Jeff Caves

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Jeff Caves is a sales columnist for BSM working in radio and digital sales for Cumulus Media in Dallas, Texas and Boise, Idaho. He is credited with helping launch, build, and develop Sports Radio The Ticket in Boise, into the market’s top sports radio station. During his 26 year stay at KTIK, Caves hosted drive time, programmed the station, and excelled as a top seller. You can reach him by email at jeffcaves54@gmail.com or find him on LinkedIn.

Memories Are The Most Effective Sales Tool

"Our branding commercials, not price, and item or BUY NOW, generate memories influencing future purchase decisions."

Radio Sales Is Not a Vending Machine

"Radio advertising is the ultimate subscription sales model. If clients trust us to provide the desired result, they will give us their money again and again."

Sell Hot Takes Like Hotcakes

"The Hot Takes Café is bustling, and as sellers, we need to pack the place."

There is Nothing Old School About a Human Touch in Radio Sales

"Digital buyers are different, and that's okay. They may not be the right buyer for you to sell to anyway."

Face-to-Face Sales Meetings Have Never Been More Valuable

"With the increase in virtual meetings, new buyer preferences, limited time, and better tech, we have our work cut out to get the F2F."

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Why Howard Stern Doesn’t Need Daily Radio Anymore

"Howard was the ultimate slave to the art. Perhaps he finally doesn't want to be anymore"

Why Curtis Sliwa Refuses to Be a Donald Trump Echo Chamber on 710 WOR

"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

Four Things Music Radio Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas

"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."