Author: John Haggard

Are Your Media Buys Being Frozen?

Are your buys being frozen? Once you or your buyer places a media schedule, especially on television, there may be make-goods offered for preemptions especially in high demand areas such as news and if special events such as The Olympics, NCAA March Madness, and other events impact the availability of inventory. Some of those make-goods […]

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Are Changes Being Made Without Your Authorization?

Imagine the gall and arrogance of a person doing this to you: without our permission, a major market radio station recently took it upon themselves to add a music bed to our agency-created spot for one of our client’s voice-only spots. The station production person thought the spot should have music, worried that it might […]

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Is the TV Station(s) You Are Buying Covering Up?

Every season that there is severe weather, you will find some TV stations that cover up the lower third of your commercial with weather “crawls” — updates on school closings, severe weather, and the like. The Lower Third is that area of the video screen where typically your contact information is, such as your website […]

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Top Ten Most Liked New Commercials, 2012 (YTD), from Nielsen

Some of the year’s most-liked TV ads might surprise you! Click here to see Nielsen’s lists of most-liked ads and product integrations of 2012. […]

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Who’s Buying What in Super Bowl 2013

Compiled by Ad Age Magazine, here is who will be advertising and what they will be doing (as far as we know). Click here for the details. […]

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Steve Jobs at the D: All Things Digital Conferences (Video)

Lots of wisdom for business. Recommended listens! Click here for the access link. […]

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Can Smart Phones Save Brick and Mortar Stores?

From the Technology section of the New York Times, this article talks about how brick and mortar stores are using smartphone apps to lure customers back into stores in an attempt to dent the influence of Amazon and all on-line order houses. Click here to read the article. […]

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The Wizard of Banner Ads for Obama

Whether or not you voted for Barack Obama, here is one of his campaign’s media gurus that handled all of the banner ad click images: click here. […]

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Here Are the 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising

If you ever wondered, now you can know as published by Ad Age Daily. Click here to read about the 100 most influential women in advertising. […]

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Mom & Pops Beat Walmart on Facebook

You don’t have to be Walmart to reign as the social media king of your market. Take a look at this article from AdAge Magazine. Click here. […]

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