Media Tactics

  Media Planning and Strategy
 The Media class, Media vehicles,
Media options, Scheduling and timing
Media Terminology
Media Planning - A series of decisions involving the
 delivery of messages to audiences.
Media Objectives - Goal to be attained by the media
 strategy and program.
Media Strategy - Decisions on how the media
 objectives can be attained – indicative of the media
 budget.
Media - The various categories of delivery systems,
 including broadcast and print media.
Broadcast Media Electronic Media - Either radio or
 television network
Media Terminology
Print Media - Publications such as newspapers and
 magazines.
Media Vehicle - The specific message carrier, such as
 the Geo Shaan say, KBC, Hamid Mir or Najam Sethi etc
 shows.
Coverage - The potential audience that might receive
 the message through the vehicle.
Reach - The actual number of individual audience
 members reached at least once by the vehicle in a
 given period of time.
Frequency - The number of times the receiver is
 exposed to vehicle in a specific time period.
Problems in Media Planning
   Lack of information


   Serious time pressure


   Measurement problems
Developing the Media Plan
Situation Analysis      Marketing Strategy Plan     Advertising Strategy Plan


                       Setting Media Objectives


                      Determining Media Strategy


                     Selecting Broad Media Classes


                     Selecting Media Within Class


Media Use Decision        Media Use Decision         Media Use Decision
  — Broadcast                  — Print                 — Other Media
Developing the Media Plan
Following areas are strongly interlinked:
• Situation / Environment Analysis
• Marketing Strategy Plan
• Advertising Strategy Plan
Developing the Media Plan
      Analyze the Market

  Establish Media Objectives

    Develop Media Strategy

   Implement Media Strategy

    Evaluate Performance
Media Planning Criteria
   Considerations
 The media mix
 Target market coverage
 Geographic coverage
 Reach versus frequency
 Scheduling
 Creative aspects and mood
 Budget considerations
Target Audience Coverage
             Population excluding target market
             Target market
             Media coverage
             Media overexposure


  Target       Full          Partial        Coverage
  Market      Market         Market         Exceeding
Proportion   Coverage       Coverage         Market
Media Class Decisions
Decision is made on quantitative criteria
   • Target Audience number that can be reached
     through media class – TV, Radio, Press etc.
     Territory dependent brands are complicated.


Decision is made on qualitative criteria
   • Fit between medium and creative execution.
     Examples????
   • Production logistics
   • Competition’s use of media
Television Characteristics
   Advantages                   Disadvantages

 Mass coverage                Low selectivity
 High reach                   Short message life
 Impact of sight, sound,      High absolute cost
  and motion                   High production costs
 Low cost per exposure        Clutter
 Attention getting
 Favorable image
Radio Characteristics
    Advantages                  Disadvantages

   Local coverage                 Audio only
   Good for territory brands      Clutter
   Low cost                       Low attention getting
   High frequency                 Fleeting message
   Low production costs
   Well-segmented audiences
Magazines Characteristics
    Advantages                   Disadvantages

   Segmentation potential      Long lead time for ad
   Quality reproduction         placement
   High information content    Visual only
   Longevity
   Multiple readers – pass-
    on-readership
Newspapers Characteristics
  Advantages              Disadvantages

 High coverage           Short life
 Low cost                Clutter
 Short lead time for     Low attention-getting
  placing ads              capabilities
 Ads can placed in       Poor reproduction
  interest sections        quality
 Timely (current ads)    Selective reader
 Can be used for          exposure
  coupons                 Low literacy rates
                           harm.
Outdoor Characteristics
  Advantages          Disadvantages

 Location specific    Short exposure time
 High resolution       requires short ad
 Easily noticed       Poor image
Internet / Interactive Media
             Characteristics
  Advantages                      Disadvantages

 User selects product         Limited creative capabilities
  information
                               Web snarl (crowded access)
 User attention and
                               Technology limitations
  involvement
 Interactive relationship
                               Few valid measurement
                                techniques
 Direct selling potential
                               Limited reach
 Flexible message platform
 Compliments print and
  electronic media.
Direct Mail Characteristics
    Advantages                 Disadvantages

   High selectivity          High cost/contact
   Reader controls exposure  Poor image (junk mail)
   High information content  Clutter
   Opportunities for repeat
    exposures
Media Vehicle Decision
Media vehicle choice is based on -

– Quantitative considerations of – Cost per exposure
   • TV – unit of measurement
      – TRP x no.of exposures = GRP ( gross rating points)
                 / total no of exposures
      – CPRP unit cost divided by TRP (cost per rating point)

   • Press – unit of measurement
      – Readership - total vehicle audience (higher than circulation)
      – CPT - unit cost divided by readership x 1000= CPT (cost per thousand)


– Qualitative considerations of media vehicle choice
      – Editorial environment suitability
      – To gather media source effect copy approaches must vary by vehicle
Qualifying Reach

Reach –no of people / households exposed to the
advertising at least once, over a specified period of time

Reach is always Unduplicated Reach – internal and
external duplication

Cumulative reach - additional readers netted through
pass on readership

Effective reach / audience - % of target audience
reached by the vehicle
The audience is usually defined in terms of demographics
Qualifying Frequency
Frequency – the number of times someone sees the ad

Average Frequency – the average number of times a
  person or household is exposed
(no. of exposures (OTS) divided by unduplicated reach)

Threshold / Effective reach level / effective frequency
  – level of frequency below which the person would not
  have been effectively reached - at least 3 exposures

Frequency distribution – The exact number of people to
  be exposed a specified number of times (to avoid over
  or under exposure)
Effects of Reach and Frequency
1. One exposure of an ad to a target group within a purchase cycle
   has little or no effect in most circumstances.

2. Since one exposure is usually ineffective, the central objective of
   productive media planning should be to enhance frequency
   rather than reach.

3. The evidence suggests strongly that an exposure frequency of
   two within a purchase cycle is an effective level.

4. Beyond three exposures within a brand purchase cycle or over a
   period of four or even eight weeks, increasing frequency
   continues to build advertising effectiveness at a decreasing rate
   but with no evidence of decline.
Effects of reach and frequency
5. Although there are general principles with respect to
   frequency of exposure and its relationship to advertising
   effectiveness, differential effects by brand are equally
   important

6. Frequency response principles or generalizations do not
   vary by medium.

7. The data strongly suggest that wearout is not a function
   of too much frequency. It is more of a creative or copy
   problem.
Marketing Factors Important to
   Determining Frequency
     Brand history
     Brand age
     Brand share
     Brand loyalty
     Purchase cycles
     Usage cycle
     Competitive share of voice
     Target group
Message or Creative Factors
       Important to
  Determining Frequency

 Message complexity
 Message uniqueness
 New vs. continuing campaigns
 Image versus product sell
 Message variation
Media Factors Important to
 Determining Frequency
 Clutter
 Editorial environment
 Attentiveness
 Scheduling
 Number of media used
 Repeat Exposures
The Trade off between
 Reach & Frequency (OTS)

– Reach is more important when gaining
  awareness for a new product

– Frequency is more important when
  communicating product details or building
  Brand Attitude (needs more exposures /OPP
  TO SEE)
Measuring Media Audiences
– Measuring Print Vehicles - Readership data
  •   Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) gives
      certification to publications in Pakistan on their
      circulations numbers.
  •   GALLUP and other research cos not so reliable
      data

– Measuring Broadcast vehicles – viewership
  / listnership data
  •   People meter for TV
Media Vehicle Source Effect
Exposure impact can vary by media vehicle and
 media class even when audience is the same

– The differential impact is caused by –
  • Editorial environment – unbaisedness, expertness,
    prestige, mood created
  • Audience involvement
  • Physical reproduction
– Copy approaches must vary by vehicle to
  gather media source effect
Media Option Decisions
Media planner decides the unit of advertising

  • Advertising size – more impact rather than
    proportionate increase in readership
  • Colour – adds 50% more readership
  • Advertising location – the end or beginning of string
    of commercial do better on recall
    Back / inside covers do better than inside mag. pages
  • Copy execution – In literate societies Ads that
    resemble editorial are read more. In not so literate
    societies ads with attractive models, colors scenic
    beauties attract more audience.
Three Scheduling Methods

                 Continuity

                                Flighting

     Pulsing

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Scheduling and Timing Decisions
– Media schedule are based on and reflect
   • Advertising Objectives –‘high reach’ or ‘shift in attitude’
   • And how quickly Attitude is likely to decay
– Scheduling strategies detail the media strategy
   • Flighting – alternating bursts with periods of inactivity
       Long purchase cycle products
       – when wear-in and wear out is slow
       – high peaks of recall are required

   • Pulsing – continuous base level advtg. augmented by
     intermittent bursts
       Frequently purchased products
       – when decay is fast
       – continuous levels of high recall are not needed

   • Continuous or Even – limited advertising spread out evenly
       – Frequently purchased services and products
       – quick decay, high levels of recall are not needed
Media Buying
– Buying media units - space / time can be through
   • The AOR (agency of record)
   • APNS Accredition
   • PBA Accredition


– Rates are negotiable depending on the supply and
  demand

– Rates vary with specificity of the spot / position