John Foust

The stock market for ad ideas

John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments...

12 ad campaign tips

A single ad probably won’t generate much business. The real work is done in multi-ad campaigns. Here are a dozen tips: 

Give your advertising some personality

Kirk likes to work directly with his ad clients on their creative strategies. “Making a sale is just the first step in...
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Do you have a sales prevention department?

John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his...
John Foust

Full load or half-load

Greg used to help his uncle sell and deliver firewood on weekends. No doubt, that influenced one of his first phone calls when he...
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What golf teaches us about advertising

John Foust John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to...

Pulse of America research to power local media sales available to NENPA members

Portland-based Pulse Research has announced the release of the 2023 Pulse of America (POA)  shopping survey to further the sales efforts of newspaper, radio,...
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The super sales person who wasn’t so super, after all

John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to...

Solving the puzzle of advertising

We’ve all heard challenges described as puzzles. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a real puzzle and see how it relates...

Customer satisfaction is key in digital marketing

Customer satisfaction is key in digital marketing By Alison Berstein Bulletin Correspondent “People know what they’re looking for; they just don’t know where to get it...