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Many marketing and business people wonder what the difference between a Media Buyer and Media Planner is. In a traditional sizeable creative agency environment, there are often separate roles for the Media Planner vs Media Buyer. A Media Planner is typically responsible for analyzing data to ensure that advertising campaigns reach the right demographic most efficiently. These folks assess the …
Well, ratings are higher than ever for some networks, and rates are lower than I’ve seen them since 2005! Now, sure is the time to buy advertising and you may be looking for freelance media buyers. We’ve been absolutely slammed with inquiries and phone calls from business and political advertising campaigns across the country looking for media plans, stat. One …
So you’ve thought about advertising on Pandora Radio, but you’re not sure where to start. You’ve landed on the right page because we’re experts at buying Pandora advertising, and we’ve bought so much of their inventory over the years we can give you the inside scoop on how to make Pandora Radio advertising work. You might be considering traditional Radio, …
Oh, let us count the ways that we’ve saved our customers a fortune time and time again… I started this business in 2008. Eleven years later, when I tell people in social settings what I do, they have no idea what I’m talking about. So here’s how I usually explain what a Media Buyer is to a friend when they’ve …
Programmatic advertising is automated digital advertising that optimizes the buying of digital ad inventory. With programmatic advertising, marketers can ensure that their advertising campaign is delivering the most effective ads to the target audience who is most likely to engage or convert. Here is a handy tool we’ve made available to our clients, a 2020 Digital Advertising Trends Glossary. This guide will …
There sure is a lot of enthusiasm heading into 2020 about the economy, and that leads entrepreneurs and marketers to the question, “how do we reach the right customers?” Business owners all across the country are looking for the secret to reaching more qualified prospects with their advertising campaigns. The beauty of marketing strategy in the new year is that …
It’s fun to share success stories with you! Today we have a great Cable TV ad case study. We started working with a home improvement industry client this spring. They’d never done much advertising, but they were ready to scale. They called us because their industry group had suggested using a Media Buyer to help them create an advertising plan …
If you’re a business owner and marketer, I’m sure you’ve struggled at some point with the age-old question of how to track advertising effectiveness. It’s a concern of nearly all marketers and one that we’ve honed an answer to and learned a great deal about throughout our careers. After 11+ years of managing million-dollar marketing budgets for a living, we’ve …
Much like you lean on the wisdom and experience of a trusted adviser to invest your personal money, working with our media buying team puts your advertising dollars in a powerful position. Thrive’s digital and traditional media buying services were created to bring you years of insider knowledge, through in-the-trenches experience in media sales. Uniquely positioned with “backstage pass” knowledge, …
We recently posted a blog on Cable television advertising. To explain how Cable advertising works, we had to contrast it to Broadcast television advertising. As promised, this is the blog post that explains the value of Broadcast TV advertising, why an advertiser would use it in their media plan for 2020 and tips for how to buy Broadcast TV advertising. …