Paid Media Flashcards
(118 cards)
Paid media communicates to
Strangers
Owned media communicates to
Customers
Earned media communicates to
Fans
Paid media advantages (4)
Message control
Scale; can generate broad reach
Good brand reminder
Measurable
Paid media disadvantages (4)
Clutter
Lack of credibility
Low response rates
Indirect action
Magazines advantages (6)
Audience selectivity Permanence Secondary readership Prestige Creative flexibility Selling power
This is the most selective media
Direct mail
Second most selective media
Magazines
why do magazines have permanence
Long shelf-life
Disadvantages of magazines (6)
Audience fragmentation Difficult to generate frequency Long lead times Costly for reaching a mass audience Relatively high CPMs Cluttered
Are magazine subscribers or newsstand sales more involved?
Newsstand
Circulation figure on which a magazine bases its rates
Generally equivalent to the guaranteed circulation
Rate base
Guaranteed circulation
Minimum number of copies the publisher expects to circulate
Advertisers verify the reach of magazines through a system of audited circulation called
ABC = audit bureau of circulation
Opportunities for discounts (magazines) (3)
Frequency
Volume
Payment terms
Opportunities for premiums (magazines) (4)
Color
Covers
Gatefolds
Inserts
Advantages of newspapers (5)
Timeliness Geographic selectivity Intensive local coverage Mass medium Credibility
Disadvantages of newspapers (5)
Short life span Lack of overall selectivity Skews to older audiences Clutter Low production quality
6 newspaper advertising options
Display advertising Classified advertising Sunday supplements Run of paper (ROP)/preferred position Split runs Per column inch (rows)
Display advertising (newspapers)
Anyone can purchase them
yard sales, dating, selling things, etc
Classified advertising (newspapers)
Traditional newspaper advertising
Sunday supplements (newspapers)
May include free standing inserts (FSI)
Run of power versus preferred position (newspapers)
Location of ad
Split runs (newspapers)
Run different versions or different ads
Geographically
Ad testing