Why media are important -- Learning the language of media -- Learning about media costs -- The media and their characteristics -- How marketing objectives impact media planning -- Defining the target audience -- Geography's role in planning -- Seasonality and timing -- Creative implications --...

ch. 1. The changing role of media planning in brand support : media planning and IMC -- ch. 2. Establishing a media framework -- ch. 3. Outlining the components of a communication plan -- ch. 4. How marketing objectives affect communication planning -- ch. 5. The role of communication in...

pt. 1. Marketing and communication planning -- pt. 2. Media objectives and strategies -- pt. 3. Media tactics -- pt. 4. Broadcast media -- pt. 5. Print media -- pt. 6. Out-of-home media -- pt. 7. Digital media -- pt. 8. Media tools, analysis, and resources.

"Advertising Media Planning blends the latest methods for digital communication and an understanding of the global landscape with the best practices of the functional areas of media planning. Taking a unique brand communication approach from an agency perspective, the textbook is organised into...

Covers the critical role of the account planner in advertising. This work follows the logical progression of the account-planning task from start to finish, including understanding the customer, defining the target market, defining the benefit, brand positioning, the creative brief, and...

1. Account planning history and practice -- 2. The role that account planning plays in a campaign -- 3. Brand destination planning -- 4. Situation analysis -- 5. Benchmarking consumer perceptions -- 6. Understanding the consumer mind-set -- 7. Developing insights -- 8. The role of advertising --...