Ryan Dohrn is a motivational speaker, won an Emmy for sales & marketing, has been recognized by Forbes.com with the “Best of the Web” award for his business strategies and is considered one of the top media sales trainers in the world today.
Since 2008, Dohrn’s Brain Swell Media consulting company has helped over 200 media companies find new revenue through innovative sales strategies and his unique ad sales training.
Today, Dohrn is also the owner and CEO of Niche Media, an organization that claims its "ethos" is centered around creating events that bring together like-minded media pros to help drive revenue through niche publishing. Hundreds gather at the yearly Niche Media Conference to attend programs focusing on revenue generation, sales training, audience growth, and emerging media trends.
In this 176th episode of "E&P Reports," we go one-on-one with multimedia sales guru Ryan Dohrn to gain new ideas he shares on how news publishers can grow top-line revenue in the ever-increasing turbulence in a post-covid market. He offers innovative insights into how any media sales rep can build essential relationships with new advertisers in a very competitive media ecosystem. Dohrn also provides a sneak peek into what will be presented at the April 2023 Niche Media Conference in New Orleans and why any media company today should be "all in" on creating niche media products.
200 The USA TODAY Best-Selling Books List is back. Meet the new editor, Barbara VanDenburgh.
199 Meet The Washington Post’s new GenZ voice - Renee Yaseen
198 The new Community News and Small Business Support Act
197 Insights into maximizing digital ad revenue — one-on-one with Brock Berry.
196 One-on-one with News Media Canada's Paul Deegan as their country's battle with Big Tech heats up.`
195 Borrell’s latest survey: Ad spend to rise with newspapers hanging in there
194 A quick audit of the top issues facing Danielle Coffey, now 3-weeks in as the new CEO of the News/Media Alliance
193 Gannett CEO Mike Reed on Google antitrust lawsuit
192 One-on-one with Peter Bhatia, CEO of the new nonprofit, free-access Houston Landing
191 NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss on TNG-CWA’s “most active year” of strikes and walkouts
190 One-on-one with the outspoken Evan Brandt, the last reporter left at The Mercury
189 Ballantine enters a Gannett “ghost paper” town, starting a five-day-a-week free, printed tabloid
188 The NPPA’s Mickey Osterreicher. Helping both the police & journalists understand the 1st Amendment.
187 The new MaineJF: Fighting to keep Maine news media pristine and hedge-fund free.
186 A one-on-one with Trust Project CEO Sally Lehrman
185 Guy Tasaka’s takeaways for news publishers from the NAB
184 Philanthropy and local journalism, as seen through the eyes of the giving community
183 Covering multiple major stories simultaneously. One month in the life of the Nashville Tennessean
182 Exploring Ogdensburg, NY’s two years as a 'news desert' and how the community rallied to bring back its voice
181 The Charleston Post and Courier: Committed to statewide coverage one market at a time
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