-digital-staff.png\" alt=\"radio and online ad sales \" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/radio-station-digital-staff.png 400w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/radio-station-digital-staff-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/radio-station-digital-staff-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Over the past few years some radio groups have begun sending a member of their &#8220;digital staff&#8221; along with account executives on sales calls. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">That way, the digital team can add its \u201cexpertise\u201d in designing a successful ad campaign for the client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">I believe they also throw around the word \u201csynergy\u201d a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A Loyal Reader forwarded to me these notes that accompanied a copy order from a radio station account exec to the station&#8217;s commercial producer&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8230;complete with the lack of punctuation, spacing between words, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The campaign will be driving people to the website but the url isn&#8217;t developed yet. (Radio Company) is building the website. Copy points: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(URL &#8212; don&#8217;t have one yet, but it will go here)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(Client) has two goals so two spots is fine remodeling high end homes only (Luxury remodeling)kitchens, baths, whole home luxury garden homes-targeting people who want to downsize from their large homes to a 2500-3000 sqr foot garden home but not miss out on the luxurious items luxury living the goal is to drive leads to the website.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The account exec apparently believes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1) There&#8217;s enough information there from which to build a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danoday.com\/5step\">radio commercial campaign<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2) There&#8217;s no need to give listeners a reason to visit the not-yet-built website. Once they have a URL, &#8220;leads&#8221; magically will go to there.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To get listeners to go to an advertiser&#8217;s website, it should be either to get something or to do something.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Get Something:<\/strong><\/span> &#8220;Download Your Free Copy of 33 Ways to Downsize Your Home without Sacrificing the Luxury You Deserve.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Do Something:<\/strong><\/span> \u201cTake our 3-minute Perfect Home for Me diagnostic quiz for immediate, personalized recommendations for downsizing your home without sacrificing the luxury you deserve.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cGo to our website so you can be a lead\u201d doesn&#8217;t qualify as a worthwhile Call to Action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years some radio groups have begun sending a member of their &#8220;digital staff&#8221; along with account executives on sales calls. 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