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Started this discussion. Last reply by Valeria Bongard Nov 12, 2010. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help

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Valeria Bongard replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

We are a small station also. I am program and traffic director and office manager. I have a sales manager, and a morning DJ who is also our production guy. Other than that we have 2 people who run our board evenings and weekends. Do you have any…

Nov 12, 2010

Sean Belfry replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

Being a small station with only nine staff and a few faithful volunteers we have a a to do list for all of our promotional and sales activity. On this list it has jobs and dates due for each task that needs to be done for any given job that we need…

Nov 12, 2010

Andy McNabb replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

Simple - Excel File - you can sort by person, date, task, action, follow up date, etc..

Nov 12, 2010

Jessica Norgaard replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

Here is our system..... I dont know if it wil help or not but its how we do things. 1. Sales person does the Traffic and Production order and send its to traffic 2. Traffic puts assigns the Production order a cart number and sends the Production…

Nov 11, 2010

Valeria Bongard replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

That site is great, however, most of my people do not have a computer that they work with during their job other than our on air computer which they are only allowed in the log program. I need something that we can put on paper or something. Thank…

Nov 10, 2010

Rebecca Schwartz replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

Valeria, I posted your inquiry on the RSC Facebook page, and Chris Rolando recommended www.maddogtaskmanager.com -- it's free. ~ Rebecca

Nov 10, 2010

Valeria Bongard replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

mainly yes. From start to finish it goes through 4 different people and those people are not communicating well enough.

Nov 10, 2010

Jessica Norgaard replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'tasks'

Are you talking along the lines of production or on air stuff?

Nov 9, 2010

tasks

We have come across problems with our board operators in that they either do not do their jobs, do not do them correctly, or do not check their work. Their mistakes and over sights are now affecting our large accounts and we need to find a satisfactory solution. I was wondering how other radio stations handled keeping track of delegated tasks and that those tasks were completed correctly without having to employ an additional person just to double check the rest. Thank you.See More

Discussion posted by Valeria Bongard Nov 9, 2010

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Tom Burns replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help'

We have computer driven billing which does all this but I try to put the information in my appointment book, too. A simple note is sufficent.

Mar 13, 2010

Stephanie Hoff replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help'

We have what is called a 'come-up' system in our building. Let's say that I have a client who is on a yearly schedule. We renewed in December 2009. I know that their first commercial runs Jan. - March 31. Then, that next ad runs 3…

Mar 12, 2010

Chris McCarthy replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help'

Valeria- A simple Excel spreadsheet with client name, schedule start date, schedule end date, copy change dates and a brief description of what the schedule is very helpful. You can sort the spread sheet by what ever column you want, and check it…

Mar 12, 2010

Jinny Laderer replied to Valeria Bongard's discussion 'Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help'

Hi Valeria, I feel your pain. We can help! What you are looking for is what our PPO ( Paperless Production Order) system does. Go to this link: http://www.vcreativeinc.com/radio/

Mar 12, 2010

Keeping track of spot dates and sale dates... Please help

I am happy to say that my radio station is no longer dead and rotting in the ground, but starting come back to life. Because of this great news, totally due to our excellent sales manager, things are starting to fall through the cracks. Before, our clients would only change their spots once or twice a year if at all, where as now, they are changing them every few weeks or each month. I have tried to put the spot schedule and order schedule on my outlook calendar, but it is not working very…See More

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Valeria Bongard replied to Greg Saunders's discussion 'Co-op dates'

If you find out I would love to know. That info would be a blessing at my station.

Dec 1, 2009

Valeria Bongard replied to Lana Butts's discussion 'Downtown Christmas Promotion'

We are doing remote broadcasts for the downtown Christmas celebrations in our area. We get some of the local businesses to sponsor it and then broadcast from their shop for 1 hour.

Nov 5, 2009

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Help with collections

Posted on August 14, 2009 at 8:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I have never done collections before, and was just told yesterday that I had to start doing them, but was not given any ideas on how to go about it. Any help or info you can give me on how to go about it or what to say would be greatly appreciated. I do not personally think that calling the companies and saying "hay, you are way past due, we need a payment, when can I pick it up" would get the same response I have given in the past, a firm click of the dead phone line.

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At 9:06pm on August 10, 2009, Jingle Jim Reilly said…: Valeria,

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