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Despite having launched hundreds of websites over the years, it’s still possible for us to get geeked about certain projects, especially if we’re talking about outer space. The Hipsetter Group is an agency in South Florida that represents NASA Astronauts as they move into fields beyond the final frontier. They came to us with a…

Selling directly to consumers involves knowing your audience, where they are, what they care about, and even where they view and remember ads.  With super-intelligent tools available on many social and advertising platforms, and the help of data, algorithms and AI, the options are almost endless. But when it comes to selling to brands, agencies, and…

We’ve gotten nice feedback on last week’s CRS 360 session, “If the Song Fits, Play It.” Carolyn Gilbert and I presented findings of a fresh set of data concerning whether or not a sample of Country music fans felt that each of thirty-five titles selected by CRS leadership belonged “on a Country radio station or…

The old music PD adage “what you don’t play won’t hurt you” gets in the way when programmers are trying to expand their cume, follow what listeners are being exposed to in social media, increase variety, etc. This can be especially true in Country radio, where lifelong Country fans can sometimes be resistant to new…

At NuVoodoo we’ve compiled a countdown of the five most important contest takeaways for the new PPM wearables era. #5. The people most likely to participate in the ratings are the ones most likely to play radio contests. In the results below from NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study 19, fielded in Q1 2022, the number one…

With Nielsen set to replace up to 75% of the PPM panel with new wearable meters by the end of 2022, PPM market stations need to take into consideration the coming shift in PPM panelist psychographics. The new program includes a companion smartphone app to retrieve listening data from the wearables and transmit it back…

There’s a lot on our plates right now. We’ve still got Covid going on, the political stage is flaring up in different ways, summer has arrived, and people are going back to work and planning trips – or not. Considering all this, we wanted to ask folks questions about how they’re feeling about some key…

We see this all the time when talking to clients. You’re short-staffed and mentally fried. But, you’ve got a marketing budget and need creative ways to promote yourself or your products. I know…NuVoodoo has a bunch of clients, how about we just tell you what to do and that should work, right? Yes and no.…

I joined NuVoodoo late in 2020 during the pandemic as the VP of business development.  I had been told about the vast experience and amazing reputation the company had in the radio/broadcast industry. Over the last two years, I’ve seen firsthand just how deep our connection with media runs. While I’ve been personally tasked with…

Nielsen’s plan is to replace up to 75% of the PPM panel with the new wearable meters by the end of 2022, with the rest changing in 2023. The new meters use a companion smartphone app to retrieve listening data from the wearable meter and transmit it to the mothership (though an in-home device serves…