January 2026 · Media Intelligence

Pfeifer Morgan
& Stesiak
Pulse Playbook

Creative intelligence, audience indexing, and competitive landscape for Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak — built to inform your 2026 media strategy.

South Bend, IN Campaign Budget: $137,445.00 CTV · Launch 2/2

Pulse Playbook

Your strategy
starts here.

The only system that unifies creative intelligence, audience indexing, and media strategy — built to supercharge your CTV activation. It decodes PMS's creative, benchmarks it against the competitive market, and pinpoints the audiences and placements that fit the brand's DNA.

01  ·  Creative
Creative Intelligence

Decodes PMS's creative assets. Scores persuasion, format, audience resonance, and visual effectiveness against competitive market benchmarks.

Presenter-host authorityOffice consistencyTrust messaging
02  ·  Audience
Audience Indexing

Identifies which segments over- and under-respond to PMS's creative. Mid-life men dominate — PurePlay pinpoints exactly where their trust-driven messaging delivers the highest ROI.

Mid-Life Men 35–54ProfessionalsGrowth segments
03  ·  Media
Media Strategy

Maps creative signals directly to publisher environments. Every placement decision is grounded in PMS's own data — not assumptions or category defaults.

Premium news & sportsStreaming CableNiche expansion

How Your Creative Shows Up in Market

Three signals define
PMS's edge.

PurePlay's multimodal AI decoded PMS's creative assets and benchmarked them against the competitive market.

Format
252 index vs. benchmark
Presenter-Host Authority Dominates

PMS over-indexes at 252 in presenter-host format. 100% of creative features attorney spokespersons.

Premium & Streaming CableAttorney credibility
Setting
100% office setting
Professional Consistency

100% of PMS creative uses office settings. Competitor Hensley uses diverse locations in 67% of ads.

High-attention Streaming CablePremium Apps
Persuasion
121 trust index
Trust & Well-Being Messaging

Trust index 121. Well-Being index 114. Mid-life men index at 229.

News inventoryBusiness contentWell-Being 114

Audience Performance & Indices

Data-driven insights
powering your strategy.

100 = market average.

Audience Index Scores
Mid-Life Men
229
Adults 18+
80
Adult Men Broadly
50
Younger Men
29
Over-index Under-index Significant gap
Trust & Persuasion Indices
121
Trust Index — outperforms market
114
Well-Being Index — recovery focus

Targeting Where It Matters Most

Turning precision into
measurable performance.

Mid-Life Men 35–54  ·  Core
229 index
Signal

Mid-life men index at 229.

Broader Adult Males  ·  Expand
50 index
Signal

Adult men broadly index at 50. Younger men index at 29.

General Adults 25+  ·  Growth
80 index
Signal

Adults 18+ index at 80.


Market Leadership

#2 Position
37.0% SOV.

Share of Voice — South Bend, IN
Keller & Keller
40.7%
Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak
37.0%
SOV: PMS 37.0% · Keller & Keller 40.7%

PMS holds 37.0% SOV, trailing Keller & Keller by 3.7 points.

Whitespace Opportunity
21
Premium whitespace publishers
38
Premium Niche whitespace publishers
0.2% currently allocated
Competitor Creative — South Bend Market
In Market · April 2026

Key Insights & Opportunities

Where PMS is strong.
Where to grow.

Creative Strengths
Presenter-Host Dominance (252 Index)

252 presenter-host index. 100% attorney spokesperson creative.

Professional Setting Consistency

100% office setting. Hensley uses diverse locations in 67% of ads.

Trust & Well-Being Leadership (121 / 114)

Trust index 121. Well-Being index 114.

Growth Opportunities
Premium Niche Allocation (0.2%)

62.3% of spend in Premium tier. Premium Niche at 0.2%. Longtail at 37.5%.

Broader Male & Younger Demographics

Adult men broadly index at 50. Younger men index at 29.

3.7 Points from Market Leadership

PMS at 37.0% SOV. Keller & Keller at 40.7%.


PurePlay × Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak

PurePilot Activation
Solution.

Incremental Reach, Whitespace & Viewership  ·  PurePlay Pulse Measurement Suite

Inventory Tiers
Ultra-Premium

High-reach Premium streaming environments.

Premium Core

Streaming Cable and Premium App inventory.

Premium Niche

38 whitespace Niche publishers in the South Bend market.

Audience Targeting
Primary
Adults 25–54
Core mid-life targeting — 229 index, highest trust resonance
Secondary Segments
Mid-Life Men 35–54Primary
Broader Adult MalesBroad reach
General Adults 25+Growth
Market
South Bend, IN
Launch
2/2/2026
Budget
$137,445.00
KPI
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