Do Brand, Marketing & Advertising Managers need to monitor the Competition?
While Advertisers are focused on their core competencies of developing new
technologies, products... the world is a far more competitive today than
it has ever been. There are a plethora of other Advertisers, Brands,
Product Variants, Packaging Variants, Joint Ventures, Target Markets...
Survival of the fittest is one mantra.
But success is the reward for adapting fastest to a changing environment.
And one can only adapt effectively with accurate and comprehensive
competitive information.
Competitive monitoring helps answer these question about the competition:
- Are they test marketing a Product Variant
- Have they expanded their Distribution into new Markets?
- Have they changed Packaging in a select market?
- Are they advertising through a new Medium or a new Language?
- Are they looking beyond he Domestic Market?
- Are they looking at Acquistions or Mergers?
- Is their promotion targetting our customers?
The most efficient & cost-effective systems to Monitor Competitive Activity:
Subscribers can opt for one of two variants of the "Regular Updates" services
The Daily Regular Updates service is the most convenient, efficient and cost-effective
system for Advertising and Marketing professionals to monitor the competition and
have full access to the creative material / news broadcast or published.
Under this service, subscribers can monitor competitive marketing activity across many media,
for a specific set of Industries, Product Groups, Product Categories, Brands or Advertisers.
Subscribers' online accounts at www.iBankLive.com are updated daily with new TV Commercials,
Press Ads and Press News items. Subscribers log into www.iBankLive.com to preview and
download this competitive material at their convenience.
This is a Prepaid, subscription service and material can be delivered through
Downloads, Emails or on CD/DVD.
Subscribers can authorise one or many executives to access the website 24x7 to Preview
and Download any material released in the period of a subscription.
This is a simple, automated method for advertising and marketing Companies to
proactively monitor the competition in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Costs are based on the product categories monitored and the volume of information
which is estimated to be delivered over the 12-month subscription period.
Salient features:
Prepaid, subscription-based service
Cost-effective and comprehensive
Flexible & highly customisable service
Thousands of Product Categories
Monitors India, Pan-Asia, International markets
Daily updates
Customised deliveries through Email, website, CD ROM / DVD
iBank Lite software for local office archival, search and retrieval
2 - Alerts - Scheduled Customised Emails
The Alerts service allows a client to monitor daily all new campaigns that meet pre-defined
criteria or combination of criteria including:
- Product groups
- Advertisers
- Brands
- Regions/States (North India or Uttar Pradesh or Lucknow)
- Keywords (eg: Launch, Promotion, Endorsement etc)
- Ad Agency
- Production House
- Channel / Publication
- Language... among many others
Executives can schedule these Alerts: daily/bi-weekly/weekly/fortnightly/monthly.
And under the Prepaid option, these alerts allow subscribers to log into the website to
Preview and Download material instantly.
Clients log into www.iBankLive.com and can Preview their Alerts at their convenience.
This is the most effective method for advertising and marketing
professionals to monitor competitive activity and maintain records for posterity.
This is simple, automated method for advertising and marketing professionals to
monitor competitive activity and maintain records for posterity. It also saves
them time and eliminates the risk of missing competitive information.
Salient features:
Automated emails keep executives abreast of developments
Prepaid, subscription-based service
Cost-effective and comprehensive
Highly customisable service
Customised frequency of delivery of Alerts: Daily, Bi-weekly, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly
Combo-Package:
A subscriber to the Daily Regular Udates services automatically receives all current competitive
material. However, on occasion the Managers require some other/historical material on an Ad-Hoc basis.
The Combo-Package is an solution to this dual requirement and provides the subscriber:
(a) Daily Regular Updates for a specific set of Product Categories
(b) Quota for Ad-Hoc requirements
Thus, subscribers log into www.iBankLive.com and:
(a) Download material for the catgories under their Daily Regular Updates subscription
(b) On an Ad-Hoc basis Search, Review and Instantly Download any other material that may be required
This is the most flexible method for Clients to (a) monitor competitive activity
for key products and (b) acquire information for Ad-Hoc requierments.
iBank Lite Software offered free to Key Subscribers:
Competitive Material updated into iBank Lite:
iBank Lite is central library system which is installed at key subscribers' offices.
It allows clients to archive, search, view and retrieve Ads and News. It is
simple to install, simple to use and simple to maintain.
iBank Lite's Information Management System offers significant efficiencies
to clients and allows them to:
Maintain a single archive of all information provided by
TV Ad Indx under the Regular Updates subscription
Access this central archive from any computer on a LAN
Search, view and retrieve information instantly
Compile relevant sets of ad material instantly
Features & Benefits for Marketing, Brand & Communication Managers:
1 - Single Source of all Competitive Information:
Across all media: TV, Press, Outdoor, Radio, Internet
Covers Advertising and News
Covers Indian and International information
Comprehensive 40-year archives
2 - Simple Systems to Search, Save & Share:
Search locates precise information by many criteria:
Date
Product
Brand
Client
Region / Country / City / State
Language
Secs
Retail/Manufacture
Publication / Channel"
Sort results by many criteria:
Date
Product
Brand
Country
Secs
Publication
Save lists for future reference
Share lists with colleagues
3 - Process Information, Downloads Instantly:
Review Alerts before ordering material
Preview ads before downloading them
4 - Save Time & Resources:
Access to information 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year
Enormous saving of time on account of searching or downloading material
Simple, automated, cost-effective method of keeping abreast of competitive activity
Prepaid Quotas eliminates mulitple invoices and payments
Features & Benefits for Marketing & Advertising Planning Teams
Comprehensive, unique content and search-engine
Locate ads by Marketing Strategy, Advertising Strategy, Creative Route,
Product Promise, USP, Target Group, Cinematic Techniques and many more criteria
Locate ads by Brand, Client, Production House, Ad Agency, Director and many more criteria
Built-in Intelligence for recommendations
Over 125,000 select news items provide valuable information about market size, market
shares, brand strategies, sales figures, launches, trends, research, failures and more...
Creates an intelligent reference library for posterity
Save "results or lists" for future reference (By product promise, creative route, advertising
strategy, film execution, presentation type... anything thats relevant to the user
Incorporates Award-Winning advertising from across the globe
Incorporates Classic Indian and International ads 1960s onwards
Simplifies access to information
Share lists with colleagues
Preview ads instantly
Download ads instantly
Save much time in preparing presentations
Access information 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year
Features & Benefits for Administrators and Information Departments:
Simple to Use
www.iBankLive.com is among the implest and most powerful websites in the world
for the Advertising and Marketing industry
Anyone in the office can use www.iBankLive.com without training
www.iBankLive.com can be accessed from any PC on the LAN with a web-browser
www.iBankLive.com does not require any special hardware or software
Full Control of Users & Quotas
Create/edit users by assigning "user names" and "passwords"
Control use by assigning Rights and Permissions to Users
Set up quotas by User or Groups of Users
Monitor usage by reviewing Logs
Highest Level of Security
www.iBankLive.com is a highly secure website with three levels of security to ensure
It is accessed only by authorised Executives
It is accessed only from within your office
Orders and downloads can be authorised by Controllers with unique PIN codes
Sensitive data is encrypted before it is sent and received
Features to Enhance Effeciency
FTP rights are NOT REQUIRED to be issued to your executives for downloads
www.iBankLive.com is a high-speed website which hosts information in highly
compressed formats and thus reduces bandwidth requirements
Receive automated alerts for end-of-quota, over-use etc
Features are designed to grow with company's future requirements
It will host data for other media including Outdoor, Radio and the Internet
Features & Benefits for the Finance Department:
Saves Costs
Access to www.iBankLive.com is FREE to key subscribers
Online, web-enabled services offer significantly saving in costs to acquire world-class information
Self-service concept empowers executives , saves time and money
Executives can Set Up Alerts and order limited material as required. This saves enormous costs.
Executives can Preview TVCs, Press Ads and News before downloading materials. This saves enormous costs.
Prepaid Subscriptions fix cap on costs
Security systems restricts executives who can access information
Database eliminates multiple purchase of information
www.iBankLive.com is a high-speed website which hosts most information in highly compressed
formats and thus reduces bandwidth requirements
Installation of to iBank Lite is FREE to key subscribers
iBank Lite nor www.iBankLive.com require any special hardware or software
Enhances Efficiency
Online, web-enabled services offer great efficiency and savings in terms of time and human resources
All Invoices and Receipts can be printed online 24x7
Outstanding statements are auto-generated
The Regular Updates services is a superb solution that addresses many issues
as companies acquire large volumes of information
How to source competitive information from a reliable, trusted partner
Where to archive information
How to archive information
How to make information accesible to authorised personnel
How to keep information secure from unauthorised personnel
How to search for information intelligently
How to retrieve information quickly
How to share information quickly and securely
How to update information regularly
How to reduce the administrative burden of maintaining an archive
How to control the cost of maintaining an archive
How to share information between offices
Daily Regular Updates at www.iBankLive.com
To help us develop a customised information package to meet your requirements, do mail iBankLive@tvadindx.com,
sales@tvadindx.com or call us at 011-26014000.
Rima Prakash Vice-President TV Ad Indx ................ www.iBankLive.com
Parvati Ray Senior Manager TV Ad Indx ................ www.iBankLive.com
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