Broadcast TV – Is 2024 The Year of the Comeback?

by | Jan 31, 2024

Why waste time on cold calls when you can make 25 warm, value-driven touches in the time it used to take to make five cold calls?

Let’s face it — the world of broadcast is changing, and your team doesn’t have time to waste chasing outdated leads or second-guessing who the right contact is. Every call, every email, every outreach should be strategic, and that starts with having the right data.

That’s where Data Enrichment, powered by the ShareBuilders Assistant, comes in.

The Hidden Cost of Cold Calls

Cold outreach is the least efficient part of the sales process. Reps spend valuable time hunting down contact names, verifying titles, guessing email formats, and navigating outdated org charts — often just to be met with radio silence.

It may not be that your pitch is wrong. It’s that your data isn’t working hard enough for you.

Data Enrichment solves this by doing what no spreadsheet ever could: it intelligently fills in the blanks, updates stale records, and gives you the confidence that your message is reaching the right person at the right time — with the right message.


Smarter Outreach Starts with Enriched Data

Imagine opening your CRM and instantly seeing:

  • The correct contact with title, email, and phone number

  • A full DISC assessment of the contact you are reaching out to

  • Pain points and insights for every account

  • Brand logos, colors, and taglines

  • Past activity and pending revenue, all in one view

That’s not a dream — it’s data enrichment done right.


Powering Personalization with Purpose

Today’s buyers don’t respond to generic outreach. They respond to personalized, value-driven conversations that prove you’ve done your homework. That’s why Data Enrichment doesn’t just clean up your CRM — it powers strategic VBRs (Value-Based Reasons) that connect to real challenges and opportunities.

Whether you’re prospecting new business, upselling, or renewing, your team can confidently engage with messaging that resonates.

With the Data Enrichment Assistant, your team can:

  • Identify Relevant Contacts: Stop guessing and start connecting with decision-makers and influencers.

  • Keep CRM Records Up to Date: Automatically capture changes in leadership, ownership, or structure across brands and stations.

  • Craft Stronger VBRs: Leverage insights to tailor outreach based on real business context and market dynamics.

  • Accelerate Sales Cycles: Spend less time researching and more time selling.

  • Drive Higher Response Rates: Personalized, relevant outreach cuts through the noise and earns replies.


More Than a Tool — It’s a Revenue Strategy

Data Enrichment, powered by the ShareBuilders Assistant, is more than just a feature. It’s a sales enabler designed specifically for media sales teams who want to get serious about performance.

For national reps juggling dozens of accounts or local sellers trying to stand out in a competitive market, data enrichment means every touch is smarter, faster, and more likely to convert.


Built for Media Sales. Backed by ShareBuilders.

At ShareBuilders, we’ve spent decades helping media companies grow smarter and sell better. We know how fragmented ownership groups can be. We know the importance of timing, trust, and targeting. That’s why our Data Enrichment is purpose-built for the unique needs of your industry.

So whether you’re working in television, radio, out-of-home, or digital, we’ve got your back.


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Jan Blog- Bill

In the age of endless streaming options, social media platforms, and digital advertising routes, it ‘s become trendy to pick on broadcast television. Actually, it has been for years. The talk of TV ‘s decline has been a hot topic for those in media, and the truth is, it has been affected to some degree by all of the above fragmentation.

However, broadcast has been surprisingly resilient. But why? Besides the obvious answers of political advertising and the NFL, why is broadcast still a top option for many major advertisers? Here ‘s why broadcast has always remained an effective marketing strategy compared to some other forms of media:

  1. Wide reach makes broadcast the ideal medium for brands seeking recognition and awareness.

  2. High impact emotional connections and storytelling. I can still remember (and recite) TV commercials from my youth (and I ‘m no spring chicken).

  3. Credibility, because broadcast TV (and news in particular) is the most trusted platform there is.

  4. Broadcast yields higher purchase intent among viewers. A recent TVB study showed that viewing a commercial on a TV has 2.2x higher recall and 1.3x higher purchase intent among viewers. Basically, the larger the screen, the more impactful it will be.

  5. Local audiences matter. Aligning your brand with local news has proven to increase the brand ‘s credibility.

Marketing strategy aside, 2024 may be the year of the comeback for broadcast TV. These three factors have aligned at the same time and could provide a significant boost to the business:

  1. Primetime TV is back! Q1 will see the return of first-run prime programming. Audiences are starved for new content, and the writers’ strike may have given broadcast an unexpected boost. It ‘s bursting with new, high-quality shows – not just reality TV!
  2. Political is here. 2024 will see the return of heavy political spending. Politicians regularly flock to broadcast because it ‘s where the voters are. Adults 50+ represent the highest group of voters in the US, and they know where to find them. Expect heavy spending in the months leading into the general election.
  3. Live sports are back, and they are KING! Over 115 million people viewed last year ‘s Super Bowl. NFL games represented 19 of the top 20 broadcast programs in 2023. More and more broadcast stations are partnering with NBA and NHL teams due to the Bally Sports bankruptcy. The Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and others have partnered with local stations to carry games in their local market.

These factors alone will help stations across the country and add to their bottom line in 2024. Here ‘s to a remarkable year!