In the last couple of “Tuesdays with Coleman” blogs, I’ve revisited a Radio & Records column I wrote in 1999. The column introduced four scenarios I ran into when speaking with radio station managers about research projects. As I mentioned previously in this series, despite the dramatic changes in the radio industry over the last … Continue reading Why Does Tactical Research Need Strategic Research?
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In honor of the release of Stranger Things 2 on Netflix today, here are 5 “stranger things” you didn’t know about radio: Radio saved the Eiffel Tower from destruction. The Parisian government planned to disassemble the tower for scrap metal. To prove it could be used as a strategic utility, designer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel built an … Continue reading 5 “Stranger Things” You Didn’t Know About Radio
Read more » This week, we continue with part 2 of a blog series that revisits a column I wrote for Radio & Records in 1999 found while digging through the Coleman Insights archives. Despite significant changes in the industry over the past 18 years, I’ve been struck by how little some things have changed. I discussed four … Continue reading Why Successful Radio Stations Need Research
Read more » I was recently cleaning out the Coleman Insights archives and came across a column I wrote for Radio & Records in 1999. (Step in the DeLorean and check it out on Page 96 here.) In that article, I described four problematic scenarios my colleagues and I often encountered when radio station personnel discussed research … Continue reading The Research Methodology Trap
Read more » On September 26, Twitter announced it would test extending the text limit of a post from 140 to 280 characters. In a blog post Twitter explained, “When people don’t have to cram their thoughts into 140 characters and actually have some room to spare, we see more people tweeting.” Uh-oh. Twitter is even trying to … Continue reading Twitter Tests its Character(s)
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