In the kNOW: Where We Stand and How We Keep Standing!

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There’s a LOT going on right now. Which means there’s plenty to weigh on people’s minds. And hopefully, we’ve all found ways to cope with the stress and anxiety that comes with worry. But with all the different current issues on the local, state, national and global stages happening, we were curious, “What do people…

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Pre-Predictions About Holiday Shopping

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With the heart of the holiday shopping season still a couple of months away, NuVoodoo interviewed 350 adults 18+ nationwide about their expectations as they may be in the early stages of considering their purchases. We wanted to get an idea of how consumers imagine their shopping this holiday season as they face higher prices,…

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What Candidates Can Learn From Brands

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While it’s true that now, more than ever, the election cycle is never-ending, there actually is an election coming up in less than two months, which has candidates and causes looking for more and more ways to cut through. Typically, when someone talks about “their brand,” my eyes roll back far enough into my head…

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Crunch Time: Fall Book Marketing for Uncertain Times

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The fall book started last week, but many station operators are holding on to their marketing dollars as long as possible. Should you find yourself in that group, you still have strong marketing options to help you maximize fall ratings. While production time takes direct mail and traditional outdoor off the table, strong marketing channels…

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One of Six Things Listeners Love About Podcasts

A recording of NuVoodoo’s presentation from Podcast Movement 2022, “Six Things That Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Drive Them Crazy)” is available at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. Our data is the result of quantitative interviews with nearly 1,700 respondents who listened to podcasts at least an hour in the prior week, gleaned from a wider universe…

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One of Four Things That Make Listeners Crazy About Podcasts

A recording of NuVoodoo’s presentation at Podcast Movement 2022, “Six Things That Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Drive Them Crazy)” will be posted soon at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. We collected a lot of opinions and a lot of data to build the presentation, starting with a round of qualitative interviews in late July and moving…

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Tectonic Shifts at Podcast Movement 2022

Last week found Carolyn Gilbert, Jeri Fields, and me at Podcast Movement 2022. Our presentation, “Six Things That Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Drive Them Crazy)” was well received. For those who couldn’t make it Dallas, we’ll be posting a webinar version of the presentation in the coming weeks at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. Our presentation…

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A Case for Organic Social Media Marketing

Social media and content sharing

It’s no secret that managing social media is time-consuming. And with the ever-changing algorithms prioritizing the placement of paid content, it can be hard to break through the noise and make it into newsfeeds in the first place. So why bother with organic (non-paid) social media? Why not take the ads-only approach? Establishing an organic…

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NuVoodoo Client Spotlight: MiiR

Marketing and advertising are ultimately about selling goods and services. But when those goods do good in the world, well…we can’t think of anything more satisfying. In this issue’s “Client Spotlight”, we present our client, MiiR, makers of premium stainless-steel vessels for coffee, beer, wine, and food. Nuvoodoo became a proud partner to MiiR at…

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