By Tony Silber There’s long been a comfortable rhythm in media-industry business cycles. But it all really revolves around this time of year, generally late August through the end of September. For media operators, it’s about strategic planning. In my...
Fox Tales Q&A: Insights Into One Marketer’s Objectives
By Tony Silber The most important part of media sales isn't talking, it's listening. You have to know marketers' objectives as well as they do. And then you hav to help activate those objectives through a carefully calibrated campaign proposal. With those...
A Conversation With Fox’s Bill Bell: How Sales and Content Teams Can Build a Strong Partnership
Fox Associates SVP of Sales and Business Development Bill Bell recently sat down with Melanie Padgett Powers, the host of the Association Station podcast, for a revealing conversation about media sales and how sellers can collaborate with their...
Big Tech Advertising Boomed In 2021 And Early 2022. What Comes Next?
By Tony Silber One of the recurring themes in the advertising world for the last two years was the boom in digital advertising. The story was everywhere. Pandemic or not, it was the advertising salad days. Media-company CEOs would tell me repeatedly that their...
The Perils Of Ad Forecasting When Full-Year Contracts Are A Thing Of The Past
By Tony Silber I read a report in Digiday last month noting the economic uncertainty this year, what with the fears of recession and the stock markets losing between 20% and 30% of their value since January. With economic decline comes advertising retrenchment,...
Fox Team Attends The Marine Corps Association Awards Dinner
(L-R): Fox Associates' Steve Schwanz, COO; Marlys Fox, CEO; and Bill Bell, SVP Sales, were honored to attend the Annual Marine Corps Association (MCA) Acquisition Awards Dinner held at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, June 23. The Fox...
The Fox Team On The Scene At Amplify
Fox Associates was proud to sponsor, exhibit and participate on a panel at “AMPLIFY” - the...
Adding To The Fox Den
We are pleased to announce the addition of Eurell Barry as Operations Supervisor for Fox Associates, Inc. In his new role, Eurell will be assisting in all operations and management assignments for Fox including sales development and research, social media and sales...
On The Ebb And Flow Of Brands In Hot Media Categories
By Tony Silber (This report first appeared in MediaPost) There might be more websites related to healthy living and lifestyle than any other category or topic. A brief web search turns up scores of them, many from major media brands. Dotdash Meredith alone...
How One Publisher Is Using Data To Prove Advertiser ROI
By Tony Silber (This report first appeared in MediaPost) I’ve written a lot about the power and use of media-company data recently, but I came across yet another example of data’s value this week. The Jericho, New York, B2B publisher Area Development’s...