The Competitive Worksheet
The Sales Department must take into consideration
the delivery of each station in the market, and not "sell in a
vacuum". To accomplish this, the Research Department maintains
planners on all commercial stations in each market, and issues the information
in the Competitive Worksheet. This document organizes the information
by daypart, showing the history of each station with share trends.
In this way, the salesperson can review the performance
of every station in a represented market within a day of the release
of a new rating book.
The Competitive Worksheet is an invaluable tool in
the quarterly review of rating books, and can be customized for any
one of 400 demos to track the client station against the competition
for a specific buy.