Media Plan: Starbucks
Michael Spinella, Marisa Del Priore, Donavan Farrish, Stacee Becker,
Elizabeth Pawlowski
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Media Objectives
 Reinforce brand image in consumer’s mind
 Develop a media strategy that involves advertising
Starbucks specialty coffees in both traditional and
non-traditional media outlets
 Increase Starbucks’ Profitability
2
Media Strategies
 To build the brand in mediums which will involve
consumers more actively in the process of marketing
Starbucks
 To extend amount of mediums to portray brand
quality
 To gain maximum exposure to result in gain in
revenue
 To build brand awareness to guarantee subsequent
purchase of product
 The media plan will generate interest by connecting
to the public
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Target Audience Analysis
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Demographics
Gender
Male 18-49 24.2%
Female 18-
49
23.9%
Total Population Size
15-29 30-39 40-49
64,728,191 40,141,741 43,141,741
20.9% 13% 14.2%
Median Household Income
Householder under 25
years
$24,143
Householder 25-44 years $54,024
Householder 45-64 years $60,683
Family Households
Families 77,538,296
66.4%
Average Household Size 2.58
Average Family Size 3.14
US Census Bureau American Fact Finder, Profile of General
Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile
Data Median Household Income Past 12 Months2010 American
Community Survey 5
More than 150 million
Americans (18 and older)
drink coffee on a daily
basis, with 65 percent of
coffee drinkers consuming
their hot beverage in the
morning.
51.4 million Americans
living in multigenerational
homes.
Recommendations
Television
Broadcast Cable
NBC USA
ABC TNT
TBS
FX
ESPN
Magazines
Allure
Cosmopolitan
Elle
Glamour
GQ
InStlye
InTouch
Lucky
Rolling Stone
Newspaper
New York Post
Page Size
Magazine
Wall Street Journal
WWD
The New York Times
Outdoor
Billboards
Bus
Taxi
Subway/Train
Internet
Facebook Engagement
Ads
PerezHilton
Simmons Spring 2010 NCS Adult Survey 6
Rachel Brynes 24, New
York NY
- Meet Rachel. She is a
confident
individual who is
graduating with a
master’s degree.
She considers
herself a tech
savvy individual.
She is a “media
guru” and keeps
her self updated
through online
news, magazines
and various social
medias.
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David Martin, 35, Los
Angeles CA
-Meet David. He is an
ambitious individual
who is just starting his
own restaurant
business. He believes
its very important to
have a strong
knowledge of his
market. He likes to
stay informed using a
variety of medias
such as newspapers
and TV news.
Theresa Clark, 45, Ft.
Lauderdale FL
-Meet Theresa. She is a
hard working mom
that juggles a
career and family.
She lives in a
multigenerational
household, which
includes her
college age son
and mother. She
enjoys watching
shows on prime
time television and
also keeps herself
informed by early
morning TV news.
Magazine Rationale
InStyle
Median age
36
HHI income
$50,000 + 72
%
Education
Grad college +
75 %
Employed 71 %
Median HHI
income
$77,993
Managerial
position 31 %
Own home 64 %
Married 46 %
With children 50
%
Glamour
*Readers of these magazines are highly employed in professional and
managerial careers high HHI which permits the purchase of expensive coffee
Our target audience also matches the ages of these readers
Total
audience
aged 18-49 81
%
Education any
college 67 %
Median HHI
$63,594
Employed 65
%
Managerial 26
%
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GQ Magazine
GQ
Total audience
18 49 83 %
Professional
position 49 %
Median HHI
$100,000
Education/coll
ege 70 %
Allure
9
The target for Starbucks 18-49 has a 195 Simmons Index to get at the top of
their career readers of these magazines have a high household income
enabling them to purchase expensive coffee target readers also match the
age of our target audience
Magazine Rationale
Median age
32.5
Median HHI
$66,386
Education/C
ollege 66.6 %
Employed 68.3
%
Magazine Rationale
Rolling Stone
Audience
Adults aged
18-54
Employed 72 %
Professionals 23
%
Managerial 23
%
HHI $50,000 +
61 %
HHI $150,000 +
14 %
HHI income
$100,000
College grads
64 %
Grad college
28 %
Attending
college 14 %
Lucky
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Median age
35.3
Education
College
graduate 44 %
Median HHI
income $82,
293
Employed 53 %
Professional 36
%
Magazine Rationale
Elle
Total audience
6,302,000
Median HHI
$71,927
HHI income
$75,000 + 44.4
%
Median age
34.2
Ages 18-34
51.7%
Ages 25-49
55.4 %
Any college
70.0 %
InTouch
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Median age-
32 years old
Women 85 %
Men 15 %
Total
audience 7.9
million
Median HHI
$67, 496
Magazine Index Numbers
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Magazine MRI Index Simmons
Glamour 175 205
GQ 104 170
InStyle 168 222
InTouch 129 186
Lucky 111 176
Allure 199 196
Cosmopolitan 157 168
Rolling Stone 103 174
Newspaper Rationale
 Research* has shown that Starbucks core customers enjoy getting their news from
national newspapers. Additionally, trends show that people prefer to get their
news from more sources.
 “Starbucks customers have a high level of interest in staying current in national and
global affairs and often look to newspapers as their way to stay connected.”
 Additionally we chose news papers with college educated readers with high
income who would be more likely to purchase Starbucks coffee.
USA Today on sale in Starbucks nationwide. Press Room.
http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/media_kit/pressroom/2010/releases/031510_usatoday_and_starbucks.html
Women’s Wear Daily
Circulation 56562
Total
Audience
192,311
Median Age 42.5
Mean HHI $214,000
Education-
College
Degree
82%
Wall Street Journal
Affluent
Readers
2,881,000
Paid
Circulation
1,613,062
College
Degree or
higher
88%
Age 25-54 35%
Average
HHI
257,100
Page Six Magazine
25-54 69%
Attended
College
64%
Household
Income
over $65K
51%
Above
$100K
32%
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•Broadcast
higher viewership
•Network less
money
•Tried to cover all
aspects of
television and
chose time when
the target is
watching the
most.
Viewership Among TV Stations- Rationale
Today Show/NBC
(5.49 million)
GMA/ABC (5.14
million)
ESPN (554,500)
USA (555,700)
Daytime (1,626,000)
Today Show: Morning shows are best to
reach the audience. This is when they are
preparing themselves for day. This is the time
of day that coffee is purchased therefore
the best time to reach the target.
•6 months out of the year (May-July,
October-December)
•These months are when Starbucks coffee is
purchased the most due to new flavors and
•30 spots each three month segment
GMA: 2, Two Month segments
(25 Spots each), February-
March, October-
This is when fall flavors are
being released as well as
promotional cups.
Daytime: Chose times when
ratings would be high. Such as
times when new shows are
being released. (April-May,
September-October) 14
Television Spending
$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
NBC/Today Show
ABC/GMA
USA
TBS
FX
ESPN
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Total: $11,275,325
•Number of spots are evenly spread
•Higher costs- Ratings, Rates
•For USA,TBS, and ESPN we chose the summer months. Because of the summer
programming there is high viewership. Furthermore, most sports are in the midst
of big games during these times. On FX we advertise during the times of year
where other TV advertising is scarce or non existent.
Out of Home Rationale
•Given data from Simmon’s research, it can be seen that both male and
female Starbucks drinkers pay a good amount of attention to out of home
advertising.
•Even though it can not be measured exactly who sees these Ads, we know
that a large amount of people are exposed to it within the top 20 DMAs.
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Outlets Males
18-49
Females
18-49
Buses 149 152
Large Billboards 108 123
Subways 118 140
Taxis 155 143
Internet Rationale
Website Visitors
Facebook.com 50 Million Daily
PerezHilton.com 408,258,454
 Starbucks currently has a very active presence on social media
websites for they hold accounts on sites such as FaceBook,
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, and FourSquare.
 Currently, we plan on just advertising on Facebook with
engagement ads and Perez Hilton to stay within budget
constraints.
 In future years we plan on advertising more with digital
newspapers and magazines.
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Product Seasonality
 Heavy Advertising will be done during:
 The summer months promoting summer
time beverages such as frappuccinos,
lemonades, and smoothies.
 The fall months promoting beverages
such as the Pumpkin Spice Latte.
 The Christmas/Holiday season promoting
their signature red holiday cups filled
with beverages such as Christmas Blend
Coffee, Gingerbread Latte, Spicy
Eggnog Latte, Caramel Brulee Latte and
Peppermint Mocha Latte as well as
seasonal treats.
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Budget Allocation
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Recommended Media Selection
and Cost
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Magazines
21
Newspapers
22
Out of Home
23
Television
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Internet
http://www.nickunsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nick-Unsworth-FB-Ad-Blueprint.pdf 25
Flow Chart
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Other Tactics Considered But Not
Recommended
 Advertise during prime time television
 Late in the evening consumers are no longer in the mind set to
purchase caffeinated beverages (morning purchase).
 Advertise to coffee consumers in niche magazines
 Although in our target market, a Starbucks AD would feel out of
place among very specific niche product ADs.
 Advertise on the front or back cover of magazines.
 Very expensive with a high price on CPM forcing Starbucks to
advertise less frequently in the magazines.
 Advertise on the radio
 Many of the people we are trying to reach do not pay attention
to radio ads and use more satellite radio stations with minimal
commercial interruptions.
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Alternative Plans with Fluctuation in
Budget
 Increase in Budget:
 Internet: advertise on electronic forms of magazines and
newspapers.
 Use of product placement into television shows and movies.
 Advertise more on TV
 Advertise on the radio
 Decrease in Budget:
 Advertise in the same magazines less frequently.
 Buy smaller sized ads in newspapers.
 Advertise on smaller billboards in the 20 DMAs.
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Decision Dates
 With flexible time schedule we can move around when
we are planning on advertising.
 Cancellation of advertising should be done as soon a
possible .
 Magazines go to printing a month before publishing so
cancellation should follow accordingly.
 The most flexible movement of advertising is in
newspapers for they go to printing only a few hours
before publishing.
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Response to Client Concerns
Why is
there
minimal
variety
usage of
Internet
medias in
your media
plan?
We felt that we would be
able to best reach our target
based on multiple platforms.
Internet Media is significant
however we decided to
place the most emphasis on
Facebook advertising
because it would provide the
greatest amount of
impressions for this group.
Moving
forward we
plan to:
Reinforce the Brand Image- We will engage
consumers who are already familiar with the
brand. Our strategy will create a stronger bond
with the consumer, creating consumer loyalty.
Raise Awareness- We plan to generate
multiple impressions to acquire new Starbucks
customers.
Why is
mobile
left out
of your
media
plan?
We saw that Starbucks
already had strong
media influences in
mobile media. We felt
that our efforts and
media dollars would be
better suited in other
platforms.
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Starbuck media plan

  • 1.
    Media Plan: Starbucks MichaelSpinella, Marisa Del Priore, Donavan Farrish, Stacee Becker, Elizabeth Pawlowski 1
  • 2.
    Media Objectives  Reinforcebrand image in consumer’s mind  Develop a media strategy that involves advertising Starbucks specialty coffees in both traditional and non-traditional media outlets  Increase Starbucks’ Profitability 2
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    Media Strategies  Tobuild the brand in mediums which will involve consumers more actively in the process of marketing Starbucks  To extend amount of mediums to portray brand quality  To gain maximum exposure to result in gain in revenue  To build brand awareness to guarantee subsequent purchase of product  The media plan will generate interest by connecting to the public 3
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    Demographics Gender Male 18-49 24.2% Female18- 49 23.9% Total Population Size 15-29 30-39 40-49 64,728,191 40,141,741 43,141,741 20.9% 13% 14.2% Median Household Income Householder under 25 years $24,143 Householder 25-44 years $54,024 Householder 45-64 years $60,683 Family Households Families 77,538,296 66.4% Average Household Size 2.58 Average Family Size 3.14 US Census Bureau American Fact Finder, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data Median Household Income Past 12 Months2010 American Community Survey 5 More than 150 million Americans (18 and older) drink coffee on a daily basis, with 65 percent of coffee drinkers consuming their hot beverage in the morning. 51.4 million Americans living in multigenerational homes.
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    Recommendations Television Broadcast Cable NBC USA ABCTNT TBS FX ESPN Magazines Allure Cosmopolitan Elle Glamour GQ InStlye InTouch Lucky Rolling Stone Newspaper New York Post Page Size Magazine Wall Street Journal WWD The New York Times Outdoor Billboards Bus Taxi Subway/Train Internet Facebook Engagement Ads PerezHilton Simmons Spring 2010 NCS Adult Survey 6
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    Rachel Brynes 24,New York NY - Meet Rachel. She is a confident individual who is graduating with a master’s degree. She considers herself a tech savvy individual. She is a “media guru” and keeps her self updated through online news, magazines and various social medias. 7 David Martin, 35, Los Angeles CA -Meet David. He is an ambitious individual who is just starting his own restaurant business. He believes its very important to have a strong knowledge of his market. He likes to stay informed using a variety of medias such as newspapers and TV news. Theresa Clark, 45, Ft. Lauderdale FL -Meet Theresa. She is a hard working mom that juggles a career and family. She lives in a multigenerational household, which includes her college age son and mother. She enjoys watching shows on prime time television and also keeps herself informed by early morning TV news.
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    Magazine Rationale InStyle Median age 36 HHIincome $50,000 + 72 % Education Grad college + 75 % Employed 71 % Median HHI income $77,993 Managerial position 31 % Own home 64 % Married 46 % With children 50 % Glamour *Readers of these magazines are highly employed in professional and managerial careers high HHI which permits the purchase of expensive coffee Our target audience also matches the ages of these readers Total audience aged 18-49 81 % Education any college 67 % Median HHI $63,594 Employed 65 % Managerial 26 % 8
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    GQ Magazine GQ Total audience 1849 83 % Professional position 49 % Median HHI $100,000 Education/coll ege 70 % Allure 9 The target for Starbucks 18-49 has a 195 Simmons Index to get at the top of their career readers of these magazines have a high household income enabling them to purchase expensive coffee target readers also match the age of our target audience Magazine Rationale Median age 32.5 Median HHI $66,386 Education/C ollege 66.6 % Employed 68.3 %
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    Magazine Rationale Rolling Stone Audience Adultsaged 18-54 Employed 72 % Professionals 23 % Managerial 23 % HHI $50,000 + 61 % HHI $150,000 + 14 % HHI income $100,000 College grads 64 % Grad college 28 % Attending college 14 % Lucky 10 Median age 35.3 Education College graduate 44 % Median HHI income $82, 293 Employed 53 % Professional 36 %
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    Magazine Rationale Elle Total audience 6,302,000 MedianHHI $71,927 HHI income $75,000 + 44.4 % Median age 34.2 Ages 18-34 51.7% Ages 25-49 55.4 % Any college 70.0 % InTouch 11 Median age- 32 years old Women 85 % Men 15 % Total audience 7.9 million Median HHI $67, 496
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    Magazine Index Numbers 12 MagazineMRI Index Simmons Glamour 175 205 GQ 104 170 InStyle 168 222 InTouch 129 186 Lucky 111 176 Allure 199 196 Cosmopolitan 157 168 Rolling Stone 103 174
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    Newspaper Rationale  Research*has shown that Starbucks core customers enjoy getting their news from national newspapers. Additionally, trends show that people prefer to get their news from more sources.  “Starbucks customers have a high level of interest in staying current in national and global affairs and often look to newspapers as their way to stay connected.”  Additionally we chose news papers with college educated readers with high income who would be more likely to purchase Starbucks coffee. USA Today on sale in Starbucks nationwide. Press Room. http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/media_kit/pressroom/2010/releases/031510_usatoday_and_starbucks.html Women’s Wear Daily Circulation 56562 Total Audience 192,311 Median Age 42.5 Mean HHI $214,000 Education- College Degree 82% Wall Street Journal Affluent Readers 2,881,000 Paid Circulation 1,613,062 College Degree or higher 88% Age 25-54 35% Average HHI 257,100 Page Six Magazine 25-54 69% Attended College 64% Household Income over $65K 51% Above $100K 32% 13
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    •Broadcast higher viewership •Network less money •Triedto cover all aspects of television and chose time when the target is watching the most. Viewership Among TV Stations- Rationale Today Show/NBC (5.49 million) GMA/ABC (5.14 million) ESPN (554,500) USA (555,700) Daytime (1,626,000) Today Show: Morning shows are best to reach the audience. This is when they are preparing themselves for day. This is the time of day that coffee is purchased therefore the best time to reach the target. •6 months out of the year (May-July, October-December) •These months are when Starbucks coffee is purchased the most due to new flavors and •30 spots each three month segment GMA: 2, Two Month segments (25 Spots each), February- March, October- This is when fall flavors are being released as well as promotional cups. Daytime: Chose times when ratings would be high. Such as times when new shows are being released. (April-May, September-October) 14
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    Television Spending $0 $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $3,000,000 NBC/Today Show ABC/GMA USA TBS FX ESPN 15 Total:$11,275,325 •Number of spots are evenly spread •Higher costs- Ratings, Rates •For USA,TBS, and ESPN we chose the summer months. Because of the summer programming there is high viewership. Furthermore, most sports are in the midst of big games during these times. On FX we advertise during the times of year where other TV advertising is scarce or non existent.
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    Out of HomeRationale •Given data from Simmon’s research, it can be seen that both male and female Starbucks drinkers pay a good amount of attention to out of home advertising. •Even though it can not be measured exactly who sees these Ads, we know that a large amount of people are exposed to it within the top 20 DMAs. 16 Outlets Males 18-49 Females 18-49 Buses 149 152 Large Billboards 108 123 Subways 118 140 Taxis 155 143
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    Internet Rationale Website Visitors Facebook.com50 Million Daily PerezHilton.com 408,258,454  Starbucks currently has a very active presence on social media websites for they hold accounts on sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, and FourSquare.  Currently, we plan on just advertising on Facebook with engagement ads and Perez Hilton to stay within budget constraints.  In future years we plan on advertising more with digital newspapers and magazines. 17
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    Product Seasonality  HeavyAdvertising will be done during:  The summer months promoting summer time beverages such as frappuccinos, lemonades, and smoothies.  The fall months promoting beverages such as the Pumpkin Spice Latte.  The Christmas/Holiday season promoting their signature red holiday cups filled with beverages such as Christmas Blend Coffee, Gingerbread Latte, Spicy Eggnog Latte, Caramel Brulee Latte and Peppermint Mocha Latte as well as seasonal treats. 18
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    Other Tactics ConsideredBut Not Recommended  Advertise during prime time television  Late in the evening consumers are no longer in the mind set to purchase caffeinated beverages (morning purchase).  Advertise to coffee consumers in niche magazines  Although in our target market, a Starbucks AD would feel out of place among very specific niche product ADs.  Advertise on the front or back cover of magazines.  Very expensive with a high price on CPM forcing Starbucks to advertise less frequently in the magazines.  Advertise on the radio  Many of the people we are trying to reach do not pay attention to radio ads and use more satellite radio stations with minimal commercial interruptions. 27
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    Alternative Plans withFluctuation in Budget  Increase in Budget:  Internet: advertise on electronic forms of magazines and newspapers.  Use of product placement into television shows and movies.  Advertise more on TV  Advertise on the radio  Decrease in Budget:  Advertise in the same magazines less frequently.  Buy smaller sized ads in newspapers.  Advertise on smaller billboards in the 20 DMAs. 28
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    Decision Dates  Withflexible time schedule we can move around when we are planning on advertising.  Cancellation of advertising should be done as soon a possible .  Magazines go to printing a month before publishing so cancellation should follow accordingly.  The most flexible movement of advertising is in newspapers for they go to printing only a few hours before publishing. 29
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    Response to ClientConcerns Why is there minimal variety usage of Internet medias in your media plan? We felt that we would be able to best reach our target based on multiple platforms. Internet Media is significant however we decided to place the most emphasis on Facebook advertising because it would provide the greatest amount of impressions for this group. Moving forward we plan to: Reinforce the Brand Image- We will engage consumers who are already familiar with the brand. Our strategy will create a stronger bond with the consumer, creating consumer loyalty. Raise Awareness- We plan to generate multiple impressions to acquire new Starbucks customers. Why is mobile left out of your media plan? We saw that Starbucks already had strong media influences in mobile media. We felt that our efforts and media dollars would be better suited in other platforms. 30