The Future is Now: In Pursuit of a More Efficient and Effective Media Strategy
David F. Poltrack
CBS Corporation
Kevin Bowen
The Cambridge Group
INTRODUCTION
The complexity of today’s marketing and media environment raises a number of challenges. Increasingly, traditional demographic-driven media buys are not in full alignment with how an advertiser defines their core prospects. More often than not, the core prospect is defined by attitudes, motivations, behavior and other demand characteristics. While having demographic correlates, these customer targets are more sharply defined, depending on the category by whether the prospect is more indulgent vs. health oriented, more loyal...