Expert Training & Revenue Development Resources
The OAB, through our partnership with Local Broadcast Sales (LBS), offers broadcast and digital sales teams with a wide range of training, consulting and research resources – all at no additional cost for OAB members.
Managers and sellers at OAB member stations are encouraged to go to localbroadcastsales.com to create an LBS account so that they can begin using LBS resources, available at no cost to OAB members. Here’s how to create your account:
- Go to localbroadcastsales.com
- Click “Join LBS” in the upper right-hand corner of the home page to create your account.
2nd Tuesday Live Webinars
These monthly sessions feature some of the industry’s best presenters. If you miss one, OAB members have access to archives of past webinars.
Training On Demand
LBS offers a library of training videos developed and delivered by proven sales pros – available 24/7 – with sales ideas and techniques for everyone from new sellers to managers. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- How to Get Appointments – LBS Selling Expert Mark Levy discusses effective conversation and appointment starters.
- How to Monetize Social Media in a Meaningful Way – Discover the difference between good and great social media when it’s effectively integrated with traditional broadcast.
Ad Intelligence
Better than Google, the LBS sales resource center organizes articles by 18 industries to enhance consultative sales calls. For example, what’s keeping your local restaurant owners up at night? Here are a few recent headlines:
- Automotive TV Spending Jumps 154% vs. Year-Ago
- What Kids Are Wearing: Anything But Basics
- CD sales see resurgence as overall physical music sales grew for first time since 1996
Ask LBS
If you’re still stuck, submit a question and a seasoned broadcast professional will get you a personalized response with real strategies for your specific situation! To “Ask LBS”, simply email asklbs@localbroadcastsales.com! NOTE: Please include your name, call letters, and contact information so LBS can provide a timely response.
BEST Program
The BEST Program is designed for sellers who are new to broadcast. Each weekday for five weeks, your new sellers will receive a special email from LBS containing three videos for them to watch that day.
“I love LBS because their messages speak to new sellers and sellers that have been in the business for years. When you think you know it all and don’t need another message, then you listen to a message from LBS messages and are reminded just how much more you need to learn and how valuable their expertise is. LBS offers so many valuable nuggets of ideas that help me in my next email or phone call as I work thru my sales process. You are never too young and never too old to learn new things, and LBS is always there to remind us of this!”
Diana Gibbs, WAKW – FM, Cincinnati, Ohio.