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Sales of photographic equipment and after-market sales (film and developing) are HUGE in November and December. It's a small window within which purveyors of cameras, film and developing services need to make big sales in order to make their year. Local retailers are finding it more and more difficult to compete with the "big boxes": Best Buy, Target, etc.

This month's jingle is a great way for a local retailer to elevate themselves both creatively and in terms of top-of-mind-awareness with the big boxes.


679 - Capture The Memories
Urban pop with soulful male vocal.
Music Style:
Pop    Business Category: Photo
Custom Client: Arlington Camera

Preview http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0679_00S.wma
Generic http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0679_00L.mp3
Generic http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0679c00L.mp3

And remember, any JingleBank jingle lyrics can be re-written and re-sung for any business category.  Just give us a call and we will show you how.

What Do You Want? 
At JingleBank we're constantly producing new jingles for the library.  If you have a particular sound or business category that you'd like us to include, just drop us a line at
JingleBank@tmcentury.com.   We'd love to hear what you want!


Featured Cut & Sales Tip of The Month

Retail Spending (or "Shop Til' You Drop")
Christmas is make it or break it time for many retailers. As such, they spend a disproportionate amount of their ad budgets in the 4th quarter. Thanks to Dan Anstandig with McVay Media for the following stats of Christmas sales.

Holiday retail spending broken down...
How much spending per category is expected to be spent this Holiday season (Nov. and Dec.) The National Retail Federation looks at 2002 spending (in billions) today:

Discount Department Stores
November $12.72 9.31%--percentage of yearly total
December $17.42 12.75%

Conventional and National Chain Department Stores
November $9.05 9.94%
December $14.74 16.20%

Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores
November $15.82 9.20%
December $25.30 14.72%

Jewelry Stores
November $2.24 8.91%
December $5.90 23.47%

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores
November $7.90 9.63%
December $12.23 14.91%

Electronics and Appliances Stores
November $8.31 9.22%
December $12.14 13.48%

Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores Sales
November $8.91 9.38%
December $9.48 9.98%

Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses
November $10.82 9.27%
December $13.47 11.54%

Warehouse Clubs & Supercenters Sales
November $18.38 9.50%
December $22.35 11.55%


Holiday retail sales expected to jump 5.7%

After more than a year of constant challenges, the retail industry is beginning to show strength. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), total holiday retail sales are projected to grow by 5.7% over last holiday, bringing holiday spending to $217.4B. Holiday sales in 2002 increased 2.2% to $205.6B, the lowest rate in at least 10 years.

JingleBank.com is full of great campaigns for you to use in driving holiday sales for your clients. Below you'll find just a smattering. Visit JingleBank.com and search for "Holidays/Occasions" under "Business Category" to find even more.

 

013 - It's That Christmas Feeling In The Air

Preview http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0013_00S.wma
Generic http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0013_00L.mp3
Custom http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0013c00L.mp3

373-B - 'Tis The Season To Show Your Love

Preview http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0373b00S.wma
Generic http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0373b00L.mp3
Custom http://www.jinglebank.com/samples/0373c00L.mp3

And check out "Sales Tips" on how to get more than your fair share of dollars with these jingles.


Featured Cut & Sales Tip of The Month
Tis' The Season
I love Christmas, but I hate Christmas shopping. I can never think of what to get people. These days, everybody always seems to have everything... well, except for my kids who still don't have a Porsche or a Hummer.

So I'm a sucker for the mall. I go in, walk around for hours and hope that something will catch my eye. I'm always in desperate need of ideas for gifts. And I'm fairly certain that I'm in the vast majority in this regard, judging by the look of hopelessness on most of the other guys' faces at the mall.

Retailers know this, too.

Here's a way to turn this problem into an opportunity. Take any one of our Christmas-themed jingles and develop it as a featurette program.

Themes can include: "Gifts Ideas For Hard To Buy For People," "Great Gifts For Guys," "Gift Ideas Under $25"... and on and on. Send a letter to all of your advertisers and invite them to participate... for a price.

A typical featurette will be hosted by one of your personalities and may showcase up to five different retailers. Retailers love these features as it is a very cost effective way to increase their reach and frequency. And I think you'll find that your audience will love these features as well.

Your sales manager certainly will because five advertisers sharing a spot at 25% of ratecard each generate a per spot gross of 125% of your ratecard.

~  David Graupner, CEO, TM Century, Inc.

 

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Some people love to download jingles right off JingleBank.com and present them directly to their clients...and we think that's great. But if you don't have the time or don't feel comfortable selecting jingles yourself, let us do all of the work. Just drop us a line at JingleBank@TMCentury.com or call us at (972) 406-6800. We can do everything for you. And, it doesn't cost you or your client a penny!
 
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