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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Media Management - Introductory Post




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At this very point if you look around you, in all the possible directions, you are bound to find at least one advertisement, big or small. The times today are such that, believe it or not, we are always surrounded by brands. Irrespective of where you are or what you do, some or the other kind of advertisement is always around us. It is simply impossible to isolate advertisements from our day-to-day life. We may not realize this but according to reports, an average person views about 3000 advertising messages in a day! That is massive.

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Given the amount of advertising messages that we are exposed to, the question arises that, how do brands manage to stand out from that clutter! It very often said that, ‘To be seen you have to be different!’ But is being different, sufficient to make an impact on the target group? Is it only the creative’s that help an advertisement stand out?

You may have a good ad but, what is the point if the people who are meant to see it, don’t see it and even if they do, they don’t see it often enough to remember the ad?

The point I am trying to make here is that, creative ideas are important and so is the media vehicle. Being an advertising student and now a student of public relation I realize the importance and need of a brand to stand out from the ‘crowd’, to be ‘seen’ and ‘recognized’. I believe that advertising and media management compliment each other, to stand out the brand requires not only a smart creative advertisement but also a well planned and executed media plan.

 ‘The right message at the right time at the right place’ is the formula to a successful advertising campaign.

Media management is nothing but media planning, buying and selling. It is very often said, ‘if you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ and I believe that this is true in this case. To achieve the desired effect, it is important to plan the time, space and vehicles that will be used for the advertising campaign.

In my blog on media management, I will be discussing the various aspects and process of media management.

Till then farewell!  :)

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