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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Media Management - Media Mix

The fourth step of a media strategy is the media mix. You have almost reached towards the last step of the strategy. Now comes the interesting part. You have your ad, the question is, which medium are you going to use in order to reach your audience.

You can’t use just one medium, one strategy or one message. You have to reach the audience and make an impact. This doesn’t usually happen with just one medium or one message. As an advertiser and media planner you have to employ more forms and vehicles. This brings us to the topic of the day – Media Mix.

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Media mix, it is pretty self explanatory, a mixture of media i.e. the use of various media vehicles in a campaign.

Most media planners choose and prefer a media mix medium over a single medium due to various reasons like, reaching a larger spectrum of audience, depending on where the audience are more likely to be exposed to the advertisement, in order to increase frequency, create a buzz about the product in very form of advertising there is and reinforce the message using different kinds of sensory stimuli, increasing the audience base by targeting those who use other mediums of media other than the one selected, to deliver the message throughout the day and so much more.

The different types of media vehicles are:

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  • Print
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Outdoor
  • Cinema
  • Internet
  • Mobile
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The concept of a media mix is helping the planner to aim at more audience and get more efficient results. It is helping them to not only meet the need of the brand but also to increase the consumer base. It is also an effective way using the budget that is allotted to get the best result possible.

That’s all folks! :)

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