How to use TV effectively in the media mix

This article provides key ways to use TV effectively in the media mix by combining it with social, OOH, radio and press, and explains why TV has not been negatively impacted by new technologies.

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It is sometimes argued that in today’s fragmented media world a TV spot should no longer be the default starting point of an ad campaign. This is a strange argument because it isn’t clear that it ever has been or ever should have been.  Telling insight and a great creative idea is now and always has been the best place to begin. But the...

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