Radio Advertising: When clients turn into catalysts
24 Mar 2001
Clients have the power to stop radio ads making listeners cringe by giving agencies more time and taking a bolder approach towards creative risk, Brian Jenkins writes.
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Welcome to this special Campaign supplement on engaging radio advertising.
Clients have the power to stop radio ads making listeners cringe by giving agencies more time and taking a bolder approach towards creative risk, Brian Jenkins writes.
Branded content offers programme-makers scope to improve output while also benefiting the advertiser. But without safeguards it can all go wrong.
A new model for making radio advertising enables the specialists to create work that, according to clients, is "better, faster, cheaper", Adrian Reith says.
With just a little more time and thought at the start of the process, radio ad budgets can go a long way, resulting in higher production values, Martin Sims advises.
Whether we believe neuroscientific studies or plain common sense, the argument for a wider use of radio advertising is clear, Justin Gibbons argues.
Radio can be a uniquely intimate medium, so treat the audience with respect and keep some truth in your advertising, Andrew Ingram advises.
The patience to handle hearing "let's try that again" more times in a few minutes than you have in a lifetime is key to being a voiceover artist.
When my namesake Al Young and I were invited to jointly chair this year's Aerial Awards, one of the first questions pitched to us was: "Can we improve upon the existing format?"
The fact that Bartle Bogle Hegarty is winning prizes in 2006 probably won't come as a shock to anybody. The agency has been on a roll for a while now, with some headline-grabbing account wins and a series of awards successes.