“…361–62) and Katz (2014, p. 9), we learn that the broad goal of a media advertising portfolio is to reach (1) a sufficiently large and (2) high-quality audience, with (3) the appropriate type of advertising message. Thus, synthesizing foundational (e.g., Naples 1979) and recent summaries of advertising media types (e.g., Kelley, Jugenheimer, and Sheehan 2015, p. 25, Exhibit 4.2), we identify the following three criteria with which to categorize media advertising alternatives: - Quantity of reach , or the count of the captive audience (viewers, listeners, readers) that the firm obtains through an advertising spot, which is important for generating a threshold quantity of leads that eventually turn into purchases. The quantity of reach is of paramount importance to advertisers during multimedia advertising because it enlarges a firm's target group.
- Quality of reach , or how well the media channel's reach is customized to fit the advertiser's specific target market in terms of future buying potential (e.g., demographics, psychographics), which is crucial for inducing purchase.
- Product message , or how the advertiser aims to build in product differentiation by demonstrating a favorable comparison of key product attributes over a competitor.
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