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Get the necessary details on media buying and placement in print and radio, and for your campaign against tobacco, learn about counter marketing and access free assets.
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Media Buying & Placement
Purchasing advertising space or airtime can be a daunting task, especially if it’s your first time. Here are a few tried-and-true tactics for securing the best rates.
Print media sizes vary from publication to publication. A quarter-page newspaper ad can be significantly different in size and shape from one publication to another. Why? Because newspaper space is typically sold by the “column inch,” which may be confusing to beginner media buyers.
Sizing
- Choose the ad you want to run and then have your newspaper representative show you one or two sizes along with corresponding price proposals.
- It’s best to let the newspaper size your ad for you if you haven’t done it before.
Pricing
- Ask your newspaper if it has any special “flight rates” or “TOMA” (Top of Mind Awareness) discounts. If so, have them show you how much more cost-effective they are compared to their standard rates.
Section
- Request “forward news” or “local” sections of your paper and ask to be on a right-hand (odd-numbered) page.
Radio
Radio spots vary in length, causing your message to come across differently depending on which option you choose. Here's what you need to know about the length, ratings and pricing of radio spots for your marketing and advertising campaigns.
Length
- Radio spots are either 30 seconds or 60 seconds. When asking for rates, make sure to specify which length you plan to use.
Ratings
- Ask for the total number of people who tune into a station during the course of a “day-part” for at least five minutes.
- Ratings come from Arbitron, a radio audience research company. When requesting ratings, ask for an average of the two most recent Arbitron books, which are quarterly ratings.
Pricing
- Radio stations regulated by the FCC are required by federal law to provide a certain percentage of public service announcements (PSAs). Tobacco control radio spots are considered PSAs. Ask about free airtime.
- Many times radio stations will offer specials (buy one, get one free). Ask about these offers, and ask stations to match each other.
Counter Marketing
It is important to offset tobacco industry advertising efforts. Counter-marketing combats pro-tobacco influences with pro-health messages.
- The tobacco industry spends an estimated annual $27.5 million marketing their products in South Dakota.ⓘ
Follow two steps to make the most of your counter-marketing dollars:
1. Set a specific goal.
Choose a primary focus for your campaign. Consider using one of the goals outlined in the State Plan.
- Prevent youth initiation
- Increase cessation
- Reduce secondhand smoke exposure
- Reduce tobacco-related disparities
2. Choose your target audience.
You can choose more than one audience, but don’t attempt to target them all with the same message. The more defined your audience is, the more effective your message will be. Consider specialized messages for South Dakota’s priority populations.
Asset Use & Co-Branding Request
If you'd like to use our assets or add our logo to your coalition's existing assets, submit a request form. Notice that all assets have been watermarked. Before use, you will need to request the watermark-free version and let us know where it will be used.
Use this form for requests to use our assets without our watermark for your efforts, to add the South Dakota Department of Health logo to your coalition's existing assets or to add your logo to our assets for your use.
What We Need for Each Request:
- Upload the chosen file (one of our watermarked assets or your existing asset).
- Upload the logo you'd like to be added for co-branding.
- Explain the details of your asset, including when and where you will use it.
For each asset you want to use or have co-branded, submit a separate request. For example, if you'd like a social media post, magazine ad and billboard, you would need to submit three separate requests.
Please note that requests may take 3-4 weeks for turnaround.