Case Study: Building the Cost-
Per-Visit Media Plan
Liz Bazner
Director of Digital
A&W Restaurants, Inc.
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• 9 years with the A&W brand
• Previously worked in politics and non-profit
• Passionate about data-driven decision
making, learning and food
• Graduate of Vanderbilt University
• Currently pursuing an MBA at the University
of Kentucky
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We Focus on Four Main Digital Media
Types
• Owned
• Earned
• Shared
• Paid
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Our Digital Marketing Funnel
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Challenges & Considerations for Paid
Media
• Modest budget
• Limited ability to test
• No centralized or unified POS
• Multiple asset types  multiple product promotions
• Limited knowledge within the system
• Results should be geared towards restaurant-level reporting:
our franchisees deserve to know where their marketing dollars
are being invested
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Card-Linked Marketing
• True cost-per-visit platform
• No merchandising or
production needed
• No need to train staff or
discount at the restaurant
• Results can be measured on
a regional, DMA and per-
restaurant level
• Provides insight into actual
A&W consumers, not just
industry-level data
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Valuable Consumer Insights
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Identifying Competitors & Analyzing
Share Shift
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Challenges with Visit-Based Marketing
• Limited real estate to share product
description
• Unable to highlight food photography
or video
• Nothing for franchisees to “see, feel
or touch” in-restaurant
• Timely reporting can be difficult
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Questions?

Building the Cost-Per-Visit Media Plan

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    Case Study: Buildingthe Cost- Per-Visit Media Plan Liz Bazner Director of Digital A&W Restaurants, Inc.
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    We Focus onFour Main Digital Media Types • Owned • Earned • Shared • Paid 13
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    Challenges & Considerationsfor Paid Media • Modest budget • Limited ability to test • No centralized or unified POS • Multiple asset types  multiple product promotions • Limited knowledge within the system • Results should be geared towards restaurant-level reporting: our franchisees deserve to know where their marketing dollars are being invested 15
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    Card-Linked Marketing • Truecost-per-visit platform • No merchandising or production needed • No need to train staff or discount at the restaurant • Results can be measured on a regional, DMA and per- restaurant level • Provides insight into actual A&W consumers, not just industry-level data 17
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    Identifying Competitors &Analyzing Share Shift 19
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    Challenges with Visit-BasedMarketing • Limited real estate to share product description • Unable to highlight food photography or video • Nothing for franchisees to “see, feel or touch” in-restaurant • Timely reporting can be difficult 20
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