During the holidays last year, I was stuck watching America’s Next Top Appetizer Food Truck, or some such thing. The contestants had to prepare a meal for the judges (who saw that twist coming?). One of the judges arrived late and missed Read More
What does LinkedIn mean to you as an ad sales professional? Is it a tedious necessity, or just a social media site where you have simply parked your profile and left it there—just so you can say you have a presence online? In Read More
Native advertising is a prime revenue opportunity for niche publishers, and shows significant growth every year. According to eMarketer, Native now makes up more than 50% of digital ad spending. And Business Insider has predicted that by 2021, 74% of all ads in the US market will be Read More
It happens to every salesperson sometimes. You go through the motions of your sales week, feeling tired and uninspired. So where can you find motivation? There is no magic solution, unfortunately. The cold, hard truth is that the best source of inspiration comes from within Read More
Don’t you hate it when you call a prospect to close a contract and they tell you that they have decided to go with your competitor because they got a “great deal”? What kind of great deal you ask? And then you Read More
These are the most common objections I hear in media ad sales: “I have no budget,” “My budget is allocated for the year.” Those of us who sell advertising every day get so used to hearing this phrase it is almost laughable. Read More
I had a perfect plan to take on a competitor and flip some of their event sponsors to become my event sponsors. It failed. Here’s why – and what I learned in the process. I know my audience really well. I sit Read More
Almost every publisher I speak to right now has a similar challenge. Where do you find really good salespeople? Good, proven salespeople are expensive to hire and difficult to coax away from their current company. Plus, they are often high-risk hires because Read More
“…the times they are a-changin’..’” With those lyrics we realize that very little stays the same in our publishing businesses. Most of us are seeing the shift from traditional print revenue to digital dollars. As that trend continues, publishers keep adding more digital Read More
Have you ever heard of Paul Charles Morphy? He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era. Many said he knew every move he would make before the game even began. Paul was one of the best strategic Read More
