Cairns Oneil helps gain competitive edge for their client with Spots Monitor
"The analysis we get from competitive buys is extremely helpful. What we see in the market is sometimes a different story than what the data shows, which on our end helps with understanding how to approach certain competitors better."
John Vaccaro | Associate Communications Director | Cairns Oneil
Client overview and market dynamics
Cairns Oneil’s client is a leading brand offering a diverse range of products in a particularly competitive market. They rely on a strong overarching brand messaging strategy, which serves as a halo to feed into all other facets of their media efforts. This cohesive approach supports their goal of lead generation by ensuring brand presence remains strong in the market.
As the sector is so highly competitive, it's essential for both our agency and our client to continuously monitor advertising activity in this space.
Current challenges
In TV advertising, there has always been a delay associated with post-reporting for TV buys. This means we must act as quickly as possible when the data is available. At Cairns O’Neil, it’s crucial to ensure that brand messaging and media spend are optimized to maximize our clients’ share of voice (SOV) in the market. Specifically, we aim to provide our clients with:- Regular competitive landscape assessments.
- In-depth brand vs. brand analysis, with the ability to adjust and visualize data in real time.
- Enhanced visualization of key metrics, such as SOV, seasonality, markets, and programming.
The solution: Spots Monitor
Spots Monitor addresses our challenges and makes it easier to track the competitive TV landscape for our client. We can quickly gain valuable insights from the tool to inform our campaign planning.
The TV advertising data is presented in user-friendly visual dashboards which have streamlined the process, saving us time by eliminating the need to manually sift through data. NLogic was able to quickly customize the dashboard to accommodate our needs.
The results
Faster insights
The tool helped us access competitive answers much quicker than before, reducing the need for manual data pulls and organization.
Cost and time savings
While the tool did not introduce new data sets, it improved process efficiency, making competitive analysis more cost-effective and saving time on data preparation.
Improved competitive understanding
The client was able to glean new insights, such as identifying where competitor agency deals impacted broadcast weighting.
Operational efficiencies
Although data availability was limited to recent months, the tool still facilitated more frequent and detailed client discussions around TV buys, competitive comparisons, and strategic adjustments.