Media–planning oversight is usually handled by the account planner, but it can also be contracted
by the advertiser to independent companies who specialize in conducting media audits of the
agency’s media–planning and –buying operations.
One way to measure memory is to show the advertisement to people and ask them whether they
remember having seen it before; this is known as a recall test.
The categories of work that get evaluated in advertising and marketing communication programs
are the message execution, the media, the campaign, and the other marketing communication areas
and their synergistic effect as part of an IMC program.
The coincidental survey technique is most often used with broadcast media and is conducted by
randomly calling respondents in the target market to gain insight on whether the target audience is
getting the message and, if so, what information or meaning the audience members receive.
Copy testing is a general term that describes various kinds of research used at different stages in the
advertising processbefore, during, and after an ad or campaign has run.
One method for collecting tracking data is called a cupboard check, which is where a researcher
goes to homes in the target market and asks what brands or products they have purchased or used
recently, sometimes counting the products or brands currently stocked by the consumer.
Moment–by–moment tests are used to assess eye movement among respondents exposed to a print
ad.
Another way to look at advertising return on investment (ROI) is to use the cost–to–sales ratio.
The efficiency of a sales promotion can be evaluated in terms of its financial returns more easily
than advertising.