Our world is changing FAST, and it seems like a full-time job just trying to keep up with it. The good news is, weโ€™ve gathered the ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ But know that the key to success lies in having the courage to be fluid and change our behavior, all while having the discipline to create a methodical process to activate these insights.

#๐Ÿญ: ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Consumers expect what they want, when they want it. Weโ€™re on ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ timeline. The more we can use the data at our fingertips to connect with consumersโ€™ personal motivations and schedules, the more we will all benefit.

#๐Ÿฎ: ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ Consumers spend about seven hours a day online. Creating short-form videos is accessible to everyone. Creating video content takes work and know-how. But your videos donโ€™t have to be a โ€œSteven Spielbergโ€ production, they just have to be authentic, and solve a specific problem.

#๐Ÿฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฉ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ For years, advisors have invested millions in 30 and 60-minute infomercials on tv and radio, while audiences have been eroding. Between the high-cost barrier of entry, radioโ€™s absence of weekend audiences, decreased tv traditional viewership, and on-demand viewing itโ€™s time for the industry to really evaluate the effectiveness of it.

#๐Ÿฐ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ (๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ!!) AI is amazing in many ways but at the end of the day REMEMBER, there needs to be an individual teaching your AI to get the best and most desired intelligence from it, and a person with a strategy that can monetize it.

#๐Ÿฑ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†โ€ Even though we built our company by combining a bunch of digital platforms, weโ€™ve never called ourselves a โ€œdigitalโ€ agency because no matter what any of us do in any industry, we ALL live in a digital world.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€?

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ To be successful in life and in business, we need to be malleable. Accept the fact that changing behavior should not be a choiceโ€ฆbut just part of the human experience, and a necessity in business. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑโ€ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ Activating some of the items that we believe to be essential for 2024 will require a processโ€ฆand thatโ€™ll take time. Mike Tyson talks about the process of training this way: โ€œItโ€™s doing what you hate to do but doing it like you love it.โ€ Learning to embrace the processโ€ฆas tedious as it can beโ€ฆ is essential in order to compete effectively today.

About theย Author: John grew up in Schenectady, NY & received a scholarship to Norwich Academy. He began his broadcast management career at WOR, learning spoken word marketing from the best in the business with a specialty in financial and long form. John managed broadcast sales for some of the best known sports teams in the world, at the most legendary stations. However his true passion is in the world of direct response advertising to baby boomers and their parents. In this space he has worked with some of the best brands in America. John lives in Boston with his wife, Melissa who is also a broadcast executive, and French Bulldogs Lou and Sal.