One specialist plans, buys and manages your whole ad budget for the Bismarck–Minot–Dickinson market: Google search, Facebook and Instagram, geofencing, streaming TV and more, from real rate cards. Below are real sample plans for this market, built by the same planner the free calculator runs.
The Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson(Williston), ND market covers 245 ZIP codes and 63,613 square miles of land across ND, MT, SD. That works out to about 6.8 people per square mile, close to the Rapid City market's 7. It's spread out: only about 29% of the market lives within 25 miles of Bismarck, ND, so targeting by town or ZIP code matters here.
| ZIP | Area | People |
|---|---|---|
| 58503 | Bismarck, ND | 37,081 |
| 58801 | Williston, ND | 33,969 |
| 58701 | Minot, ND | 32,868 |
| 58504 | Bismarck, ND | 30,159 |
| 58601 | Dickinson, ND | 29,680 |
Together these five hold 38% of the market's people. A campaign can target them alone, or every ZIP code in the market.
Three common businesses, each with the goal it usually buys. Every split below was produced by the planner for this market's population (435,705). They're worked examples, not quotes.
Demand already exists when the furnace dies, so the money follows people who are searching right now.
| Channel | $2,500 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google search | $1,900 | $3,311 | $6,311 |
| Geofencing | $600 | $600 | $600 |
| — | $1,089 | $1,089 | |
| TikTok | — | — | $2,000 |
At $2,500 a month the planner leads with Google search ads (76%); by $10,000 it widens to 4 channels, adding TikTok and email marketing.
Nobody plans dinner three weeks out, so the plan buys people who are physically nearby.
| Channel | $2,500 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google search | $1,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 |
| Geofencing | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,500 |
| Facebook & Instagram | — | — | $2,000 |
At $2,500 a month the planner leads with Google search ads (60%); by $10,000 it widens to 3 channels, adding Facebook and Instagram ads.
People pick a clinic before they need one, so the plan buys memory, not clicks.
| Channel | $2,500 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming TV (OTT) | $2,500 | — | — |
| Connected TV | — | $2,750 | $5,000 |
| Pre-Roll Video | — | $2,250 | $2,969 |
| Display ads | — | — | $2,031 |
At $2,500 a month the planner puts the whole budget into streaming TV (OTT); by $10,000 it widens to 3 channels, adding connected TV, pre-roll video and targeted display ads.
Your plan will differ with your industry, goal, budget and the area you target. The free calculator builds yours in about a minute, with no form to fill out.
Every channel in these plans is bought digitally, so the campaign runs the same whether the person managing it is down the street or 242 miles away. Search ads show to people in your ZIP codes who are looking for what you sell. Geofencing draws a fence around a place and reaches the phones that pass through it. Streaming TV and pre-roll video reach households in the market on the screens they already watch.
Local radio isn't part of plans here: we buy radio only near Rapid City, through Haugo Broadcasting. For audio, streaming audio reaches Bismarck–Minot–Dickinson listeners on Spotify, Pandora and podcasts.
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