tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5757888079518326796..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Aug. 13-19 | Your News & Comments: Part 4Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13901959938911484562012-08-19T00:30:41.003-04:002012-08-19T00:30:41.003-04:00The difference between selling ads now vs. the goo...The difference between selling ads now vs. the good only pre Internet, pre recession eras is salespeople actually have to work for a change rather than sitting on theor duff or glad handing to Rotarians. <br /><br />content providers have always spent more time pounding the pavement, and the phones to gather information, then had to write it, often under competitive deadline pressure. <br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53634886686053416892012-08-17T17:11:25.723-04:002012-08-17T17:11:25.723-04:00For 2:56, it's hardest to write correctly abou...For 2:56, it's hardest to write correctly about how hard it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17143280666366277452012-08-17T16:50:42.136-04:002012-08-17T16:50:42.136-04:00Mark Winnens and that crew are running the Product...Mark Winnens and that crew are running the Production side of things for GPS, What I herd was all he likes to do is get new and different reports from the print sites. I guess it gives him something to doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37022177438336990962012-08-17T16:48:44.095-04:002012-08-17T16:48:44.095-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47016561479988347712012-08-17T16:35:19.508-04:002012-08-17T16:35:19.508-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69364914256034658362012-08-17T15:07:29.804-04:002012-08-17T15:07:29.804-04:00Sure it's harder. As near as I can tell, most ...Sure it's harder. As near as I can tell, most sales people face their biggest obstacle just getting their car out of the lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50591755306717880682012-08-17T14:56:30.296-04:002012-08-17T14:56:30.296-04:00I have news for all the journalists out there: It...I have news for all the journalists out there: It's a lot harder to go out and ask someone to spend their money or their company's money with your publication than it is to drive out the a fire, ask the who, what, when, where, and why and then drive back to the paper to write it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38474435878478817282012-08-17T13:51:38.989-04:002012-08-17T13:51:38.989-04:003:26 I know mark winans and worked under him. Good...3:26 I know mark winans and worked under him. Good guy that's why he left along with a few others. Good luck to mark and his family. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5933779299242030782012-08-17T09:55:12.945-04:002012-08-17T09:55:12.945-04:006:02 name the site where you won and in one depart...6:02 name the site where you won and in one department. That will be easy to check out. There was no National President's Club but you may have been at a site that had one. Spill the deetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64006783306152006212012-08-17T09:50:16.179-04:002012-08-17T09:50:16.179-04:00I left the company in 2005 for other ventures. Whi...I left the company in 2005 for other ventures. While all corporations will have their share of unhappy people, it saddens me to read that the angst I left behind is still so visible. <br /><br />Good luck to you who remain with the company though I say get out while you can. Journalism is a great institution but if the work makes you miserable you're better off in PR or sales or even being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76466301887627195262012-08-17T09:14:24.708-04:002012-08-17T09:14:24.708-04:00Here's some strong action advice: get results ...Here's some strong action advice: get results from ad sellers at usa today or fire them.<br /><br />Eliminate the jobs that do not produce or edit content.<br /><br />Put people on positions of strength. Of you are an ineffective leader, move on to something else.<br /><br /><br />Hold people accountabable. The "oh well" attitude amounts to little more than ass covering and lazinessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80450325882575230072012-08-17T05:36:06.778-04:002012-08-17T05:36:06.778-04:00The weakest letters to the editor start off with d...The weakest letters to the editor start off with definitions, and usually end with the writer either encouraging us to 'think about it' or announce that they're ready for people to disagree with them even though they're right. <br /><br />Stronger ones advocate action they've already taken and ask others to join. <br /><br />So where's the Gannett Blog/Forum full of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22728719579312912522012-08-17T03:26:17.589-04:002012-08-17T03:26:17.589-04:00My guess would be that no one knows who Mark Winan...My guess would be that no one knows who Mark Winans, Brad Jones or Jerry Hill are. Anyone? (crickets chirping.) Guess their departures and/or promotions really aren't that earth shattering in the whole scheme of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35390754447848740432012-08-16T22:32:42.203-04:002012-08-16T22:32:42.203-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-390726438621103132012-08-16T20:41:32.058-04:002012-08-16T20:41:32.058-04:00@6:02
There absolutely is a President's Club,...@6:02<br /><br />There absolutely is a President's Club, although it may just be at the larger properties. It is for the top performers (usually you had to make goal pretty much every period for the year).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32174635343748011842012-08-16T20:03:58.350-04:002012-08-16T20:03:58.350-04:00Was that list of top ten in an earlier blog close ...Was that list of top ten in an earlier blog close to accurate. Seems like it might be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41685937338430486722012-08-16T19:13:08.172-04:002012-08-16T19:13:08.172-04:00@ 6:02. Yes, there was a President's Club, ma...@ 6:02. Yes, there was a President's Club, maybe not at all properies, but certainly at several. I, in fact, won it 3 times, and find myself unemployed. Awards with Gannett are rather meaningless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25614106130350508212012-08-16T18:14:34.378-04:002012-08-16T18:14:34.378-04:00We don't need big Al to tell us that things ar...We don't need big Al to tell us that things are not great. All he did was have one original idea, and spent the rest of the time blaming people when it didn't pan out the way he had hoped.<br />Gary Watson was a newspaper man at the core, and bled ink instead of blood, and he was able to look through budgets and positions to see what was needed and what wasn't, in order to continue Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89168847279076564692012-08-16T18:02:13.992-04:002012-08-16T18:02:13.992-04:0011:53 AM Not sure I believe anything you wrote......11:53 AM Not sure I believe anything you wrote...<br />There was never a "President's Club" winner -- it was "President's Ring" winner. And those eligible to win the rings in Advertising were Ad Directors and VP of Advertising, not sales reps. So I would sure expect as an Ad Director or VP of Advertising that you went to evening and early morning chamber meetings andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80238576231839881332012-08-16T17:42:43.573-04:002012-08-16T17:42:43.573-04:00Knock off the criticisms before it even happens. A...Knock off the criticisms before it even happens. Anything will be better for USA Today's anniversary than silly concerts, ugly page displays and mindless Neuharth panels of has beens put on by Ed Cassidy and his party-on marketing planners. Still trying to live down those embarrassments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69322745129276904532012-08-16T17:39:39.478-04:002012-08-16T17:39:39.478-04:00If that is the only content ... it has to be the m...If that is the only content ... it has to be the most read content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67724310167928028592012-08-16T17:04:36.461-04:002012-08-16T17:04:36.461-04:00Jim, I just sent $10. Keep on the CFO with all the...Jim, I just sent $10. Keep on the CFO with all the board seats -- that was a good catch, <br /><br />Bet the CFO doin' some 'splaining to Wall Street about how she budgets her time. Ditto, the CEO. Kind of amateurish, really. Ol' Allen N. would have done some table-pounding ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13451474597549785612012-08-16T15:56:57.177-04:002012-08-16T15:56:57.177-04:00You missed the point. This is a forum - not a bl...You missed the point. This is a forum - not a blog. It doesn't point to the value of the content. It just defines the platform correctly. Goodness - a bit sensitive today...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22381993044179865442012-08-16T15:48:01.133-04:002012-08-16T15:48:01.133-04:002:46 The best-read content on this blog has always...2:46 The best-read content on this blog has <i>always</i> been reader comments. Nothing I can write tops that.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73807884710187695612012-08-16T15:25:54.837-04:002012-08-16T15:25:54.837-04:00To @3:06 and 3:08:
Why don't you respond inst...To @3:06 and 3:08:<br /><br />Why don't you respond instead of launching juvenile attacks on @2:46. They make some great points worth considering. It sounds like @2:46 hit a soft spot on your underbelly that mades you uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com