{"id":6656,"date":"2010-08-09T00:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2010-08-08T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T04:50:13","slug":"radio-commercial-opening-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/radio-commercial-opening-line\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY RADIO COMMERCIAL SMACKDOWN: An Opening Line That Does Its Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Listening10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6658\" title=\"radio advertising\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Listening10-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"radio commercial\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Listening10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Listening10.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The opening line of a radio commercial has two goals:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 To get the attention of the targeted consumer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 To get that targeted consumer to listen to the next line of the commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Most radio commercials fail. But not this one:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object height=\"79\" width=\"204\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\"><\/param><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bUseColor=true&#038;sCustomColor= 9451520&#038;bUseText=false&#038;sBrandText=&#038;sBrandUrl=&#038;bAutoPlay=false&#038;bCloakUrl=true&#038;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DOqvGlcu7B%2C%5Eo5%2E\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/siteaudioplayer.swf\" width=\"204\" height=\"79\" play=\"true\" loop=\"true\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"bUseColor=true&#038;sCustomColor= 9451520&#038;bUseText=false&#038;sBrandText=&#038;sBrandUrl=&#038;bAutoPlay=false&#038;bCloakUrl=true&#038;mp3url=jvIM5%2A%21%2BCx%2Fqh%2E%2Fdoo%211Ixoc0Fs%2F%2DOqvGlcu7B%2C%5Eo5%2E\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t experience &#8220;hot flashes,&#8221; odds are you won&#8217;t stick around for the second line of that radio commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Which doesn&#8217;t bother this advertiser at all, because no matter how good the commercial is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You ain&#8217;t gonna be buying.<\/p>\n<p>But women who <strong>are <\/strong>bothered by those menopausal symptoms? They&#8217;ll continue to listen.<\/p>\n<p>See, it&#8217;s really not that difficult, is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening line of a radio commercial has two goals: \u2022 To get the attention of the targeted consumer \u2022 To get that targeted consumer to listen to the next line of the commercial. Most radio commercials fail. 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