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Media & The Marketing of Messages

Media & The Marketing of Messages. Chapter 3. Media & The Marketing of Messages. Media Speak Media Building Blocks Strengths & Weaknesses Building The Media Plan. Today we’ll cover …. Media Speak. Media/Medium/Vehicle Media = collective noun (pl form)

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Media & The Marketing of Messages

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  1. Media & The Marketing of Messages Chapter 3

  2. Media & The Marketing of Messages • Media Speak • Media Building Blocks • Strengths & Weaknesses • Building The Media Plan Today we’ll cover…

  3. Media Speak • Media/Medium/Vehicle • Media = collective noun (pl form) • Medium = one type of media • Vehicle = single carrier

  4. Media Speak • Audience/Coverage/Composition • Audience • number or % exposed to a vehicle • Audience Coverage • number or % reached by a single insertion or exposure in a specified area • Audience Composition • statistical breakdown of a media vehicle’s total audience

  5. Media Speak • Ratings & Circulation • Broadcast Media use Rating Points • % of Target Audience reached by a media vehicle • Print Media use Circulation • Number of copies sold or distributed

  6. Media Speak • Above-the-Line/Below-the-Line • Above = paid advertising • Below = sales promotion, PR, events • Traditional/Non-Traditional • Traditional = major mass media • Non-Traditional = unique media opportunities and new media forms

  7. Media Speak • “Brand Contact Points” • Every possible point of contact between a brand and its consumers • Clutter • More media channels • More messages in each channel • Fragmentation • More audiences, Smaller audiences

  8. Print Media Newspapers Magazines Out-of-home Broadcast Media Radio Television Cable TV Media Building Blocks Strengths & Weaknesses:

  9. Portable “Time independent” Not a fleeting medium - it lasts Accommodates complex copy Good picture quality Easier to feature more than one product Versatility Can be preserved and reread Journalistic content = credibility & prestige Can deliver coupons Print Common Advantages

  10. “Prestigious” Readers upscale Readers use ads Less lead time Strong local emphasis Sense of immediacy “Cataloging Value” Reproduction varies Not much passalong Can be expensive Cluttered Not read thoroughly Poor demographic selectivity May have adverse editorial Newspapers Strengths & Weaknesses:

  11. Special audience opportunities Can be long-lasting Repeat exposure High “passalong” Creative flexibility Building audience takes time Can be cluttered Early closing dates Magazines Strengths & Weaknesses:

  12. Poor demographic selectivity Limited time. Limited copy. Complicated logistics Can be expensive Legal restrictions Frequency and repetition Large audiences. Low cost. Visual impact Blanket coverage Versatility Out-of-Home Strengths & Weaknesses:

  13. Various formats. Special audiences. Inexpensive Affordable frequency Affordable production Reaches mobile market Scheduling & creative flexibility Immediacy Radio Strengths & Weaknesses: • Radio Spots are fleeting

  14. Impact Market coverage Intrusive Flexible Cost-efficient (CPM) Prestigious Fleeting Expensive Big shows. Big Bucks. Production can be expensive Best shows have limited availability Television Strengths & Weaknesses:

  15. Geographic flexibility Inexpensive Varied programming. Specialized audiences. Upscale audiences Wide variety of ad formats Low ratings Reporting is inadequate Cable & Satellite TV Strengths & Weaknesses:

  16. Building The Media Plan…

  17. Building The Media Plan: • Successful media planningis the task of selecting and scheduling media that will reach as many of the target audience as frequently as possible for the least amount of cost.

  18. Building The Media Plan: • The Media Plan is… • a blueprint for future action… organizing a brand’s advertising into media objectives and strategies that are: • Goal-Oriented - increase sales/share • Make sense - effective/efficient • Manageable - can be executed, flexible, developed before the buy.

  19. Media Planning Trends: A New Revolution • New importance of the media function • “Unbundling” = New Media Agencies • New Global Relationships • Mega-brands and mega-agencies • Growing # of media choices means growing need for media planning • Development of “account planning” style media planning

  20. : Media Planning Trends: A New Revolution • “It will be more challenging to work in advertising in new media… it’s a ‘sky’s the limit’ type of thing. And advertisers have to know all the possibilities.” Jayne Spitler, Leo Burnett/StarCom

  21. Media Planning Trends: A New Revolution • “The creative people and the media people must intertwine their work as much as possible. They have to understand the overall project is part of a targeting process.” David Martin, CEO/Penta-Com

  22. Media Planning Trends: A New Revolution • “In a rapidly changing media world, an understanding of the consumer/ media relationship is of fundamental importance to the process.” Andy Tilley. Zenith Media

  23. Summary • Media Speak, key terms and concepts • Media building blocks with strengths and weaknesses of each • Trends in media planning today

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