It's almost May, the weather's warming up, the trees are in bloom, and it's the height of conference and trade show season. The one year-round constant, though, is that your Fox team is out on the road meeting customers, getting to know prospects, and closing...

A Research Firm That Seeks To Be A ‘Data Connector,’ Not Just a ‘Data Collector’
It’s the age of proof in the relationship between marketers and media brands. It’s not a new phenomenon. CMOs have for years sought empirical evidence that their advertising moves the needle. What’s changed is the technology—the actual ability to demonstrate that...
5 Questions With Baxter Research Center CEO Rick Schumacher
At the BIMS 2025 conference last month in New Orleans, one of the most prominent sponsors was Baxter Research Center. The company took center stage in presenting proprietary research it had conducted for SIIA Media, and then presented again at the industry Leadership...
A Classic Entrance To A Sales Meeting
In sales, it's always best to be yourself, as opposed to being stiff and formal. It's also best to find memorable ways to connect. Buyers appreciate that you make an effort, and of course, it strengthens a relationship. Riding up to a call on a motorcycle is certainly...
Tracking a Varied Media Career With Access Intelligence’s Kim Mateus
Kim Mateus, the current brand director at Via Satellite and CyberSat, is a well-known figure in B2B media and adjacent markets, including the newsletter industry and niche B2C media. She’s had a fascinating career so far, serving as a journalist, a chronicler of...
March Photos From The Fox Associates Road Warriors
As Marlys noted in this issue's "Paws For Thoughts," column, our team is truly on the road, where great salespeople make things happen and close business. March 2025 has been no different. Here's a selection of shots from this month. ...
Paws For Thoughts: The Fox Sales Team Is Made Up Of Media-Industry Road Warriors
By Marlys Fox It’s just like it used to be (before COVID)...only different! At Fox Associates, we were always known as the sales team that made face-to-face calls with our customers in their offices—it was four or five per day in the city, with fewer in the suburbs or...
Checking In With Association And Media Executive Linda Thomas Brooks
Over the last decade, Linda Thomas Brooks has been one of the highest-profile executives in the media and communications spaces. From January 2016 to December 2019, she was president and CEO of The Association for Magazine Media, formerly known as the Magazine...
Wright Creative: A Q&A From The Frontlines Of Custom Content
Marketers have always sought to use journalism as a means to deliver brand messages. Little wonder. In a journalistic format, you can do many things that can't be done through magazine ads, TV commercials, radio, direct, and other channels. In branded-content efforts,...
5 Questions With Resource Recycling Inc.’s Krystal Kennedy
One of the great things about a business like Fox Associates is that we partner with all kinds of media brands and work in many industries. Along the way we have the pleasure (and business necessity) of immersing ourselves in these markets, learning the economics, the...