When evaluating media alternatives, there are a number of considerations.\u00a0 One question that arises from time to time is the effectiveness of TV advertising for a dental practice.\u00a0 Doctors we have worked with have had success and disappointment with TV.\u00a0 Having worked in a media department of an ad agency and as a marketing manager earlier in my career, there are three things worth considering when evaluating TV or any other media for advertising.<\/p>\n
1. What is your objective and message<\/strong>:\u00a0 Depending on what you want to accomplish, TV may or may not be the best way to deliver the message.\u00a0 TV can be good practice name and positioning reinforcement.\u00a0 It can also be a great way to showcase the benefits of your work with the live video.\u00a0 However, will the ad format give you enough time to deliver the message you need to send?<\/p>\n 2, Evaluate what you are really buying with the TV schedule<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When are they running the spots and what is the expected audience for the ad schedule.\u00a0 The three common measures for a media buy are \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0* Reach<\/strong> (percentage of audience reached during the schedule), Frequency<\/strong> (avg. number of times someone is likely to see the ad) and CPM<\/strong> (cost per thousand viewers reached). This should all be measured against the type of patient demographic you are trying to reach (ex. women and men ages 25-64).\u00a0 It is a good idea to also\u00a0 look at the geography of the TV coverage and determine how much of it is your market area (where patients will realistically drive from to reach your office).\u00a0 There is a level of waste in TV and any marketing.\u00a0 Consider then how much of that coverage will be helpful to you.\u00a0 If you are wasting 80% of the coverage on people too far away to drive to your practice or on viewers who are not your target demographic, there may be better options that are more targeted to your practice.\u00a0 Much of the effectiveness will also depend on how good the ad is.\u00a0 Then look at the cost per thousand, and you can more easily consider the cost against the costs of other marketing options such as internet marketing or direct mail.<\/p>\n 3. Consider the value of the TV spot production<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Just the production of a quality TV spot can often carry a large price tag.\u00a0 If you have access to the ad video (which you should be able to do) you could use it on your website (becoming increasingly important on websites now) and also post it on YouTube for additional visibility online. So, there may be some value in the production itself to consider.<\/p>\n If you are still unsure, conduct a test and track the results.\u00a0 Make sure you run it long enough to fairly evaluate the results but contain your commitment until you have a better idea how it will perform for your practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When evaluating media alternatives, there are a number of considerations.\u00a0 One question that arises from time to time is the effectiveness of TV advertising for a dental practice.\u00a0 Doctors we have worked with have had success and disappointment with TV.\u00a0 Having worked in a media department of an ad agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[20,23,37],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertising-media","category-dental-advertising","tag-dental-advertising-2","tag-dental-marketing","tag-local-dental-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}