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Learning more about planning for marketing efficiency

Starting with a discussion of two analyses from a recently published multibrand study, this paper argues that such work could help us learn much more about the effects of different marketing and planning decisions. The paper outlines a proposal which...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2003: Media Mix

Author: Alan Smith

June 18, 2003

Take a fresh look at print

This paper outlines and discusses the research implications of a new Print ad sales effectiveness brochure published in May 1999 and sponsored by publisher associations and publishers from many different countries. It is argued that collectively...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/FIPP Conference 1999: Strategic Publishing

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1999

Better planning by improved learning from campaign tracking research

This paper discusses six factors which have been identified as being mainly responsible for determining the short-term response to advertising pressure. Two of these factors - ad efficiency and media planning - are singled out for special attention...

Catalogue: Seminar 1998: Towards Total Communications Strategies

Author: Alan Smith

October 20, 1998

Integrated marketing communications starts with print plus television

This paper proposes there are three decision areas which make up any advertising campaign: communication, targeting and budget size issues. This thinking is linked to the current hot topic of integrated marketing communications, with special...

Catalogue: Latin America 1997: The Dynamics Of Change In Latin America

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1997

Proof of performance

This report is based on a study of month-by-month brand share movements for twenty leading packaged goods brands - consisting of ten top magazine-only and ten top mixed magazine and television advertisers - over a two year period, and used an...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1997

The implications for publishers of recent research into effective frequency

In the last two years the amount of published diagnostic information on effective frequency has increased considerably. Most of this work, which challenges much current established thinking, has been concerned solely with television, but in itself...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Strategic Publishing And Advertising Accountability

Author: Alan Smith

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

November 1, 1995

Dissecting the media multiplier

The idea that a combination of print and television makes an advertising budget work harder than does television on its own has been well supported by a number of research studies in recent years. These research studies were drawn together under the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Door-To-Door To Satellite

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1994

Promoting media advertising against promotion spending

The forces affecting brand marketing have resulted in many changes in recent years and will continue to do so at an accelerated rate over the next 5-10 years. One clear and damaging manifestation of these changes, not just from a publisher's...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1993

The media multiplier and the growing significance of scanner data

The essence of the Media Multiplier concept is that the combination of print and television advertising does a better job for the advertiser than the use of television on its own. This paper is divided into 4 parts. In the first part I discuss the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Publishing For An Optimal Product

Author: Alan Smith

June 15, 1991