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A Word from Rod

  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    May 20, 2009 3:59 PM PDT

    Welcome to Radio Sales Café - and thanks for joining! We hope you'll find this site useful from the get-go, and increasingly so as members add new content to the forums and discussions. Please don't hesitate to contact Rebecca (RSC is her brainchild!) or me with questions, comments, suggestions for additional features, etc. This is your site now, too! I'd like to think that at some point, salespeople and managers will think of Radio Sales Café as an ideal place to visit for a coffee break - whether first thing in the morning, to see who's been up all night posting (it happens) or later in the day, to share success stories, news, or to visit with new radio advertising friends across the country. Thanks to our friends who have taken time to upload pictures, so that we can finally associate a smiling face with a familiar voice! And thanks for the kind words we've received from so many! Have a great day!


    This post was edited by Rod Schwartz at March 4, 2024 11:42 AM PST
  • Hal Widsten
    • 41 posts
    July 30, 2009 10:12 AM PDT
    Rod,

    Congratulations on the success of the site. You were right. I was wrong. I appreciate the opportunity to join.
  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    July 31, 2009 5:20 PM PDT
    Hal,

    Thanks very much for your kind words - and your willingness to share your expertise and successes with everyone here. It's a pleasure and a privilege to have you join us!

    Have a great weekend.

    -Rod
  • Jeffrey C Wilson
    • 12 posts
    August 6, 2009 5:33 AM PDT
    Good morning Rod,

    Thank you for the opportunity to join you and the group. I see my old friend Jingle Jim Reilly, GREAT! In one of your blogs you mentioned Jim Williams......"The" J.R. "Jim" Williams, Radio Advertising Sales Trainer Extraordianie???? I'm thankful to be a former student of his and STILL listen to his tape serires.

    All the best,
    Jeff Wilson
  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    August 6, 2009 4:35 PM PDT
    Jeffrey,

    Nice to have you with us!

    Yes, THAT Jim (James Riley) Williams. You'll find quite a few people here at RSC who were infected, er...influenced by him back in the middle '70's through the middle '90's.

    -Rod
  • Jeffrey C Wilson
    • 12 posts
    August 11, 2009 12:21 PM PDT
    What's Jim up to these days...lost track of him a few years ago?

    Jeff
  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    August 11, 2009 2:48 PM PDT
    Jim died quietly a couple years back, Jeff.

    But he left behind quite a legacy, in terms of the number of lives and careers he influenced directly and indirectly, the latter through other sales trainers (e.g., Mefford, Lytle, Solberg, etc.) that received their initial exposure to radio sales training from Jim.

    Best,

    -Rod
  • Bob Brown
    • 3 posts
    July 20, 2012 12:51 PM PDT

    What a great idea! Many thanks for putting this website together.

    In this economy, any opportunities to educate and network are welcome.

    I am looking forward to digging in to Radio Sales Cafe

    Respectfully, Bob Brown

     

     

     


    This post was edited by Rod Schwartz at March 4, 2024 11:43 AM PST
  • RSC Administrator
    • 1373 posts
    July 20, 2012 4:32 PM PDT

    Bob,

    Thank you for the kind words!  I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about opportunities to educate and network -- I'm always learning from our members' posts.  We're very glad to have you join us!

    Rebecca

  • Owen Godenzi
    • 17 posts
    October 27, 2013 9:36 PM PDT

    Hi everyone,

    I have just joined this site and would love to make contact with as many people within the Radio community as possible. Please add me as a contact/friend or whatever it is called in this forum and I look forward to chatting to you at some stage.

    Cheers from Australia.. 

  • Donald Christen
    • 1 posts
    February 11, 2014 1:09 PM PST

    I have just joined this site and so far it's been great.  Good to see so many that have been touched by the late great Jim Williams.  I would love to find some of his original training tapes..both the beginners and advance. 

  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    February 11, 2014 10:48 PM PST

    Don,

    Welcome - glad you found us.

    Best,

    Rod


    This post was edited by RSC Administrator at February 15, 2024 3:23 PM PST
  • Gregg Murray
    • 11 posts
    August 20, 2014 12:35 PM PDT

    I'm new here to Radio Sales Cafe, but have been around radio for...well...forever. I'm really impressed with the discussions and replies. Really helpful stuff without the all too common LinkedIn self promotion. Glad to be part of the community.

  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    August 20, 2014 1:08 PM PDT

    Gregg,

    Glad you found us!  Thanks for the kinds words. 

    As you've observed, we take pains to keep this forum free of spammers and scammers so that members can more easily find what they're looking for; better to be mining for gold than wading through crap.  I'm continually amazed at the goodwill and great ideas folks bring to this forum, and look forward to hearing more from you!

    Best,

    Rod

  • Lisa Orkin
    • 1 posts
    August 8, 2016 12:10 PM PDT

    Hi Rod, I would love to offer a free webinar on creative. Is that something you would consider for Radio Cafe?

  • Rod Schwartz
    • 994 posts
    August 8, 2016 1:14 PM PDT

    Lisa,

    A chance for members to drink from the Orkin Well of Creativity? Absolutely!

    Do you have a webinar platform that you're already using?

    Feel free to email me directly to discuss details: RodPullman (at) Gmail.com and please copy Rebecca (at) GraceBroadcast.com.

    Talk soon.  And thanks for thinking of this!

    Rod