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Metrics That Matter: The Tools of Stellar Ad Campaigns

The evolution of the click has changed tremendously over the years.

Today, effective ad campaigns are defined by a set of metrics that provide deeper insights into audience engagement, conversion, and high-level campaign performance. Learn the in’s and out’s of how to succeed in today’s digital marketing landscape.

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Top 5 Traits of Business Websites That Win

New York City is known as the city that never sleeps. It’s one of the more alluring qualities about the Big Apple, one that brings tourists in droves year-round.

Your business website doesn’t sleep either. It’s your 24-hour salesperson in this ever-digital world, a beacon calling out to potential customers in the bustling streets of cyberspace, in the competitive county that is your industry. Just like a well-designed physical store, a website should be inviting, efficient, and memorable. But what gets it there?

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Iliad Media Group Named a Top Workplace by The Idaho Press

Nearly everyone knows the Treasure Valley is one of America’s top regions to live in.

But what about the businesses that comprise this marvelous place? Specifically, the top businesses to work for? After all, with such a robust and steady influx of people comes a higher interest in jobs. With higher interest in jobs, comes deeper interest in the quality of said jobs.

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Unlock the Secrets of Consumer Behavior and Boost Sales Now

After spending over four decades working in commercial radio, I have learned critical insights about the relationship between radio advertising and consumer behavior. Knowing the two types of consumers, the three types of advertising and how they work together is vital to creating a successful marketing strategy for your business.

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Billion-Dollar Businesses That Know the Power of Radio.

In this piece, we’re looking big, diving into why such enormous companies rely so heavily on one particular medium to advertise - radio. On top of that, we’re going to lay out the best takeaways to benefit you and your business regardless of its size. Think about the phrase “Beat them at their own game”. Why that can be advantageous is getting to study as an outsider. Fresher perspective, greener eyes.

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Sounds of Marketing: Why Audio Content has Always Worked, and Will Continue to.

You can’t shut off your ears. This, in the advertising world, is known as an intrusive quality. It’s also known as one of the most valuable traits of any copy or campaign, and a core reason audio marketing has been so dominant - and will continue to be.

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Top 5 Reasons LinkedIn is Vital for Business

Social networks also illustrate the “network effect”, and king of them all for businesses is LinkedIn. The name alone speaks to the value of connection much more so than any other platform.

LinkedIn isn’t an option. It’s a requirement if you want meaningful success for your business. Here are five reasons why that span social, economic, and staffing reasons among others.

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National Search Concludes: Iliad Media Group’s Mary Zukin Selected as MIW’s First Speak Up! Mentee

Mary Zukin, an exceptional talent from Iliad Media Group, became MIW's first Speak Up! Mentee. This groundbreaking development represents a significant step in creating a more inclusive and diverse industry. It is also another example of how radio is ever-evolving, despite naysayers’ uninformed insistence that the format is dead.

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Audio Insight: Gen Z is Listening Now What?

In a digital age dominated by streaming platforms and mobile devices, loud voices, like software and tech companies, holler to the rooftops that traditional AM/FM radio has lost its appeal, especially among the younger generation. However, recent findings from Edison Research's Share of Ear study shed light on a surprising trend: Gen Z spends a significant amount of their in-car listening time with good old-fashioned radio.

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Edison Research was wrong, radio is not dead.

After surveying over 4,000 Americans, Edison Research recently released their Share of Ear findings for the last quarter of 2022. Revealed within these results are flawed perceptions, continued dominance, and informed projections; all pertaining to radio, podcasts, streaming services, and everything audio-based in between.

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ChatGPT-eeing Off: How A.I. Will Affect (& Help) Businesses

From customer service to marketing and logistics, AI is being used to automate tasks and make processes more efficient. Small businesses in particular stand to benefit from AI in a number of ways because AI is a great equalizer.

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Why Radio’s Advertising History Showcases the Medium’s Power

By venturing back into where radio started, has been, and remains for the world of advertising, businesses may get a better sense of where it’s all headed. So let’s scratch a history itch via a supremely powerful medium for business owners and consumers alike - radio.

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