About Richard Clark
Richard Clark, his wife Lisa and their three young children live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of East Tennessee, just because it’s beautiful there.
One of Clark’s proudest moments came when his six-year-old daughter, Caroline, was coloring on sheets of blank paper she had stapled together. When asked what she was working on, Caroline replied, "I’m making a book about one of your trips to a newspaper." Clark inquired, "What are those boxes at the bottom of the page for, sweetheart?" "Those are for the ads," Caroline answered without looking up. Quite proudly, Clark asked, "Are you going to give it to me to take on my trip tomorrow?" Again, without stopping her work Caroline replied, "No Daddy, I’m going to set up a little stand in the garage and sell it to you on your way out." While paying Caroline for her booklet the next day, Clark felt pretty sure that the future of his company would be in good hands.
Clark has worked in Newspaper Classifieds for over 35 years. After spending the bulk of his newspaper career with the Freedom Communications group, Clark purchased the well-respected Classified Development consulting company and has operated it full time for just over 15 years. During that time Clark’s rate-structuring and assumptive sales techniques have generated literally millions of dollars in new revenue for the well over 300 newspapers he has worked with.
Clark’s client list includes newspapers in: Advance Communications, Boone Newspapers, Brehm Newspapers, Evening Post Publishing, Forum Communications, Freedom Communications, Hagadone Corporation, Home News Enterprise, Jones Media, Journal-Register Company, Lee Enterprises, Media General, Media News, Midlands (World Herald Group) Newspapers, News Media, Pioneer Newspapers, Rust Communications, Sandusky Newspapers, Schurz Communications, Shaw Suburban Media, Small Newspapers, Swift Newspapers, Times-Shamrock, Western News&Info, Wick Communications, as well dozens of independent newspapers.
Classified Development is a preferred supplier for the PAGE buying Co-Op.
Clark reports that the best thing about traveling around to so many newspapers is the chance it affords him to continue to update the Classified Development program with best practices and profitable innovations from classified departments around the country.
One of Clark’s proudest moments came when his six-year-old daughter, Caroline, was coloring on sheets of blank paper she had stapled together. When asked what she was working on, Caroline replied, "I’m making a book about one of your trips to a newspaper." Clark inquired, "What are those boxes at the bottom of the page for, sweetheart?" "Those are for the ads," Caroline answered without looking up. Quite proudly, Clark asked, "Are you going to give it to me to take on my trip tomorrow?" Again, without stopping her work Caroline replied, "No Daddy, I’m going to set up a little stand in the garage and sell it to you on your way out." While paying Caroline for her booklet the next day, Clark felt pretty sure that the future of his company would be in good hands.
Clark has worked in Newspaper Classifieds for over 35 years. After spending the bulk of his newspaper career with the Freedom Communications group, Clark purchased the well-respected Classified Development consulting company and has operated it full time for just over 15 years. During that time Clark’s rate-structuring and assumptive sales techniques have generated literally millions of dollars in new revenue for the well over 300 newspapers he has worked with.
Clark’s client list includes newspapers in: Advance Communications, Boone Newspapers, Brehm Newspapers, Evening Post Publishing, Forum Communications, Freedom Communications, Hagadone Corporation, Home News Enterprise, Jones Media, Journal-Register Company, Lee Enterprises, Media General, Media News, Midlands (World Herald Group) Newspapers, News Media, Pioneer Newspapers, Rust Communications, Sandusky Newspapers, Schurz Communications, Shaw Suburban Media, Small Newspapers, Swift Newspapers, Times-Shamrock, Western News&Info, Wick Communications, as well dozens of independent newspapers.
Classified Development is a preferred supplier for the PAGE buying Co-Op.
Clark reports that the best thing about traveling around to so many newspapers is the chance it affords him to continue to update the Classified Development program with best practices and profitable innovations from classified departments around the country.
Richard Clark -- Family Man
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Richard Clark
Classified Development
2101 Millbrook Dr.
Johnson City, TN 37604
423-929-2243
classifieddevelopment@yahoo.com
Classified Development
2101 Millbrook Dr.
Johnson City, TN 37604
423-929-2243
classifieddevelopment@yahoo.com
