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1 November, 2020


It's Time To Set Goals for 2021
How clear is your crystal ball?
2021 is looming. It's time to set goals and expectations for the new year. It's always difficult to gaze into your crystal ball and project the next 12 months. You never know what will happen: take a look at 2020! Who would have ever anticipated the past few months? And yet, we need to establish revenue budgets so that we may create total station budgets.

Most of us have experienced reduced paychecks this year, due to the pandemic.
Even in normal years, as salespeople and sales managers, we may dread the goal-setting process. Since the COVID crisis has not yet totally resolved itself, how do we predict 2021? Pandemic or not, in reality, our process should not be focused on what management wants you to bill. It should be focused on what you want to earn. At the end of the day, you determine your paycheck. How you spend your billable hours, how you respond to changing market conditions, will ultimately determine your earnings. This will become critical in the new year as we make plans to recover our income levels.

There is a simple formula to calculate what you will need to bill to earn what you wish to earn.

Amount I want to earn________________________________________
Divided by:
Commission rate ____________________________________________
Equals:
How much I must bill _________________________________________

Next, divide that total yearly amount into months. What must the billing be for each month, and what will you earn that month?

This exercise gives you a starting place to plan your efforts for the coming year. Now that you know what you must bill monthly, you can calculate how many face-to-face calls you will need to make each day to achieve that billing level:

Monthly goal:______________________________________________
Divided by:
Average order: _____________________________________________
Equals:
Number of orders needed: _____________________________________
Divided by:
Closing ratio %: ____________________________________________
Equals:
Number of meetings needed: ___________________________________
Divided by:
Number of work days in a month: ________________________________
Equals:
Number of meetings per day: ___________________________________

Sales is a numbers game. Once you know your numbers, you have a roadmap to recovering your income in 2021.
Happy Selling!
The Client's Corner
Jacobs Media shared some words of wisdom regarding the Christmas season during a recent webinar. They found that 79% of shoppers say they plan to support local/small businesses this holiday. 43% say that at least half of their holiday shopping will be from locally-owned stores. That number jumps to 62% among those who say AM/FM ads influence their purchases a lot. 47% say they will spend the same amount or more this holiday season on things like gifts, entertaining and food. Two in three say they expect they'll do at least half of their holiday shopping online, especially Millennials and GenXers.
*COVID 19 Survey 3
Words to Live By ......

"In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!”
Mehmet Murat Ildan
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-Valerie Geller, Author – “Beyond Powerful Radio: A Communicator’s Guide to the Internet Age”; Broadcast Consultant/Training – Geller Media International
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We welcome Sally Silvi as the new Sales Manager for Jodesha Broadcasting
Enid sales Aug 2020
Sales staff for KOFM and KGWA in Enid, Oklahoma during training and at a remote broadcast and barbeque for Back the Blue
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