Art Bell

[Coz]

Well it's always a question if advertising money is effective or not for something like this. Grassroots works but is slow. Just thinking about it.

Art

Worthy to note Art: Grass roots is slow... but it's the most solid following you can have.

[ItsOver]

Worthy to note Art: Grass roots is slow... but it's the most solid following you can have.

It certainly is exciting for the grass.

[Uncle Duke]

Yep in the first half hour last night on c2cam, Noory told his guest Peter Davenport he listened to Peter for the first hour of Art's show earlier this week.
He also mentioned Art another time a day or two earlier thanking Art for wishing on his show Noory's producer Tom to get better after his recent health issue.
So Noory appears to be listening at least to the first hour of Art's show live (the hour before c2cam starts)...

Great, gives one more confidence George/IHeart isn't going to interfere with/blacklist guests who appear on both shows.  Hope Art and Redacted know about this so they can start releasing guest listings for at least a week at a time vice announcing guests only on the day of their appearance on MITD.

[TigerLily]

Great, gives one more confidence George/IHeart isn't going to interfere with/blacklist guests who appear on both shows.  Hope Art and Redacted know about this so they can start releasing guest listings for at least a week at a time vice announcing guests only on the day of their appearance on MITD.

I hear George's producer Tommy is home from the hospital. If RCH's inference that Tommy is the evil puppeteer behind George is true, it will be interesting to see if the detente continues when he returns.

[starrmtn001]

I hear George's producer Tommy is home from the hospital. If RCH's inference that Tommy is the evil puppeteer behind George is true, it will be interesting to see if the detente continues when he returns.

Good point TigerLily.  I'll be keeping my ears up and my whiskers out.

[WhiteCrow]

Billboards on interstates near major cities. Most people drive or know someone that drives. I am thinking I70 near St. Louis, a few major intersections near Chicago 80/90 and I94. The sheer number of people that drive in these areas either working in these areas or traveliing through is staggering. Its hard to go east or west without going through one of these two places. Pretty big bang for your buck Art, and you can easily control how much and when.

A major radio talent in Chicago market just texted me, they spend about a million dollars a year,  just on billboards alone to promote his show on interstate billboards for metro Chicago. Let's see at $5 per subscriber per month, $60 per year, 15,000 to 20,000 new subscribers would cover Chicago.
Only need 1 in every 700 people to become subscribers to pay that tab 
No limits!

[albrecht]

A major radio talent in Chicago market just texted me, they spend about a million dollars a year,  just on billboards alone to promote his show on interstate billboards for metro Chicago. Let's see at $5 per subscriber per month, $60 per year, 15,000 to 20,000 new subscribers would cover Chicago.
No limits!

And I could be wrong, because I know IHate,Inc has been selling off some assets recently, but I think the guys in mist-tunnels still own a whole lot of billboard companies which they likely use to push their other products when not contracted by outside entities. I wonder if they would even take a MITD ad if the $ could be raised.
But I think in more rural areas once could get cheaper billboards but still have traffic (like on interstates.) And what about painting over the "Chew Beechnut" on our barns and make an Art Bell ad? Bumper stickers like "Wall Drug"? Little signs everywhere like "see Rock City"?

[wr250]

premrat is advertising art every saturday night with somewhere in time...

[gabrielle]

A major radio talent in Chicago market just texted me, they spend about a million dollars a year,  just on billboards alone to promote his show on interstate billboards for metro Chicago. Let's see at $5 per subscriber per month, $60 per year, 15,000 to 20,000 new subscribers would cover Chicago.
Only need 1 in every 700 people to become subscribers to pay that tab 
No limits!

how much does an advert on the NFL scoreboard at halftime cost?  (super bowl show excluded).   I was thinking, all we need is 10 seconds of "ART BELL IS BACK"  scrolling across the scoreboard at a game in a major market....

[WhiteCrow]

And I could be wrong, because I know IHate,Inc has been selling off some assets recently, but I think the guys in mist-tunnels still own a whole lot of billboard companies which they likely use to push their other products when not contracted by outside entities. I wonder if they would even take a MITD ad if the $ could be raised.
But I think in more rural areas once could get cheaper billboards but still have traffic (like on interstates.) And what about painting over the "Chew Beechnut" on our barns and make an Art Bell ad? Bumper stickers like "Wall Drug"? Little signs everywhere like "see Rock City"?

There are a lot less expensive billboards all over the country. The numbers I used are about as expensive as it gets for prime locations and number of billboards in Chicago metro area. And they buy billboard space pretty much year round.

[albrecht]

how much does an advert on the NFL scoreboard at halftime cost?  (super bowl show excluded).   I was thinking, all we need is 10 seconds of "ART BELL IS BACK"  scrolling across the scoreboard at a game in a major market....

Yep, as I mentioned we need some Bellgabber (or more than one) to don a rainbow wig and carry an MITD or Art Bell sign at NFL and baseball games. Or at least get some t-shirts and try to walk past pre-game, college pre-game, live news interviews, and such...

[gabrielle]

I believe Art met Brett Favre once, or received his helmet.  Perhaps Brett would dawn such a T shirt and show up at a Cheese head game.  Maybe we need a pic of Art, wearing the cheese?   Hee hee

[smithy]

A major radio talent in Chicago market just texted me, they spend about a million dollars a year,  just on billboards alone to promote his show on interstate billboards for metro Chicago. Let's see at $5 per subscriber per month, $60 per year, 15,000 to 20,000 new subscribers would cover Chicago.
Only need 1 in every 700 people to become subscribers to pay that tab 
No limits!

Is there any info on who listens to Art Bell-- age profile, demographics - college education, occupation - or retired,   travel habits - plane vs. road trips, football fan, UFO conference attendee, etc? That sort of stuff would help. Maybe Art's team should do a survey as to who's listening to MITD. A surveymonkey could be done or something here on Bellgab.

[Juan]

If you're in a big city and have a long commute, or drive a lot on Interstates, go to an office supply store and order magnetic signs for the doors and back of your car. Put something simple such as "Art is back.  Artbell.com"  on them and drive around.  It will be much cheaper and more effective than billboards.  I know authors who do this when new books are released. 

Maybe Art can make bumper stickers available.

[gabrielle]

If you're in a big city and have a long commute, or drive a lot on Interstates, go to an office supply store and order magnetic signs for the doors and back of your car. Put something simple such as "Art is back.  Artbell.com"  on them and drive around.  It will be much cheaper and more effective than billboards.  I know authors who do this when new books are released. 

Maybe Art can make bumper stickers available.

If you check out the banner on Art's website, I think it can be made into a bumper sticker easily. 

[TigerLily]

Good point TigerLily.  I'll be keeping my ears up and my whiskers out.

sniff out the (prem) rats!

[starrmtn001]

sniff out the (prem) rats!

[Morgus]

premrat is advertising art every saturday night with somewhere in time...

it would be great to stick in an ad for Midnight in the Desert on the Saturday night Somewhere in Time replays...

[ItsOver]

it would be great to stick in an ad for Midnight in the Desert on the Saturday night Somewhere in Time replays...

That's what I've thought, too.  Hee, hee...
)

[sydtron]

Intersting thought...

You know those people that hack electeonic info signs on the interstate?

Find somebody to do that, but put something about Art on there. Lol

Worth a shot.  And free. Hee hee.

[Faustina]

If you're in a big city and have a long commute, or drive a lot on Interstates, go to an office supply store and order magnetic signs for the doors and back of your car. Put something simple such as "Art is back.  Artbell.com"  on them and drive around.  It will be much cheaper and more effective than billboards.  I know authors who do this when new books are released. 

Maybe Art can make bumper stickers available.

That's a great idea.  I would put one on my car. 

[chinaclipper]

hooray...looks like DP for tonite!

[Rix Gins]

Say kids, I see strange things when I close my eyes and clear my thoughts. In this case, (while reading this thread,) I closed them and saw a couple thousand promotional bags of candy...soft gummy bear like pcs. in the shape of little UFOs called Arts Parts...with info on Art's show plastered on the outer package.  Like it?  Then you have my permission to take it and run with it.    

[Faustina]

hooray...looks like DP for tonite!

Drunken posting?

[Faustina]

Why does no one talk about Where Does The Road Go?  Very nice little podcast with a good host.  Can't even find a thread for it.  You Bellgabbians are amiss.

[Morgus]

Say kids, I see strange things when I close my eyes and clear my thoughts. In this case, (while reading this thread,) I closed them and saw a couple thousand promotional bags of candy...soft gummy bear like pcs. in the shape of little UFOs called Arts Parts...with info on Art's show plastered on the outer package.  Like it?  Then you have my permission to take it and run with it.

Hand them out for Halloween?

[Rix Gins]

Drunken posting?

Not at my age...too hard on the liver.

[Rix Gins]

Hand them out for Halloween?
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There you go! 

[trostol]

hooray...looks like DP for tonite!

thats cool..i like him and was hoping he would be on sooner rather than later

[pate]

Where does the dang-o sidewalk end?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKHs2v70Sq8