Category: Blog

The Strategic Reason Why Bed Bath & Beyond Struggled and Failed

May 2, 2023
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In the Coleman Insights presentation “The Urgency of Branding” that Jay Nachlis and I first shared at Morning Show Boot Camp in Chicago last year, one of my favorite points highlights this image on a slide: The classic Bed Bath & Beyond 20% off coupon. We think it demonstrates a classic marketing blunder, putting all … Continue reading The Strategic Reason Why Bed Bath & Beyond Struggled and Failed »

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The Extraordinary Podcasting Opportunity: A Conversation with Hetal Patel

April 25, 2023

Hetal Patel is the Executive Vice President of SmartAudio Intelligence at iHeartMedia. In a conversation for this week’s Tuesdays With Coleman blog, we discussed her recent talk at the Audio Intelligence Summit, “Podcasting Trends & Mythbusters: What to look forward to in 2023.” That turned into a wide-ranging discussion on generational differences and habits in … Continue reading The Extraordinary Podcasting Opportunity: A Conversation with Hetal Patel »

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Three Reasons You Don’t Win the Variety Image by How Many Songs You Play

April 18, 2023

On the surface, the premise makes sense. To give listeners the most variety, you need to play more songs, right? Wrong. To understand why, let’s explore three factors to consider in image building. If all three are not executed properly, winning the image will be that much more challenging. For this example, we’ll use variety … Continue reading Three Reasons You Don’t Win the Variety Image by How Many Songs You Play »

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Retention Rate: The Magic New Metric for Measuring Hit Potential in Streaming Data

April 4, 2023

Today’s Tuesdays With Coleman blog post comes courtesy of Matt Bailey, president of our sister company, Integr8 Research. Integr8 Research is focused solely on new music research, and Matt regularly offers thought leadership to his clients regarding the interpretation of streaming data. In this entry, he explains Retention Rate, a new metric to recognize which … Continue reading Retention Rate: The Magic New Metric for Measuring Hit Potential in Streaming Data »

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Brand Growth Inspiration from Lofi Girl

March 28, 2023

What (or who) is your competition? Thinking of battles only in terms of radio station vs. radio station, streaming service vs. streaming service, or podcast vs. podcast significantly limits the scope (and reality) of the landscape. In fact, thinking in terms of platform vs. platform misses the point entirely. Entertainment is entertainment, and well-developed entertainment … Continue reading Brand Growth Inspiration from Lofi Girl »

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YouTube Music and Spotify on the Podcast Branding Carousel

March 14, 2023

As I reflect on the past week in Las Vegas at the Podcast Movement Evolutions conference, I’m thinking about two recent announcements that will have a significant impact on the podcasting industry. The first announcement, made the week prior at the Hot Pod Summit in New York, was revealed by YouTube’s head of podcasting, Kai … Continue reading YouTube Music and Spotify on the Podcast Branding Carousel »

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Why Strategy Must Come Before Tactics (And How Research Fits In)

March 7, 2023

One of the most-read Tuesdays With Coleman blogs (which was published on December 4, 2018) is “Direct Marketing is Easy. Brand Marketing is Hard.” Digital marketers, some of whom may disagree with me on that statement, spend countless hours tracking the success of campaigns and optimizing messages based on the data. A/B testing is a … Continue reading Why Strategy Must Come Before Tactics (And How Research Fits In) »

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When Should You Sacrifice Short-Term Performance for Long-Term Benefit?

February 28, 2023

  When my Coleman Insights colleagues and I consult the brands we work with, one of the biggest challenges we face is convincing a client when they need to sacrifice short-term performance for their brand’s long-term benefit. Perhaps the classic example with one of our music radio clients is when we advise them to make … Continue reading When Should You Sacrifice Short-Term Performance for Long-Term Benefit? »

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