In this training, Eric Moore of Insight Edge discusses trends related to the consumer electronics industry. Moore focuses on over-hyped 3D televisions and the very real appeal of tablet computers.

Watch this 7 minute training video here.  Not a part of LocalBroadcastSales.com?  It’s free to MBA members.  Just email jordan@massbroadcasters.org for your access code.

Carpets & Flooring

Every home, apartment, and commercial space has carpets or flooring, and they’re always wearing down. That means carpet & flooring businesses always have something people need. Here are three ideas to get you started…

1. Ideas on How to Approach Flooring Advertisers

Click here for straightforward tactics on pitching flooring advertisers.

2. Market Research for Flooring and Carpeting

Click here for the latest market research on flooring and carpeting.

3. Digital Advertising Ideas for Flooring and Carpeting

Click here for digital advertising ideas you can take to your flooring and carpeting clients right now.

iPad Contest

Don’t forget, now’s the time to Ask a Question, Win an iPad. Click here to learn more.

New to radio or TV sales? Are you a manager trying to make your new hires more successful?

Get your questions answered by our LocalBroadcastSales panel of experts during alive discussion on Thursday, March 10 at 1pm EDT.

Click Here to Register Now

The Panelists

Paul Weyland, Broadcast Sales Guru
Stumped on how to go after hardware stores, retail, or plumbers? Paul has tons of ideas!

Brad LaRock, General Manager, Prophesy Radio Group, Sherman & Waco, TX
Find out why Brad makes all of his new hires Google “Customer Focused Selling” before he does anything else.

Jared Broussard, Nation & Local Sales Manager, WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA
Amazingly, Jared just hired three new Account Executives. Learn why he prefers hiring attitude over aptitude.

Moderated by Stephen Warley, who will share his insights on how New Hires should sell digital advertising.

Click Here to Register Now

All webinars this year are pre-recorded. The scheduled date for a webinar is simply the date on which we will post the webinar to our website—webinars will be posted by 9am on the release date. Members do not need to register or take any other special steps, they just need to login to LBS with their LBS membership, and they can watch at any time, just as with any other training video.

Webinars will always be released on Wednesdays. Members then have 3 days, until the end of business Friday, to post questions directly to the webinar trainer from our website. We’ll provide question instructions with the webinar release email as well, but here’s a brief look. Below the video on the webinar page, there will be an Ask an LBS Expert box like the one pictured:

Members can type questions and submit them as they watch the webinar—submitting a question will not interrupt the video. On the following Monday, the trainer will answer all the questions in a forum created just for that webinar, and when the answers are finished, we’ll send around the link to the forum.

Sales Ideas for Account Executives

1. Niche Verticals: Skiing

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/niche-verticals-skiing646.php

2. Using LinkedIn for Business Development

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/forumposts.php?topicid=96

10-Minute Training Ideas

Broadcast + Digital

1. Selling the Web with Broadcast – Web Sales Basics with Stephen Warley

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/3.-web-sales-basics-selling-the-web-with-broadcast361.php?g=58

2. Tying Mobile to Broadcast – Mobile Advertising with Adam Shapiro

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/10.-mobile-advertising-tying-mobile-to-broadcast519.php?p=6&g=88

3. Packages – Video Directories with Stephen Warley

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/6.-video-directories-packages567.php

Upcoming Webinars

LBS Broadcast Sales Series

October 6th at 1pm EDT

The Ten Commandments of Video with Al Tompkins

Learn more at:

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/v2webinarleft.php?targetfun=whatsnextbro

LBS Digital Sales Series

October 12, 2010 at 1pm EDT

Five Effective Methods for Promoting Your Website

Learn more at:

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/v2webinarleft.php?targetfun=whatsnextdig

Don’t have your Local Broadcast Sales.com access code?  Email jordan@massbroadcasters.org to get it!

Sales Ideas for Account Executives

1. Niche Verticals: Halloween

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/niche-verticals-halloween644.php

2. Why Hearing “No” from a Client Is a Good Things

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/forumposts.php?topicid=102

10-Minute Training Ideas

Long-Term Business: Everybody Wins

1. Long-Term Business, Part 1 – Sales 101, Part 2 with Paul Weyland

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/7.-sales-101-long-term-business-part-1631.php?p=6&g=100

2. Long-Term Business, Part 2 – Sales 101, Part 2 with Paul Weyland

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/8.-sales-101-long-term-business-part-2630.php

3. Long-Term Business, Part 3 – Sales 101, Part 2 with Paul Weyland

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/articles-items/9.-sales-101-long-term-business-part-3629.php

Upcoming Webinars

LBS Digital Sales Series

September 14, 2010 at 1pm EDT

Creating Web Content That Drives Revenue

Learn more at:

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/v2webinarleft.php?targetfun=whatsnextdig

LBS Broadcast Sales Series

October 6th at 1pm EDT

The Ten Commandments of Video with Al Tompkins

Learn more at:

http://www.localbroadcastsales.com/pages/v2webinarleft.php?targetfun=whatsnextbro

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