Advertising Final Exam Chapter 10-16 Flashcards
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
Creative aspects and mood
Creative Aspects
-need to employ a medium which will support the strategy
-EX: creation of emotional appeal - TV
-EX: communication technical product information - magazines/nsp
Mood
-environment of the media chosen or the specific vehicle selected
Flexibility
An effective media strategy requires a degree of flexibility to address the following
Market opportunities
Market threats
Availability of media
Changes in media or media vehicles
Budget considerations
Absolute cost: Actual total cost required to place the message
Relative cost: Relationship between price paid for advertising time or space and the size of audience delivered
Used to compare media vehicles
Media Mix
-Adds more versatility to the media strategies
-Increases coverage, reach, and frequency levels
-Improves the likelihood of achieving overall communications and marketing goals
Television pros and cons
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Mass coverage and high reach
Impact of sight, sound, and motion
High prestige
Low cost per exposure
Attention getting
Favorable image
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Low selectivity
Short message life
High absolute cost
High production costs
Clutter
distrust
Radio pros and cons
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Local coverage
Low cost
High frequency
Flexible
Low production costs
Well-segmented audiences
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Audio only
Clutter
Low attention getting
Fleeting message
Magazines pros and cons
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Segmentation potential
Quality reproduction
High information content
Longevity
Multiple readers
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Long lead time for ad placement
Visual only
Lack of flexibility
Newspapers pros and cons
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High coverage and low cost
Short lead time for placing ads
Ads can be placed in interest sections
Timely (current ads)
Reader controls exposure
Can be used for coupons
-
Short life and poor reproduction quality
Clutter
Low attention-getting capabilities
Selective exposure
Outdoor media pros and cons
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Location specific
High repetition
Easily noticed
-
Short ads
Poor image
Local restrictions
Direct mail pros and cons
+
High selectivity
Reader controls exposure
High information content
Enables repeat exposures
-
High cost/contact
Poor image (junk mail)
Clutter
Direct/interactive media pros and cons
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User selects information
User attention
Interactive relationship
Direct selling potential
Flexible message platform
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Privacy concerns
Potential for deception
Clutter
Lack of measurement techniques
zipping
Occurs when viewers fast-forward through commercials as they play back a previously recorded program
zapping
Changing channels to avoid commercials
Network versus spot
Network
-affiliated stations that are linked
-purchase transactions are simplified
Spot and local
-commercials shown on local stations
-may be local or “national spot” commercials
Network advertising
Advantage
-Simplifies the purchase process
Disadvantages
-Cost of advertising on prime time is very high
-Availability of time slots
-Up-front market: Buying period that occurs before the TV season begins
-Scatter market: Buying period that occurs throughout the season
Spot and local advertising
Spot advertising: Commercials shown on local TV stations
-Time is negotiated and purchased directly from the individual stations
-National spot advertising: Non-network advertising done by a national advertiser
-Local advertising: Airtime sold to local firms
Spot and local pros and cons
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Offers flexibility to national advertisers
Growth in syndication
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>Difficult to acquire
>Greater variations in the pricing policies and discount structure of individual stations
>Station reps: Individuals who act as sales representatives for a number of local stations in dealings with national advertisers
>Subject to more commercial clutter
Syndicated programs
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Pros and cons of Syndication
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Saves money
Broadens reach for national advertisers
Targets specific audiences
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Audiences are often rural and older
Syndicators do not supply much research information
Requires media buyers to come up with a syndication schedule to ensure maximum reach
sponsorships
-Advertiser assumes responsibility for the production and content of the program, and the advertising that appears within it
-Allows a firm to:
+Capitalize on the prestige of a high-quality program
+Have more control over the shows carrying their commercials
Participation
Several advertisers buying commercial time on a particular program
-No long term commitment yet little control over ad placement
Spot announcements
Purchased from the local stations, appear during adjacencies
-Adjacencies: Time periods adjacent to network programs
Cable television
-Rapid growth during last 20 years
+91% of households have cable TV via wired cable or satellite
+Generate their revenue via ads and subscriber fees
-Development of superstations
+Independent local stations that send their signals nationally via satellite
+Sports, movies, and reruns of network shows
+Carries national advertising
Advertising on Cable TV pros and cons
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Offers selectivity
Offers a chance for narrowcasting
Narrowcasting: Reaching very specialized markets
Low cost
Flexibility
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Overshadowed by major networks
Audience fragmentation
Lacks penetration in major markets
TV audience measures
-size and composition measured by ratings services
-TV household
+Home with at least one operable TV
-Program rating
+% of TV houses in an area tuned in at a specific time
+ Ratings point: Represents 1% of all TV households in an area watching a specific program
-Households using TV (HUT)
+% of homes in given area where TV watched during specific time period
- Share of audience
+ % of houses using TV in a specified time period that are tuned in to specific program
- Total audience
+ Total number of houses viewing any five- minute part of a telecast
National audience information
Nielsen TV index
-Provides daily and weekly estimates of the size and composition of the national viewing audiences
-For programs aired on the broadcast and major cable networks
People meter
-Records what is being watched and by whom in 10,000 households
Local Audience information
-Designated market areas (DMAs): Non overlapping areas used for planning, buying, and evaluating TV audiences
+Include group of counties in which stations are located in a metropolitan or central area
-NSI reports
+Viewing times
+Programs watched
+Audience size estimates
+Demographics
-Local people meter (LPM) - Used to measure the largest local markets
-Sweeps: Viewing audiences in every local television market are measured at least four times a year
Developments in audience measurement
-Commercial ratings: Measures of the average viewership of the commercials both live and up to three days after the ads are played back on a DVR
-Anytime anywhere media measurement (A2/M2)
+Introduction of electronic measurement in all local markets
+Addition of Internet and out-of-home measurement in Nielsen’s People Meter sample
+Measurement of streaming
+Development of passive measurement devices
-Cross-platform campaign ratings: Measures the number of people who:
+Watch an ad only on television
+Who view an ad online
+Overlap between the two
Buying radio Advertising Time
-Network radio - Purchased on a network basis using one of the national networks
-Spot radio -
+Greater flexibility in selecting markets
+Individual stations
+Airtime and a chance to adjust the message for local market conditions
-Local radio - Purchased from individual stations by local companies
Audience information
Nielsen Audio provides:
+Person estimates - Estimated number of people listening
+Rating - Percentage of listeners in the survey area population
+Share - Percentage of the total estimated listening audience
Audience information
Average quarter-hour (AQH) Figure
-Average number of people estimated to have listened to a station for a minimum of five minutes during any quarter-hour in a time period
Cume
-Total number of different people who listened to a station for at least five minutes in a quarter-hour period within a reported daypart
Average quarter-hour rating (AQH RTG)
-Estimated number of listeners as a percentage of the survey area population
Average quarter-hour share (AQH SHR)
-Percentage of the total listening audience tuned to each station
Portable People meter (PPM)
-Wearable device that electronically tracks what consumers listen to on the radio
RADAR (Radio’s all dimension audience research)
-Measurements are based on information collected throughout the year
Magazines and newspaper value
-Present detailed information that can be processed at the reader’s own pace
-High-involvement media
-Magazines are the most specialized of all advertising media