Need to buy TV cable spots in bulk
 

Anyone have info on this?

Non adult

EB one of my friends knew this guy who worked for a ad agency in nyc that bought ad spaces and shit like that . i dont talk too much to him, but ill email him to see if he answers me.

appreciate it!

Give me like a day or so , see if he will return my calls or emails

got tons of leads on a google search for:
tv cable advertising

I tried that the thing is it leads to many of the BS spot companies where you get like a few words typed on a TV cable show in Iowa

but ill dig deeper

thanks and by the way those enema clips for the doc site came out nice

Where are you looking to advertise?

Nationwide

What are you selling?

Outta curiosity, how much does something like that cost anyways (national cable tv spots)??

Depends on

Channel
Time Slot
How many you buy
30 sec or 60 sec spot
etc.

I need a broker or a one point company that will book and arrange them for us.

Are you planning on promoting your sites on TV or is this an offline venture?

non adult related its for my mainstream biz, offline ads have worked local tv spots worked and simply want to reach more people using TV.

Clear Channel

I have used this guys before with radio advertising and they had over 1200 radio stations. They gave us a hell of a deal :-)

Looks like they have allot of good TV stations also, might give them a e-mail and see what they can do.

I think KRL is the man to get some info from.

One sec finding the company name now. :Graucho

thanks allot

funny how many people still think that most spots on TV are joint ventures with the stations.

Same people believe you can buy a house no money down.

thanks KRL I forgot you use to be heavy in TV spots back in the good ol audiotext days

EB this is the company you want to talk to. They used to be under the name Western International Media but were acquired by IPG which is the world's largest ad agency group. The new name for their media buying service division is Initiative. Here is the contact info for the regional office in NYC. They buy more TV time than anyone else in the world. Billions of dollars.

You can get really good deals on buying spots that most companies don't go after late night.

Initiative New York
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA

Telephone: +1 212 605 7000
Facsimile: +1 212 605 7200

Larry Orell
[email protected]

We're going to be buying some TV spots for Men.com this year.

Here's IPG's corporate roster of companies.

http://www.interpublic.com/companies/expertise/

I know this is off the subject of TV but....It is nationwide advertising that work very very well.

The Thrifty Nickel

Cheap ads that reach Millions :thumbsup

I signed up over 1000 people to one pay per surfing the internet program and have sold tons of shirts and hats with them.

Just a program to look over when you have time :winkwink:

I knew KRL would know :)

thanks so much!!!

You're most welcome as always! Glad to be of service.

I knew it :)

:) Yeh, except I had their old company name on file. They were acquired and changed the name from Western International Media to Initiative Media.

:thumbsup

If it is cable ads I would call the regional cable companies individually. you'll get better deals I have the # for my time warner rep if you need mpls info. We ran a bunch of ads for our dsl and dial up services here localy.


But i would say get a list of cable companies and start dialing. asking for specials or unsold spots.


for networks youll probably better off using an agency.

Initiative is the large buyer of time in the US. They buy huge bulk blocks of cable time at steep discount and then parcel and packages the time slots for their clients. They're able to buy at rock bottom prices using that technique.

They have every market also. Its a pain in the ass and time inefficient to do media buying station by station if you are buying nationwide like EB is talking.

KRL is totally right on that. Although you do sometimes get better rates contacting the cable networks directly the savings are minimal compared to the time and aggravation you save by going through a broker. I did it the long way for my first few products then realized a broker makes a lot more sense. I never looked back.

there is still another source of advertising that i have yet to see people take advantage of, or realize its potential. in due time:)