Term explained simply

Cost per Contact

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What does Cost per Contact mean?

The cost of reaching a single person in a defined target group once with an advertising message. In media planning, it serves as a measure of efficiency that makes the prices of different media vehicles (e.g. TV channels vs. radio) comparable despite their different reach.

This term is assigned to TV, OOH, Audio and Online in the Goldbach Advertising Glossary.

Editorially reviewed by Goldbach. Some terms were adopted from platforms such as Werbekompass and Mediapulse.

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