Media Planning Concepts and Calculations
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Learning how to do Basic Media Planning: Terms and Calculations

Planning decisions involve...

  • Finding the right audience
  • Message Evaluation
  • Scheduling strategies
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Media Evaluation Tools

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Simmons and/or MediaMark

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  • Examples

Geographic Scope

What does a media planner need to know?

  • A market's ______________________________
    • ______________________________ on brands and categories

       Geographic Evaluation Concepts

    • Brand development index (BDI)   in a  market
    • Category development index (CDI) = sales.

     Possible combinations

          a)   High BDI and high CDI
          b)   Low BDI and high CDI
          c)   High BDI and low CDI
          d)   Low BDI and low CDI

    Concepts used in message evaluation

          a)   Reach & Rating

          b)   Average Frequency

          c)   Gross Impressions or rating points

          d)   Cost per thousand & Cost per rating point

    Reach and Ratings

    • Reach

     "the________________________ people (or households) exposed to an
     advertising message during a specified time"

    • Rating

    "the________________________ in a market tuned to a specific program."

     

    Frequency

         b)   "the________________________ same person (or household) is exposed to the advertising message during a specified time"

     example:  200 total exposures,  reach of 50--what is the average frequency?

     A Frequency Problem

           If 3,000 people in your target audience watch MTV program 4 times during a 4-week period, and 3,000 people watch it six times, calculate the average frequency for your media plan.
     

     Message Evaluation

    Gross Impressions & Gross Ratings Points
          "the                    to the advertising schedule"   

       (reach or rating)   X  (frequency)

       example problem:   Ad reaches 50 people. We bought 4 ads.

    CPM Cost Per Thousand

     

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    Published by: Cynthia M. Frisby, Ph. D
    University of Missouri-Columbia
    Missouri School of Journalism
    Department of Advertising
    221 Walter Williams Hall
    Columbia, MO  65211