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The Midweek Motivator – Listening Only To Your Cume?

As we watch industry ratings and read credible Radio pundits, we might accept this is a strange time to be in Spoken Word Radio. If you’re looking for Ratings performance on […]

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The Robinson Report – Endurance

“Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.” – Earnest Shackleton’s alleged […]

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The Midweek Motivator – Think Weird, Mix It Up!

It’s not enough to hire a cool mix of cool staff members. Our objective is to stir them up, aiming to further energize our team within their designated assignments. Remember […]

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The Midweek Motivator – Let’s Get Creative!

Even when not on the air, Radio talent is essentially “right-brained”. We think in highly expressive context; words, tone, and pace. That’s the way it should be; much like actors, […]

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The Midweek Motivator – Jingles Dead? Hardly!

Worth retrieving, a while back Coleman’s John Boyne commented on the disposition that “jingles are passé.” It was a highly relevant piece based on fact and the human anatomy. Boyne […]

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The Robinson Report – Uncovering Creative

“Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed”. – Walter Russell No sugarcoating – radio is in trouble. Licenses are being turned in – or silenced – in record numbers. It’s […]

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The Midweek Motivator – Flying Lately?

Since founding our consultancy, Audience Development Group programming colleagues have flown well over two million miles! Fortunately none of those miles have been logged on South Africa’s Kulula Airlines. Traditionally […]

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The Robinson Report – Nothing Lasts

People and things will come and go.  Everything in this life is transient.  This is why spirit always must be our first priority.  It is our only true constant. – […]

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The Midweek Motivator – “Pretty Good” is the Enemy of “The Best”

Patton once remarked, “The best is the enemy of good! A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” Even today, War is a relatively […]

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The Midweek Motivator – Chasing Decisiveness

Recently this jarring headline floated through the corridors of American business: “Only 18% of AllManagers Are Truly Qualified”. Okay, let’s presume that’s wrong; instead let’s be blindly optimistic in defiance […]

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