Target demographic: High school upperclassmen (Gen-Z) and Gen-X parents
The university will likely:
- Seek new agency partners
- Shift ad dollars around
Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: NU spent around $26.1k on national TV ads YTD, a 14% increase from $19k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022.
- 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped 91% from $81.8k in 2021 to $155.9k in 2022.
- Ad programming: It placed ads during programming such as College Basketball, College Softball, Women's College Basketball, Women's College Lacrosse, and College Wrestling.
Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: NU spent around $907.7k on digital display ads YTD, a 24% decrease from $1.2m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022.
- YTD data: 121.1m impressions via Instagram (47%), Facebook (34%), desktop display (17%), and mobile display (2%).
- 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend fell 10% from $2.8m in 2021 to $2.5m in 2022.
- Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, pcworld.com, wsj.com, and budgettravel.com.
Additional channel insights
- Vivvix: NU also invests in OOH, print, and local broadcast.
- Top podcasts sponsored: Stories from NPR: NPR, Armstrong & Getty On Demand, PBS NewsHour - Full Show, The Great Detectives of Old Times Radio, and History Daily.
Agency analysis:
- Opportunity: The recent promotion may lead to agency hires.
- Current roster:
- Havas Media Group: media AOR
Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by Podchaser.