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White Paper: A Primer about Evolving Media Channels October 2010

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Media choice continues to expand at the same time that many companies' marketing and media budgets remain flat—at best—and competition increases for consumer dollars. As a result, a majority of companies charge their advertising agencies to spend their ad dollars more prudently than in the past. A number of advertising agencies have added (media) channel planners to their strategic team, among other efforts to meet this directive. Channel planners determine which media should be in a media plan, but they may or may not determine how to allocate a company's advertising budget. The bottom line, however, is that the best strategic plan, channel plan, or presence of a large marketing budget does not guarantee that advertising will work unless the target consumer is front and center throughout the process.