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Julie Slanaker replied to Damon Collins's discussion 'Regional, National Reps'

"Hi Damon, I am in an extremely small market on an island in Alaska. We are rated every other year by Eastlan. I found that those small regional reps did nothing for us except for to have us raise our rates to accommodate their…"

Sep 2, 2011

Julie Slanaker replied to Leslie Cassis's discussion 'Agency Presentations'

"Hi Leslie, I too work for a small market station and have for the last 10.5 years. I have run in to the same issue. I had been here at KFMJ for almost 5 years before I was asked to present a proposal to an agency. Basically…"

Jun 10, 2011

Julie Slanaker replied to Rebecca Schwartz's discussion 'Friday Poll: Do You Invite Your Clients to Speak at Sales Meetings?'

"My station does not do this mainly because right now our sales department consists of Me...Party of One! It is a great idea. I do attend our local chamber of commerce meetings a couple of times a month in order to keep up with what is…"

May 16, 2011

Julie Slanaker replied to Rebecca Schwartz's discussion 'Friday Poll: The Best Advice Your Mother Ever Gave You'

"This best advice I ever got from my mom is...."go put on some lipstick and brush your hair. If you look up, you will feel up!" It may sound funny, but it really is true. If you look depressed, you will feel depressed. I…"

May 9, 2011

Julie Slanaker replied to Mandy Barrett's discussion 'Need a St Patricks day promotion'

"Mandy, Send me an email at jslanaker@yahoo.com and I will give you a couple of ideas that we have used in the past. Hope this helps. Julie Slanaker KFMJ 99.9 FM"

Feb 17, 2011

Julie Slanaker replied to Rick L Murphy's discussion 'Free Copy library'

"OMG!...When can we access this gem? I so need some help with a couple of business categories! Being such a small market (13,000) station with a staff of 4 people...we can use all the help you can provide! Thanks! Julie Slanaker KFMJ 99.9…"

Nov 30, 2010

Julie Slanaker commented on Rod Schwartz's blog post 'No Title'

"Rod, These spots are great! She is really funny. So how much do you pay your voice talent? We have struggled with this for years at our small market station. Some people don't ask about compensation, but we always feel we should pay…"

Nov 25, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Jessica Norgaard's discussion 'Coffee Shop Promotion'

"Hi Jessica, We have a small market coffee shop and they do a daily give away of a coffee certificate. We use trivia to give it away. The cost is pretty minimal and they provide us with a stack of coffee certificates to give away. They have been…"

Nov 17, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Trev's discussion 'Training ideas'

"Hi Trev, I just attended a wonderful seminar at the Alaska Broadcaster's Association convention in Anchorage by Bryan Dodge. You may not be able to afford to have a seminar with him, but he has video and audio available on his website…"

Nov 5, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Tammy C's discussion 'free giveaways'

"Hi Tammy, My station often uses Oriental Trading as a source for inexpensive giveaway items...many of which can be personalized with the stations logo. Recent giveaways that were very popular were mini radios with headphones and CD holders in the…"

Oct 18, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Rebecca Schwartz's discussion 'Friday Poll: Client-Voiced Ads'

"About 10-20% of our advertiser's voice their own ads. Those that do get immediate feedback and tend to become long time advertisers because of that feedback. Some times it takes some serious effort to work with the client to make them sound…"

Oct 15, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Rebecca Schwartz's discussion 'Friday Poll: Category with the Highest Number of Competing Advertisers'

"By far the largest category with competing advertisers on KFMJ 99.9 fm in Ketchikan, Alaska is financial institutions....currently 8 on the air followed closely by political candidates with 6. Julie Slanaker"

Oct 8, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Don Collett's discussion 'Selling campaigns by phone'

"Hi Don, Welcome to the wonderful world of radio sales! First of all how do we do this everyday??? Well...take it one day at time, one client at a time and one conversation at a time. Radio sales is all about relationships and conversations, so if…"

Sep 30, 2010

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Aug 13, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Julie Slanaker's discussion 'Promotion for fundraising for high school sports teams.'

"Hi Shawn, We have tried several of the things that you suggested...thanks! One of the team's needs to raise about $20,000 and they have managed to only raise $6,000. I wish we had a Krispy Kreme but we live on an island with only 13,000 hardy…"

Aug 13, 2010

Julie Slanaker replied to Julie Slanaker's discussion 'Promotion for fundraising for high school sports teams.'

"Rebecca, Yes, all of the teams are registered as Non Profit Organizations. Unfortunately, there are lots of NPO's here and they all need support. Thank you! Julie"

Aug 13, 2010

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