Advertising Final Exam Chapter 10-16 Flashcards
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Media Planning
Series of decisions involved in delivering promotional message to prospective consumers
media Objectives
Objectives formulated to organize a media plan.
Media Strategies
Plans of action designed to attain the media objectives
Medium
General category of available delivery systems.
Media Vehicle
Specific carrier within a medium category.
Reach
Measure of the number of different audience members exposed at least once to media vehicle in a specified period.
Coverage
Potential audience that might receive message through a vehicle
Frequency
Number of times receiver is exposed to media vehicle in a specified period.
The media plan
-Guides media selection
-Aims to find a combination of media to communicate a message:
-In the most effective manner
-To the largest number of potential customers
-At the lowest cost
Problems with media planning
-Insufficient information (sweeps)
-Inconsistent terminologies
-Time pressures
-Difficulty measuring effectiveness
Developing a media plan
- Market analysis
- Establishment of media objectives
- Media strategy development and implementation
- Evaluation and follow-up
- Market Analysis (Primary questions)
- To who shall we advertise?
- clarification of target market
- access secondary sources of data
+Experian Simmons National Consumer Study
+GfK Mediamark Research Inc. (GfK MRI)
- Where to promote?
Survey of Buying Power Index, BDI, CDI. - What internal and external factors are operating?
Internal and External Factors Influencing Media Strategies
Internal factors
-Size of the media budget
-Managerial and administrative capabilities
-Organization of the agency
External factors
-Rising costs of media
-Changes in technology
-Competitive factors
2.Establishing media objectives
Media Objectives:
-Goals to be attained by the media program
-Media plan is written to fulfill the prescribed objectives
-Media Objectives answer the question What?
- Media strategy development
Target market coverage
Geographic coverage
Scheduling
Reach versus frequency (and recency)
Creative aspects and mood
Flexibility
Budget considerations
The media mix
Target audience coverage
See pie charts for:
Target market proportion
Full market coverage
partial market coverage
coverage exceeding market
Geographic coverage
Strategy of geographic weighting in which geographic areas receive differential amounts if media emphasis
Identification of market support defined by
Regions: Northwest
States: Minneapolis
City Size: 100M+
Market: minneapolis
Three scheduling methods
Continuity- constant, high costs, overexposure, limited allocation
Flighting- cost efficient, more than one medium, wear out, lack of awareness, vulnerability to competition
Pulsing- all of the same as previous two methods
Reach versus Frequency
Reach
-the number of potential audience members exposed once to a media vehicle in a given period of time (unduplicated audience)
-High level for new brands/products and at later stages of hierarchy
Frequency
-the number of times the receiver is exposed to the media vehicle in a given time period
Factors Important in Determining Frequency Levels
Marketing Factors
Message factors
Media Factors
Marketing factors
Brand history
Brand share
Brand loyalty
Purchase cycles
Usage cycle
Competitive share of voice
Target group
Message factors
Message complexity
Message uniqueness
New versus continuing campaigns
Image versus product sell
Message variation
Wearout
Advertising units
Media Factors
Clutter
Editorial environment
Attentiveness
Scheduling
Number of media used
Repeat exposures