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Media Planning & Buying

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Media planning and buying services make sure you’re seen by the right people at the right time.

Developing the perfect media strategy and crafting the perfect message are only the beginning of a successful media campaign. Getting your message in front of a receptive audience at the right moment with precision and impact is what separates the winners from the wasteful. And in today’s increasingly fractured media landscape, efficiency and effectiveness are more important than ever.

At Strategic America, our award-winning team leverages 45 years of experience planning, buying and executing traditional and digital media strategies as well as managing fully integrated media campaigns for a wide variety of local, regional and national clients.

From research, planning, negotiation and media buying to optimization and reporting, our media experts utilize a wide variety of research and measurement tools to uncover insights and trends, working closely with our Data & Analytics team to execute successful media campaigns across Iowa, the entire United States and Canada.

Integrated Media Services to Help You Stand Out

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Traditional Media Services

Even in today’s digital-first marketing environment, so-called traditional media outlets, such as TV advertising, radio advertising, print advertising, out-of-home, and the like, – are still valuable media for driving brand awareness and making an impact, especially when strategically integrated with other efforts by our team of omnichannel marketing experts.

Digital Media Services

Digital audio, connected TV advertising and search engine marketing (SEM) are just some of the tools our team uses to reach highly targeted audiences whenever and wherever they log on or tune in. By leveraging our expertise and vendor partnerships, we plan, implement and manage a full range of digital media tactics across leading ad platforms and networks, each designed to maximize efficiency, engagement and conversions.

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Programmatic Media Buying

By leveraging audience data and machine learning, our programmatic media buying services optimize and automate the online media purchasing process. This data-driven approach increases our ability to reach exactly the right audience at exactly the right time, maximizing engagement and ROI while minimizing wasteful spending.

Sponsorships

Driving brand engagement and loyalty isn’t limited to paid media channels. Branded content, event sponsorship and brand partnerships are also impactful ways to enhance visibility and build loyalty. Our fully integrated media approach includes the ability to identify, plan and execute a wide range of opportunities for your brand.

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Media Planning & Buying FAQs

Media planning is the process of strategizing the best ways to get your message to the right audience. This includes choosing the appropriate channels, scheduling media placements and optimizing budgets to create a cohesive media plan that aligns with goals and maximizes results.

Media buying is the process of purchasing advertising space across digital and traditional media platforms. This includes selecting optimal media placements, negotiating rates and monitoring campaigns to ensure that ads run when and where they should with the goal of maximizing exposure and ROI.

Programmatic advertising describes the use of algorithms and real-time bidding to automate the buying and selling of digital ad spaces. This data-driven method helps increase the precision of audience targeting and can help optimize budget efficiency.

OTT or over-the-top advertising refers to delivering ads to audiences who consume content via digital streaming services such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and others, instead of traditional cable or satellite TV. Like many digital media tactics, OTT advertising also allows for increased precision in targeting and real-time analytics, which can be used to maximize effectiveness.

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Ready to put a proven media buying and planning agency to work for your brand? Schedule a free consultation.

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