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On the Team
A truly great team relies on various
players with unique skills to contribute to its overall success.
Game Plan Media "coaches" the following business "players" toward
a winning record.
Player Profile
Esskay Quality Meats,
a long time Baltimore tradition is The Choice of The Pros. Sports
fans will find Esskay as the official hot dog for MLB Orioles, NFL
Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens and NBA -- Washington
Wizards. Esskay, a subsidiary of Gwaltney -- Smithfield of VA
enjoys an extraordinary reputation in the Mid-Atlantic for quality
meats and special branding of Orioles, Ravens Redskins Franks available
at the grocery store level. Other products include Esskay bacon,
chipped beef, deli bologna and anew member of the team, a spiral
sliced honey ham co-branded with Reynolds Wrap.
Game Plan Summary
Esskay continues to have a prominent presence in the "sports
marketing" arena with broadcast sponsorships via the Orioles
Network as well as stadium presence at MCI Center, FedEx Field, Oriole
Park, M&T Bank Ravens stadium. Recently, Esskay joined Baltimore's
local network affiliates, WB54 and Fox 45 in a major 4th quarter
advertising and marketing campaign reaching over 300,000 homes via
:15 second Television commercials and direct mail. The campaign scored
with a special Fox Morning News feature at Ravens Stadium with an
Esskay Tailgate party contest for Viewers.
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Player Profile
A reputable family practice of dentists
in the Baltimore metropolitan area has created beautiful smiles and
oral health for thousands of patients. As the medical field, especially
dentistry has become more competitive
and diverse in services, Sarubin Family Dental Associates has expanded
and grown their practice to keep up with the 21st century.
Game Plan Summary
Sarubin Family Dental Associates recognized the importance of the
internet for new customers learning more about various dentistry
procedures at www.SmileBaltimore.com Sarubin began their broadcast
advertising campaign with the doctor, himself, recording commercials
to introduce Sedation Dentistry to the public. The 4th Quarter, 2003
radio campaign targeted Adults aged 35-64 with emphasis directing
the consumer toward the web site to learn more about Sedation Dentistry.
The tracking of increased visits to www.SmileBaltimore.com correlates
to the weeks of airing Dr. Sarubin's commercials. Result? Bigger
plans for 2004 as www.SmileBaltimore.com grows their business through
Dr. recorded commercials specifically skewed to older adults and
continuous branding of www.SmileBaltimore.com.
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Player Profile
Everett Designers of Fine Jewelry
has been voted Howard County, Maryland's Best Jeweler from Columbia Magazine Readers' Poll four years in a row. Everett has been in business
since 1988 and the designers focus
on individual creativity and customized pieces with the utmost artistry
and "eye" for amazing gemstone selections.
Game Plan Summary
Everett’s strategy utilizes a "visual" component
with a TV campaign on Howard County Comcast Cable as Everett continues
to super-serve the affluent Howard County demographics. Additionally,
this holiday season, Everett will reach a "family friendly" format
with Christian based radio station, WRBS in Baltimore. Qualitative
research: the format cultivates loyal listenership that translates
to loyalty toward the advertisers. A heavy frequency schedule with
a tailor-made commercial was the media "design" for the
fine Jewelry "design" at Everett.
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Postal
USA – Robbie's First Base
Player Profile
Postal USA - Robbie’s First Base is a shipping
/mailing retail outlet that offers a vast array of sports memorabilia
items, too. If any sports fan is looking autographed
items from legendary greats like Baltimore Colt - John Unitas, Orioles - Brooks
Robinson, Cal Ripken and current greats like Baltimore Ravens - Ray
Lewis, Ed Reed. Robbie’s
First Base is your One Stop Memorabilia Shop.
Game Plan Summary
Robbie’s First Base utilized live endorsements from local
sportscasters on radio sports talk shows. Robbie is well known among
the sportscasters club, which enables him to participate in the talk
show dialogues. A TV campaign is currently
running on Comcast ESPN and Sportsnet channels. Robbie's First Base participates
in various sport-related fund raisers such as the Lenny Moore Colts Anniversary
Spring Event for the Scleroderma Society of America – researching a cure
for the connective tissue disease that took Lenny's son at an early age.
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Player Profile
ZIPS Dry Cleaners is
the largest local chain of retail dry cleaners in the Baltimore-Washington
Region. The eight-store chain's focus is on providing quality dry
cleaning
services at one low price - $1.75 garments and $.99
laundered shirts. ZIPS Dry Cleaners clean more than 10 million
garments per year.
Game Plan Summary
ZIPS Dry Cleaners allocate an advertising budget
to radio stations in the Baltimore, Washington, DC and Fredericksburg,
VA markets through cooperative funding by each individual franchise
owner. The collective pool of advertising dollars provides maximum
exposure toward specific audiences and lifestyle behaviors that
have a need for high quality, affordable, convenient and timely dry
cleaning.
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Player Profile
Glory Days Grill is a locally owned
and operated chain of casual dining full service American Grills
with a sports theme reminiscent of Glory Days past and present. Fans
can
enjoy great food and good sports while dining and viewing
different marquee events on nearly thirty Big Screen televisions
and satellite controlled monitors. There are
eleven stores in the Maryland and Virginia region, two stores in
the South Florida region and one store in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Game Plan Summary
Glory Days Grill allocates an advertising budget to radio stations
in the Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA markets. Sports
marketing, special on-site events and live radio endorsements from
local sportscasters and players are the primary play calls. Special
community involvement with lower school, high school athletic programs
and area recreational councils are part of the execution of their
game plan as well.
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Suburban Sales & Rental
Center
(Click here to visit their website)
Player Profile
Suburban Sales & Rental Center
is a customer driven company in the Northern Baltimore County, Maryland
region which provides its clients with a wide variety of goods and
services through their four businesses operations:
- Suburban Sales/Cockeysville,
MD - servicing
outdoor power equipment for nearly 30 years from
Leading manufacturers such as John Deere, Toro, Stihl and Great
Dane.
- Suburban Parts & Service/Hunt Valley, MD provides
solutions to customer repair problems and in-field service with
their mobile
repair service trucks.
- Suburban Ace Commercial & Industrial
Supply/Hunt Valley, MD stocks a full line of maintenance, operations,
and repair
supplies - over
40,000 items in stock.
- Suburban Rental Center/Hunt Valley,
MD provides a wide variety of equipment/supplies to Contractors,
Homeowners
and industry that is up-to-date, well maintained and ready
to rent.
Game Plan Summary
Suburban Sales & Rental Center allocates advertising budgets
to radio stations based on co-op dollars accrued from purchase of
manufacturers' products
such as John Deere, Toro and Ace. Strategic placement of radio dollars
are predicated on a geographic trading area analysis of zip code
groups in the Northern Baltimore County region within a 10 mile radius
of the Suburban store locations matched with listeners in that geography.
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