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Build a Better Sales Department

Spike Santee

Building a successful sales organization is the Management Team’s top priority. Here are three steps to building a more successful sales organization. Read more

Protect Your Business From Competitors

Spike Santee

This article is written for my Radio sales friends who are tired of working hard to develop a new client only to have the competition come steal the business away... Read more

The Story of Little Billy

Spike Santee

Little Billy grew up on the family farm during the great Depression near Emporia Kansas. Billy’s family was struggling to survive just like most families at the time. Billy’s father... Read more

The Psychology of Consumer Behavior

Spike Santee

If you want to be more effective in your advertising and marketing efforts, learning about the psychology of consumer behavior can be very helpful. Human behavior is influenced by our... Read more

To Sell More Long Term Contracts, Stop Using Short…

The annual contract is the coveted achievement for the advertising sales person. Getting an annual contract from a customer signifies to some extent that the advertising sales person and the... Read more

Don't Quit

Spike Santee

Here is another wonderful poem from Edgar Albert Guest, Amereica's Poet. It's called Don't Quit. Read more

Shake It Off and Step It Up!

Spike Santee

Every now and then, you might feel like people are just piling it on. They just keep dumping more and more dirt on your back until you feel just like giving... Read more

Your Customer is Walking Out the Door

Spike Santee

Hanging on to your current customer base is one of the most critical components for ongoing business success. The cost of acquiring a new customer varies from business to business... Read more

The Laggard's Excuse

Spike Santee

I was cleaning out the closet and found an unopened box. The box didn't have any markings so I opened it up to find a beautiful book called Guidewords, an... Read more

Rate-Card-Ology by Ol' Mike Oatman

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Much has been written about media pricing throughout the years. Opinions on pricing are like belly buttons, everyone has one. In this article I want to share with you a... Read more

The Marketing Genius of Colonel Sanders

Spike Santee

Harland David Sanders, (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) is best known as Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Success came late in life to Sanders. By the time... Read more

Get Up Running

Spike Santee

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up.... Read more

The Man Who Thinks He Can

Spike Santee

Thinking is the famous poem written by Walter D. Wintle, a poet who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. Little to nothing is known about any details... Read more

Help Is On The Way!

Spike Santee

Lou Holtz likes to tell the story of a traveling salesman who was driving on a slippery country road when he slid into a ditch. Read more

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

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The Greek author & philosopher, Plato is the person who coined the phrase; Necessity is the Mother of Invention. It means that difficult situations will inspire ingenious solutions. When people... Read more

What is a Cookie Worth?

Spike Santee

Branding is all about how consumers feel about your business whenever they hear or see your business name. Does your business name cause your customers to have good feelings or... Read more

 new image"A short, helpful, profound book that documents the pitfalls as well as the principles of local advertising. Groupon groupies, in particular, should read The Four Keys." - Al Ries, co-author, War in the Boardroom.

“It’s an easy to read book that pulls together a lot of good thinking that is invaluable for operating in a very competitive world.” - Jack Trout, author, Repositioning.

"A slim and elegant advertising how-to for local advertisers. Jargon free, this highly useful, readable and practical guide covers all the best practices to succeed at advertising your local business. Crisp and brisk. Bravo Spike Santee!" - Pierre Bouvard, SVP Media Sales at TRA Inc.

"If I were a media rep I'd buy this book and give it to every one of my customers to help them understand what works and why when it comes to making their advertising succeed." - B. Eric Rhoads, Publisher RADIO INK magazine

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