Advertise Your BusinessTelevision Play by Play: How to create a heavy hitting advertising plan with Neuhoff Communications Advertising is mandatory for the success of all businesses, no matter what their size. The right medium gives you a chance to connect with existing customers, expand your client base, compete with other businesses, and establish your brand’ s identity. Television ads aren’t just for big business. The fact is that top brands rely on television ads because they’re so effective. You might wonder if a television centered ad campaign can make an impact on your business. There is no doubt that television has a broad reach which positions TV advertisers for success right off the bat, but there are a number of other things that will determine your ad campaign’s effectiveness.
Why advertising matters: 1. Creating awareness. Advertising informs people about a brand or service, builds familiarity and earns consumer trust. 2. Reaching new customers. Community demographics change. Customers grow older, younger ones enter into their buying years and new residents move into a market. Advertising reaches out to the changing consumer. 3. Keeping loyal customers. Loyal customers are the life blood of any business and advertising reminds them a business is still there to meet their needs. 4. Staying ahead of the competition. When competitors are advertising lower prices, advertising reminds shoppers of the value-added services offered by you. Tips for planning your campaign: 1. Determine a specific goal. Perhaps you want to move older merchandise, improve your business’ image, or promote new merchandise. Maybe you want to keep up with a competitor. Set a sales goal and a target completion date to help you focus your message and track progress. 2. Identify your target market. Observe your current customers to understand your business’ natural client base. Consider your market potential and the available customer population of the local area. Select a target demographic. Know as much as you can about these potential customers including age, gender, income level, ethnicity, and interests. 3. Develop a focused strategy. Keeping your specific goal and customer in mind, decide which marketing strategy will be most successful. To boost sales, discounts or financing offers might appeal to customers. To boost image, focus on unique services or qualities your store offers. Determine a timeline for your campaign so you can reach your goal by the target date. 4. Create a meaningful and motivating message. Choose one or two messages to drive home in the campaign. This will leave consumers with a clear, lasting impression. If you’re running a promotion, focus on that. If you want to get consumers excited about a specific line of products, highlight what makes them special. 5. Select the best media to use. Determine what your target market is watching, reading, and listening to. Ask your customers about their favorite radio stations, TV programs, newspapers, and magazines. Don’t interrogate them, but see how much you can find out. Decide when your target market is watching TV and which other media would best supplement your TV campaign. 6. Plan an analysis strategy. Decide how exactly you’ll gauge the effectiveness of your ad campaign. Keep track of customer zip codes, and purchases. Train salespeople to ask customers how they heard about the store or what make them decide to visit.
Tips for a successful ad: 1. Keep it simple. This will prevent you and the viewer from getting confused. A significant but simple benefit of your business will keep audiences on your wavelength. 2. Focus on one basic idea. Give people one big reason to become your customer. It’s easier for you to plan, and for viewers to remember. 3. Be clear. Don’t undermine your message with a complicated presentation. Be direct. 4. Be unique and unexpected. Your ad will stand out if you do something different, but make sure it still makes sense in the context of your message, your business, and your target audience. 5. Involve your viewer. Give audiences a way to connect with your ad. Make the viewer curious or provocative to trigger a response. 6. Use emotion. Try to hit a nerve. If consumers can relate to what they see in your ad, they’ll feel more connected. 7. Consider production elements. Use sight, sound, motion, and emotion together to create a powerful experience. 8. Prove the benefit. Demonstrate that your claim is true and trustworthy. 9. Identify yourself. Include your business name and identifying information so clearly that it stands out. It’s the most important thing for consumers to remember.
Why television? As the home of local news programs, broadcast television is especially beneficial to local businesses because the audience is in the target area. People surfing the web for example, could stumble across ads from distant places. Broadcast TV ensures that not a penny is wasted on audiences who are too far away to be potential customers. Television audiences are also diverse. Every type of consumer is watching at some point, and industry tracking makes it easier to find out who’s watching when. Detailed analyses of viewer demographics are invaluable to advertisers who are trying to determine what time and on what programs their ads will be most effective. TV viewers are also engaged viewers. Ads air one at a time, giving each it’s time in the spotlight. Unlike print and internet ads, TV commercials get the screen to themselves during their 30 second spot. This means that audiences won’t be distracted by other images appearing at the same time. Television has a “four-pronged approach.” Television provides a multisensory experience, giving advertisers lots of ways to connect with viewers. The four tools in TV’s arsenal include: sight, sound, motion, and emotion. These come together in a four-pronged message that can impact viewers more deeply than any individual kind of experience.
Strengths and weaknesses of other media: Direct Mail: Weaknesses: Cost, limited flexibility, competition and clutter, limited medium (no sound or motion), list maintenance. Cable: Weaknesses: Fragmented audiences, smaller market coverage, ad clutter, unreliable measurement data. Yellow Pages: Weaknesses: Clutter, online competition, limited medium (no sound or motion), cost, fractured audience, lack of flexibility. Internet & Social Media Weaknesses: Clutter, limited demographics, brand degradation, privacy concerns. Newspaper Weaknesses: Diminishing readership, limited medium (no sound or motion), cost. Radio: Weaknesses: Fragmentation, audience distraction, limited “primetime” hours, limited medium (no sight and motion). Why KMVT? What does that mean for your business? It means that we have the staff right here in southern Idaho to take care of your business right. 1. We have the only local news in the market. At 6pm we have a 65 share of audience between the broadcast stations. Our closest competitor has a 20 share. That means that 65% of all people watching a “local” newscast are watching KMVT. At 10pm the share gets even greater, with 69% of people watching local news watching KMVT. 2. KMVT airs CBS programming in 1080i HD. In February of 2012 we also started airing our local newscasts in HD. KMVT’s picture clarity is second to none and that means that people are more likely to watch and see your commercial. 3. Neuhoff Media has invested approximately 1.7 million dollars into the station over the last two years to ensure that we are broadcasting at a level very few small market television stations can. 4. We are owned by a family who believe strongly in giving back to our community. In 2011 KMVT’s employees gave 1942 volunteer hours to our community. In addition, KMVT provided $933,600 worth of airtime for charities. Lastly, we donated $15,607 in cash to community efforts and helped to collect over 5,000 pounds of food for the needy. Lastly, over 6,000 kids received a Christmas gift thanks to KMVT’s Toys for Tot’ campaign. This makes a tremendous difference in the lives of many people in our community and we will continue to help. 5. Since we are the only local station in the market, we primarily do business with businesses here in our community. That helps to support the strength of our hometown businesses. 6. We have an experienced sales and production staff. They are professionals who continue to educate themselves on the newest trends in advertising. They live here too, and care deeply about making your business successful. 7. We have a lot of advertising options for you, beyond the :30 second spot. We offer many other advertising venues, including internet, mobile apps, trade shows and special promotions. We have created very unique and targeted promotions for our clients. If there is something special that you are looking for, let us know and our team will find a way to make it happen. Basically, we have several very powerful advertising streams that allow you to reach 100’s of thousands of potential customers. The heritage and commitment to the community reflect how committed we are to your business. Call us at (208)733-1100 and let us come out to your business and show you what we can do for you and your business.
KMVT Television has served the Magic Valley and Southern Idaho for over 50 years. When you think of quality television in Southern Idaho, you think of KMVT. When you ask anyone in the Magic Valley what television station do you watch most, the reply is a swift “Why, KMVT, of course!” NATIONAL RECOGNITION
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