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Media Planning

Our Strategic Marketing and Media Planning Group is a media-neutral planning resource. The group is responsible for developing comprehensive consumer marketing strategies and then creating tactical media plans to seamlessly execute the strategy.

Realizing that no two clients or campaigns are the same, Ionic Media offers unique insight and sound media recommendations that are custom-built solutions designed to achieve clients' marketing objectibes. The process includes a rigorous, disciplined approach that includes:

  • Industry and Client Analysis

  • Segmentation analysis
    • Media (consumer touch points)
    • Creative (uniqueness of messaging)
    • In-Store (maximize he customer experience)
    • Metrics (establish key performance indicators)
  • Setting clients' media and marketing objectives

  • Establishing key performance indicators

  • Identifying the media mix and selection criteria

  • Creating a media feedback loop to allow for mid-course adjustments

    Our planning team is involved throughout the entire process, from gathering intelligence and stewarding the media buy, as well as post-analysis to determine what worked best, and continually optimizing the clients' media investment as a true business partner and advocate.




    Planning Tools:

    We have many tools and research that we use during the planning process.

    eTelmar applications

    1. -          Crosstab:  TNT+, TNT Crosstab, TNT Mediatab, P-Maps
    2. -          Print: MediaPlanner, PrintPlan, Make Demo
    3. -          Television:  TVPlan
    4. -          Radio:  Radio Planner
    5. -          Multi-Media:  ADplus, Flowmaster, Media Mix

     

    Donovan Data Systems (various applications for research and media buy stewarding, reporting)

    Strata (various applications for research and media buy stewarding, reporting)

    MediaTools (various applications for research and media buy stewarding, reporting)

    Telephia Advertising Insights: Wireless/Telecom competitive media reporting

    IMS Media Solutions

    1. -          MarketMate TV
    2. -          MarketMate Radio:
    3. -          MediaMix
    4. -          Newscope
    5. -          Viewpoints
    6. -          Print 3 USA

     

    Research subscriptions:

    Nielsen’s NTI, NHTI and NAD
    Scarborough: 
    MRI




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