Survey-Based Targeting Fine-Tunes Television Media Planning: A Case for Accuracy and Cost Efficiency
J. Alexander Smith
Oklahoma City University
Brett A. Boyle
Saint Louis University
Hugh M. Cannon
Wayne State University
INTRODUCTIONWith media budgets often running into the hundreds of millions of dollars, even a small increase in the efficiency with which media reach a marketer’s target audience can involve enormous savings. Efficiency, in this case, simply translates to the cost of effectively reaching those targeted consumers who are most likely to respond to a marketer’s message. Following advertising convention, this may be expressed as a cost-per-effective-target-market rating point...