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JACKIE - THE SOUND OF SW LONDON
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Ma, what we can do. An Impromptu lesson in
Marketing.
I was musing over this the other day- it
struck me that if you didn't work in media, or at least work in
a business that has dealings with it, you would not know much
about it. And why should you? Put this way, we've all heard of
The Sun newspaper, but most of us don't know the ins and outs
of how the organisation works. And it's the same with most
people and radio.
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Ok, unless you're into that
kind of thing (I won't use the word anorak)!,
how it works ain't so important. But I bet
there's 10 ways Radio Jackie could help you
promote something that you haven't even thought
of.
Think of it this way. Have you ever been
listening to a radio station, and , say in a
travel report, they report an accident in your
town. Most peoples reaction is "I live there"
"I know it". It's familiar. It's relateable.
It's exciting.
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Now imagine if that was your product, service or event they
were talking about.
Our USP (sales term, it means Unique Selling Point) is that
we're local. People would naturally be familiar with the places
we are talking about, simply because... they live there!
Our patch- SW London has just about every culture, product
or service you can think of. There are 101 creative ways we
could help promote you. Big corporation? No problem, we're part
of a global city. One man band, no problem we're local as well.
We are curious and chameleon like in that we can be different
things to different people- at the same time!!!
There's advertising campaigns, appearances, even attention
grabbing promotional stunts. How about having the local radio
station at your event... Kudos!
Our part is that we have the mountain top. What we shout
from it is up to you. But if we shout about it, they'll talk
about it. because of the relateability factor, they'll be
saying "I know this"
And this time they'll be talking about you. Kerching!
So can we do some shouting for you?
There's a principle in advertising called
AIDA, it stands for
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Attention |
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Interest |
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Desire |
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Action |
- Grab attention. Call us. We have a
mountain top to shout from.
- Create interest. How can it help
them?
- Desire. Using the right voice and
music, we link positive feelings to your product (ever
wondered why sex sells)
- Action. We tell 'em to call!
So have we grabbed your attention? Are you interested? Is
there desire?
Now take action
radio@neillong.com
A well written article or scripted commercial can compel
people to listen or read to the end, and hang on to every
word.
Just like you just have.
Here's something we recently did in Hounslow in Asda.
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