Advertiser Data Entry

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All pertinent information for an individual advertiser is entered through this form.  The advertiser file is used throughout the system for entering contracts, scheduling, sorting/organizing reports, billing information, accounts receivable, and printing of the daily log.  Remember you are working with an integrated database.  Before entering an advertiser, make sure Advertiser Defaults, Agency data, and supporting data (such as terms, sales types, industries, rep firms, etc) have been entered first.

Advertiser Data Entry

See navigation and working with database records in the getting started section.

Field Descriptions

Description: Up to 50 characters - Enter the advertiser name

Bill To: This field will default to direct for advertiser, unless there is an agency or rep firm assigned to this advertiser.  Then, it will default to a or r.  You can change the code, but make sure that the record has a complete address.

Address-1:  Up to 30 characters - Enter the advertiser's address

Address-2: Enter any additional address information.  For example Suite 200

City:  Enter the city

State:  Enter the state as you would like it to appear on invoices and reports.

Zip:  Enter the zip code

Country:  Enter the country (optional)

Contact:  Enter the advertiser contact name.  If there is more than one contact enter both names on the same line. 

Phone: Enter the advertiser’s area code (optional) and phone number

Fax: Enter the advertiser’s area code (optional) and fax number

Agency:  Enter the agency if any, associated with this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose.

Rep Firm:  Enter the rep firm, if any, associated with this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose.

Industry:  Enter the industry most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Account Executive:  Enter the account executive associated with this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose.

Sales Type:  Enter the sales type most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Class:  Enter the spot class most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Terms:  Enter the terms most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Billing Group:  Enter the billing group most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Billing Cycle:  Enter the billing cycle most commonly used for this advertiser.  Select the dropdown or begin typing the description to display a selection list from which to choose

Gross Billing: Check if you want the invoice to print the gross amount and not the advertiser commission and net amount. Unchecked is the most common situation.  In either case, the advertiser commission transaction will carry through to the Accounts Receivable and the General Ledger

Affidavit: An option in billing that specifies when a spot ran.  f you want the affidavit statement entered in print invoices customization to print on this advertiser’s invoice.  If this advertiser does not require an affidavit, leave unchecked.

Co-op:  Check if you want the advertiser to receive co-op invoices.

Exact Times:  Check if you want the exact time and date each spot ran to print on the invoice.

Notarized Script:  Check if this advertiser requires a notarized copy of the script.  Summit will print a message on the invoice stating the notarized script is attached and optionally print the script.

Separation: Enter the normal separation time for this advertiser's spots from each other. 

Monthly Finance Charge:  Enter the monthly finance charge this advertiser could have applied to invoice balances.

Credit Limit:  Enter this advertiser's credit limit. When a contract is added for an advertiser whose A/R balance exceeds the credit limit, the operator will be warned

Notes: Click to open a dialog where you can enter internal notes regarding this advertiser. Put their email address on the first line if you want the ability to email reports, etc. to them.

Message: Click to open a dialog where you can enter a message that can print on confirmations, invoices, and statements for this advertiser.

Advertiser Quick-Ref

File-Print submenu.

You can choose to organize by number or description. 

See also, Getting Started/Print Quick-Ref

Advertiser Data Entry Defaults

File-Defaults submenu.

Default values you assign here are automatically entered into the respective fields of new advertiser records. You can then change them individually as desired.

See Getting Started/Defaults/Customization

Field Descriptions

Billing Group:  see Miscellaneous Definitions - Billing Group

Billing Cycle: see Miscellaneous Definitions - Billing Cycle

Terms:  see Miscellaneous Definitions - Terms

Sales Type: see Sales Types

Spot Class: see Miscellaneous Definitions - Spot Class

Gross Billing:  If you check this, the gross amount billed will print on invoices instead of the net amount.

Affidavit: If you check this, a customizable text line prints on invoices . 

Exact Times: If you check this, the date, time, and description will print on an invoice. 

Separation: Enter the normal time spots for the same advertiser are separated.

Finance charge: Enter how much the advertiser will be charged if the bill isn’t paid on time.

 

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Last modified: Thursday July 22, 2004.