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Part Five Developing the Integrated Marketing Communications Program<br />

Belch: Advertising and<br />

Promotion, Sixth Edition<br />

Exhibit 10-1 Scarborough<br />

Reports provide valuable<br />

information to media<br />

planners<br />

Figure 10-28 Telmar<br />

media plan for a local bank<br />

V. Developing the<br />

Integrated Marketing<br />

Communications Program<br />

10. Media Planning and<br />

Strategy<br />

© The McGraw−Hill<br />

Companies, 2003<br />

decision-making capabilities while saving substantial time and effort. Let us<br />

briefly examine some of these methods.<br />

Computers in Market Analysis<br />

Earlier in this chapter, we provided examples of Simmons and MRI data. In<br />

Chapter 2, we reviewed the information in Prizm and VALS, as well as other<br />

such systems. All these data can be accessed either through an interactive system<br />

or on the agency’s own PC. For example, MRI offers its clients interactive<br />

capabilities with its mainframe or its MEMRI software database that can<br />

be used on a PC to cross-tabulate media and demographic data, estimate reach<br />

and frequency, and rank costs, in addition to numerous other applications.<br />

The databases can also interface with Prizm and VALS data. Simmons also<br />

allows access to Prizm, VALS, and others.<br />

Other market analysis programs are also available. Nelson and Scarborough<br />

provide demographic, geographic, psychographic, and product and<br />

media use information that can be used for media planning (Exhibit 10-1).<br />

Census tract information and socioeconomic data are also accessible. These<br />

systems are linked to Nielsen data for scheduling and targeting to specific<br />

groups.<br />

Analyses of these data can help planners determine which markets and<br />

which groups should be targeted for advertising and promotions. By using<br />

this information along with other data, the marketer can also define media objectives.<br />

Computers in Media Strategy Development<br />

In the section on strategy development, we discussed the need to make decisions<br />

regarding coverage, scheduling, costs, and the trade-off between reach and frequency,<br />

among others. Of primary benefit to media planners are the programs that assist in<br />

development of these strategies. While there are far too many of these programs to<br />

review here, we will provide a small sampling to demonstrate our point.<br />

Reach and Frequency Analyses on the Computer Figure 10-28<br />

demonstrates how software programs are being used to determine reach and frequency<br />

levels and assist in deciding which alternative is best. The Telmar program computes<br />

Reach<br />

Media Mix Frequency 3+ Level 1st Quarter<br />

(A 25–54) (%/X) (%) Weekly Cost<br />

TV (125) 84/4.5 51 $21,480<br />

TV (125) R (125) 91/8.2 71 29,450<br />

TV (125) R (150)* 92/9.0 73 31,045<br />

TV (150) 86/5.2 57 25,660<br />

TV (150) R (125) 92/9.0 73 33,625<br />

TV (150) R (150) 92/9.8 74 35,220<br />

TV (175) 89/5.9 61 29,930<br />

TV (175) R (125) 93/9.7 75 37,900<br />

TV (175) R (150) 93/10.5 76 39,490<br />

TV (200) 90/6.7 65 34,255<br />

TV (200) R (125) 93/10.5 76 42,225<br />

TV (200) R (150) 93/11.3 78 43,820<br />

Note: Based on a three-week flight.<br />

*Recommended.

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