Mark Ramsey Media syncs radio and digital media. Mark Ramsey Media develops branding and strategy with media partners and provides audience research services from perceptual studies to format studies to focus groups. Mark Ramsey is the president of Mark Ramsey Media (http://www.markramseymedia.com).
From YouTube darling to radio jock - that's the trajectory of teenaged social media maven Andrea Russett, who just recently landed a regular gig with Oasis Radio Group's HOT 107.9 in Fort Wayne, IN. It's a new and great (and obvious) way to develop talent: Find the talent who already has an audience and bring him or her aboard. And with 32 million video views, over 250,000 YouTube subscribers, and more ethan 100,000 Twitter followers (@AndreaRussett), Andrea already has quite the audience. Mar...
Is it a bad thing? Or is it great - as long as it accompanies strong ratings? In this highlight from the opening conference of the recent Worldwide Radio Summit (http://www.worldwideradiosummit.com) moderated by Triton's Mike Agovino (http://www.tritondigital.com), Rick Feinblatt, VP/Greater Media Radio (http://www.greatermedia.com), and Scott Herman, EVP/Operations CBS (http://www.cbsradio.com), discuss how radio should react. Can controversy be "bad" as long as the ratings are strong?
So says Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy in this opening session from the recent Worldwide Radio Summit (http://www.worldwideradiosummit.com), moderated by Triton's Mike Agovino (http://www.tritondigital.com). Joe shares some stats on reduced TSL for radio and matches that against the growth for Internet Radio. From Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com)
In this highlight from the Jacobs Media (http://www.jacobsmedia.com) TechSurvey8 poll, Fred Jacobs summarizes the key ways broadcasters can tap into the emotional benefits of radio to improve the lives (and the listening) of its audiences. It's from a session at the 2012 Worldwide Radio Summit (http://www.worldwideradiosummit.com) in LA. From Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com).
In the digital space, it's all about "value" - not about interruptive "ads" stuck in the middle of valued content. In many ways, the client's content IS the valued content. Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks about how sellers and programmers are finally on the same side - the consumer's side ANd the client's side This video is from a Q&A with James Derby and the management team at Federated Media (http://www.federatedmedia.com).
Radio isn't in the "radio business," it's in the IDEA business. Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks about what that means in this Q&A with James Derby and the management team at Federated Media (http://www.federatedmedia.com).
"Local" isn't an address - it's a state of mind, and it would be a grave mistake for broadcasters to assume otherwise. Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks "local" - what it really means - in this video Q&A with James Derby and the management team at Federated Media (http://www.federatedmedia.com).
Relationships are key to radio's future - the relationships between radio brands, their consumers, and their clients. Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) outlines this central point. This video is from a Q&A with James Derby and the management team at Federated Media (http://www.federatedmedia.com).
Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks with CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason (http://www.cbsradio.com/) about the importance of what's "between the songs" on CBS stations and how CBS is leveraging its relationships between consumers and advertisers on the local digital front. This is a great perspective on radio's future from one of the industry's leading broadcasters.
Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks to Barry Leffler, CEO of WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC, and http://www.chapelboro.com, WCHL's community-oriented site which is exploding in revenue and earning WCHL roughly twenty-times what a typical AM station might earn as a percentage of total revenue. How does Barry do it? And how can you? Those are the questions we cover in this important conversation.