Transcript Chapter 15
chapter fifteen
Media
Planning
and Buying
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Essentials of Contemporary Advertising
Copyright © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Objectives_1
Describe how a media plan helps
accomplish a company’s marketing and
advertising objectives
Explain the importance of creativity in
media planning
Define reach and frequency and debate
the issues surrounding the concept of
effective frequency
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Objectives_2
Discuss how reach, frequency, and
continuity are related
Calculate gross rating points and cost
per thousand
Identify the factors that influence media
strategy and tactics
Describe different types of advertising
schedules and the purpose for each
Explain the role of the media buyer
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The Purpose of Media Planning
To conceive, analyze, and creatively
select channels of communication that
will direct advertising messages to the
right people in the right place at the right
time
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Media Planning Decisions
Where should we advertise?
Which media vehicles should we use?
When during the year should we
concentrate our advertising?
How often should we run the
advertising?
What opportunities are there to
integrate our media advertising with
other communication tools?
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Exhibit 15-1
U.S. Ad Spending by Medium
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Media Challenges
Increasing media options
Increasing audience fragmentation
Increasing costs
Increasing complexity in media buying
and selling
Increasing competition
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The Media Planning Framework
Setting media objectives
Determining media strategy
Selecting media classes
Selecting media within classes
Making media use decisions
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Sample Media Objectives:
Econo Foods
To target large families with emphasis
on the family’s food purchaser
To concentrate the greatest weight in
urban areas
To provide extra weight during the
introductory period and then continuity
throughout the year
To deliver impressions to every region in
relation to regional food store sales
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Message Distribution Objectives
Audience Size
and Message Weight
Accumulation
and Reach
Exposure
Frequency
Continuity
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Optimizing Reach, Frequency,
and Continuity
Reach, frequency, and continuity have an inverse
relationship. In this example, an advertiser can reach
6,000 people at once, 3,000 people 5.5 times, or 1,000
people 9 times.
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Advertising Response Curve
The S-shaped curve
suggests that at a
low frequency there
is little response.
Once the threshold
is crossed, there is a
dramatic response.
But once saturation
occurs, response
slows or declines
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The 5 Ms in Media Strategy
Markets
Mechanics
Money
Methodology
Media
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Factors Influencing Media Strategy
Scope
Sales potential
Competitive
strategies
Budget
considerations
Media availability
Nature of specific
medium
Message mood
Message size,
length, and position
Buyer purchase
patterns
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Exhibit 15-10
A comparison of the BDI and CDI indicates which
markets may respond best to advertising
When BDI and CDI are both high, advertising will
work best
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Criteria for Selecting
Specific Media Vehicles
Overall campaign objectives and
strategy
Characteristics of media vehicle’s
audience
Exposure, attention, and motivation
value of media vehicles
Cost efficiency of media vehicles
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Five Factors that Affect the
Probability of Ad Exposure
The senses used to perceive messages
from the medium
How much and what kind of attention
the medium requires
Whether the medium is an information
source or a diversion
Whether the medium or program aims
at a general or specialized audience
The placement of the ad in the vehicle
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Six Factors Increase Attention Value
Audience
involvement
Audience
familiarity
Specialization
Quality of
reproduction
Extent of
competition
Timeliness of
exposure
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Considering Cost Efficiencies
What is the CPM for each vehicle?
What is the TCPM for each vehicle?
What is the CPP for each vehicle?
How much of the vehicle’s audience
matches the target market?
Can the vehicle satisfy the campaign’s
objectives?
Does the vehicle offer attention,
exposure, and motivation value?
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Reasons for Using Mixed Media
To reach more people
To provide repeat exposure
To extend the creative effectiveness of
the campaign
To deliver supplementary materials (like
coupons)
To produce synergy
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Scheduling Media
Primary schedules
Continuous
Flighting
Pulsing
Additional patterns
Bursting
Roadblocking
Blinking
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Key Skills of Media Buyers
Know the
marketplace
Negotiate
the buy
Monitor
performance
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Key Terms_1
Advertising
impression
Advertising
response curve
Attention value
Audience objectives
Blinking
Brand development
index (BDI)
Bursting
Category
development index
(CDI)
Circulation
Continuity
Continuous
schedule
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Key Terms_2
Cost efficiency
Cost per point
(CPP)
Cost per thousand
(CPM)
Distribution
objectives
Effective frequency
Effective reach
Exposure value
Five Ms
Flighting
Frequency
Gross impression
Gross rating point
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Key Terms_3
Markets
Mechanics
Media
Media buyer
Media planning
Media vehicles
Message weight
Methodology
Mixed-media
approach
Money
Motivation value
Opportunity to see
(OTS)
Pass-along rate
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Key Terms_4
Pulsing
Rating
Reach
Readers per copy
(RPC)
Roadblocking
Synergy
Target CPM
Television
household
Wearout
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