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CASE STUDY

Montgomery County Community College

Geo Media Planning

MCCC is a public community college based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania- the most populous suburban county in Pennsylvania. MCCC’s curriculum includes more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs. The college has campuses in Blue Bell, Pottstown, The Culinary Arts Institute in Lansdale, and the fully online Virtual Campus.

MEDIA PLANNING

Annodyne’s multi-year agency of record (AOR) engagement with MCCC included both traditional and digital media buying and placement services for the college.

A bleeding edge service Annodyne provided was spearheading a sophisticated new approach to media planning, leveraging the college’s enrollment data as well as drawing from secondary research.

IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS

To support the preparation of the college’s annual media plan, Annodyne conducted an in-depth analysis of the following:

  • Geographic densities of the college’s student population
  • Enrolled student yields from area high schools
  • Area travel corridors and mass transit routes
  • Area billboard locations
  • Neighborhood tracts in Montgomery County with households that fit the demographic profile of both traditional and adult learners at MCCC, based on the following attributes:
    • Age
    • Household income
    • Highest level of educational attainment
  • Hispanic and Asian household concentrations

Among the key findings from this analysis was that one of the largest geographic clusters of its students was an area that had not been historically targeted for media placement or recruitment events. Additionally, a correlation between certain travel corridors and the college’s out-of-county student population was identified.

PINPOINTED ADVERTISING MEDIA PLACEMENT

The analysis was used to pinpoint the geographic placement of both traditional and digital advertising media. In particular, billboard, mass transit, and shopping mall ads were bought in areas where there were sizeable student concentrations.

Similarly, a comprehensive list of target zip codes was created for use in digital media buying. Altogether, this data-driven approach ensured that the college’s advertising budget was spent more efficiently and with a much greater likelihood of ads being seen by qualified students – tracking all the way through to enrollment.

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