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on Emerald Coast, and is an
in-room vacation guide
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $9,345
• Impressions: 500,000 minimum
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Beaches, Resorts & Parks
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• 100,000 copies distributed annually
• Full Page 4C ad: Full year presence
Rationale:
• Sold nationwide in all Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million,
Publix & Kroger
• Content focused solely on Northwest Florida and
Alabama Gulf Coast
• Available online at beachesresortsparks.com and on the
Facebook page, currently holding 20,000 followers
• Distributed to Henderson Beach State Park visitors
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $15,351
• Impressions: 100,000 minimum
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Coastal Living
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• Circulation: 450,000 per insertion (East of the
Mississippi)
• Full Page 4C ad: Visit Florida: February & April
Rationale:
• High propensity for travel to Florida: 154 Target Index
• Active travelers, especially to Florida – beach, boating,
cultural events and outdoor activities
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $47,740
• Impressions: 900,000 minimum (East of the Mississippi)
Source: MRI Doublebase 2012 82
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Southern Living
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• Circulation: 2,687,235
• 2/3 4C Page ad: November 2013 & August 2014
• Flat rates y-o-y at 35% discount
Rationale:
• Enthusiastic travelers
• High propensity for travel to Florida: 163 Target Index
• 1/3 of circulation is within drive distance of
Emerald Coast
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $124,000
• Impressions: 1,5851,136 minimum
Source: MRI Doublebase 2012 83
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Southern Living
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Added Value for “ A Very
Emerald Christmas”:
• Circulation: 15,000,000
• New in-book promotional
page
• 1 of 5 highlighted Christmas
promotions
• December placement – on
sale date of 11/15/13
• Southern Affairs Marketplace -
December
• Listing with link
• 30 words of copy &
logo/image
• 715,000 impressions
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Family Circle, Family Fun, Parents
Highlights:
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
• 1,634,349 circulation, Key Emerald Coast feeder markets
• Visit Florida Full Page 4C ad: May 2014
• Regional ad: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
• National Reader Service Listing - leads
Rationale:
• Provides additional frequency against mom target
• Publications have high affinity for target travel to Florida
• Family Circle 98 Index
• Family Fun 167 Index
• Parents 188 Index
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $53,674
• Impressions: 1,634,349 minimum
Source: MRI Doublebase 2012 85
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Bon Appetit/
Architectural Digest/Vanity Fair
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• Circulation: 322,000 , Key Emerald Coast feeder markets
• Full Page 4C ad: July 2014
• In addition to print, utilization of database for marketing
Rationale:
• Publications have high affinity for target travel to Florida
• Bon Appetit 186 Index
• Architectural Digest 251 Index
• Vanity Fair 137 Index
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $83,650
• Impressions: 322,000 minimum
Source: MRI Doublebase 2012 86
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Travel + Leisure/Food & Wine
Highlights:
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
• Circulation: 950,000
• Half Page 4C ad: Visit Florida: May 2014
• Custom advertorial creation
• Brand ad adjacent to advertorial
Rationale:
• 45% more likely to spend 3+ nights at any hotel/motel
in last 12 months
• 69% more likely when they find a vacation spot they
like, they go back
• 69% more likely to have gone to the beach/dined
out/gone fishing
Investment & Return:
• Cost: Dollars accounted for in online portion
• Impressions: 950,000 minimum
Source: MRI Doublebase 2012 87
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Travel + Leisure/Food & Wine
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights (Digital):
• March – May exposure:
• Custom expanding rich media unit –
2,000,000 impressions
• Custom dedicated e-blast to reach
60,000 readers
• Explorer: T+L in-book and online reader
service program
• Check-in: Visit Florida section will be
featured on Travel+Leisure’s marketing
and promotions site, in the Travel Guide
section
• Advertorial available for download with links
to Emerald Coast’s website
• Impressions: 2,000,000 minimum
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Regional Magazines
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
• 25+ Top-feeder markets
• Atlanta
• Texas: Houston, Dallas, Austin+
• Alabama: Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile-Pensacola+, Huntsville
• Tennessee: Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis
• Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport, Jackson, Meridian+
• Louisiana: New Orleans, Baton Rouge
• Ohio: Cincinnati, Columbus
• Missouri: St. Louis, Kansas City
• Louisville
• Tallahassee
• Little Rock
• Full Page 4C units: Christmas, Spring/Summer, Fall
• Leverage investment with publisher groups to create added value extensions
• Co-Op plan provides reach in markets not within Leisure Plan
• 778,000 minimum impressions per insertion (group of magazines)
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Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
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Digital Outdoor Boards
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• 6 metro market exposure
• Combination of Leisure Plan and Co-Op Plan
• Recommended Christmas 2013 & 2014
Rationale:
• High impact visuals with increased noticeability
Atlanta
• Flexibility with creative messaging Birmingham
• 24/7 exposure Nashville
Huntsville
Memphis
Investment & Return: Kansas City
• Cost: $40,000
• Impressions: TBD, based on locations purchased
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Toronto Life
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• Circulation: 89,468
• Full Page 4C ad: Visit Florida: Escape to the
South – January
• On Sale Date: 12/12
Rationale:
• Canada’s #1 city magazine
• Readers are 70% more likely to have traveled
to Florida in past 3 years
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $10,949
• Impressions: 89,468 minimum
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Crossings Magazine
Attachment: Strategic_Marketing_Plan_10.24.13 (2193 : Strategic Marketing Plan)
Highlights:
• Circulation: 150,000
• Full Page 4C ad: Spring 2014 insertion – 2/14/2014
• Florida editorial & guaranteed Emerald Coast
specific content
Rationale:
• Canadian pub for cross-border explorers
• Distribution in 7 Ontario daily newspapers, Windsor
CVB, Windsor Airport,
