Who Are We?
In addition to website and marketing activities overviewed below, Mr. Brodie is curreintly General Manager and Director of Sales for Our Town News Publishing. The main publications are the Our Town News Magazines in South Florida.
OUR TOWN NEWS has been one of the local area's most popular community news magazines for over fifteen years. OTN began as a weekly newspaper in 1997 with primary distribution rotating through the four zip code zones covering Parkland and Coral Springs. In October 2010 OTN switched from a newspaper to a more accessable magazine format. Over 50,000 copies are distributed by the U.S. Post Office to area homes and businesses during each four week cycle. The OTN "Great Values" Coupon Book is included as an insertion in mailed copies of the magazine. Several thousand additional copies of the magazine and coupon book are hand delivered weekly to numerous businesses and offices throughout the surrounding communities.
MARGATE Our Town News is being published in partnership with The City of Margate to serve as the community news magazine for the City. OTN is working closely with city officials to provide important city and community news through this publication with copies mailed to every home and business in Margate (over 28,000 copies).
OTN also publishes the monthly FESTIVAL TIMES for the Festival Flea Market Mall. This newspaper is distributed free of charge to the thousands of weekly visitors to the Mall. The Festival Times is the exclusive advertising vehicle within the Mall and includes the Directory of the over 500 businesses with a map of their locations.
OTN's continuing commitment is to be an ever growing force in supporting the local community and contributing to the success of our advertising partners.
- Office: (954) 344-5156
- Fax: (954) 344-0107
- Voice Mail: (954) 284-4507
- email: jb@theourtownnews.com
- website: www.TheOurTownNews.com
- facebook: www.facebook.com/ourtownnews
PREVIEWNET MARKETING AND PROMOTION - 1992-Present President and Owner
In October of 1992, Mr. Brodie relocated to South Florida and began providing marketing, promotional and Internet consulting services to a variety of companies. He has been involved with a variety of projects including:
- " The re-design and re-launch of the GE Capital Fleet Services Internet and Intranet sites with responsibilities including site architecture, content development, graphic presentation, and all client support and training materials focused on providing easy access to a sophisticated new Vehicle Configuration and Ordering System.
- " Coordination of international marketing for the Global Pay-Per-View broadcast of Carnival from Trinidad and Tobago (1993).
- " Marketing consulting services for Reggae SumFest '95, a five day concert spectacular in Montego Bay, Jamaica with full Internet coverage.
- " Webmaster or designer for over a dozen Internet sites including "REGGAE.com" that is owned by Mr. Brodie and is a top music website getting millions of hits monthly.
- " Sales and Marketing, Big 106 Radio, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- " Co-Producer and Director of Marketing for The South Florida Health, Fitness and Nutrition Expo which featured over two hundred exhibitors at the Broward County Convention Center, June 1997. Also acted as Master of Ceremonies for the two-day event.
- " EVP, Sales & Marketing, United States Communications, a designer and builder of high-end custom audio and video systems for hotels and restaurants, by developing major accounts with three hotels and numerous top restaurants from South Beach to Palm Beach, FL.
- " Founding Distributor, Nu-MED, USA. Responsible for developing marketing, sales and promotional materials for the February, 1998 launch of Nu-MED USA. This included manuals, forms development, structuring of Corporate Policies and Procedures and full documentation of same as well as establishing the company's Internet site for both public and distributor applications. (www.nu-med.com).
- " Marketing Consultant, Team Tarkenton. Developed extensive sales and marketing course for Fran Tarkenton's "Team Tarkenton" in conjunction with Jack Parsons. The course was presented live in numerous major cities during 1999 by Brodie and Parsons. Fran Tarkenton called it "One of the best and most comprehensive sales and marketing courses available in the country today".
WESTWOOD ONE COMPANIES - 1984-1992 National Account Executive, Westwood One Companies, New York City, NY (July 1984-1985)
Beginning in 1984 Mr. Brodie was drafted to be part of an expanded sales team at Westwood One shortly after the company went public. He was responsible for the sales and coordination of several million dollars in national advertising each year for clients including Anheuser Busch, AT&T, Coca-Cola, The U.S. Army and Miller Brewing.
Vice President, Sales, Westwood One Companies, New York City, NY (1985-1988)
Upon Westwood One's acquisition of The Mutual Broadcasting Company and the soon to follow purchase of the NBC Radio Networks, Mr. Brodie was promoted to Vice President of Sales. In this capacity, he was responsible for over fifty million dollars in annual advertising commitments.
Vice President, Director of Music Marketing and Business Development, Westwood One Companies, New York City, NY (1988-1992)
To further capitalize on the growth of Westwood One into one of the primary forces in national radio, Mr. Brodie was promoted to Vice President, Director of Music Marketing and Business Development. He was a pioneer of "Integrated Marketing" combining the promotional impact of nationally touring music artists with nationally syndicated radio programming, local radio, local and national print media, local and national contests, and an on-going series of local event parties and functions. Mr. Brodie was responsible for the marketing and promotional sales of numerous national tours featuring performers including George Michael, Stevie Nicks, Jefferson Starship and Elton John. In this position, he also was responsible for creating the nationally-syndicated "Live from the Apollo" radio concert series.