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How to Brief a Field Agency for Outdoor Ad Recall Surveys

What to send before a outdoor Ad Recall Surveys assignment so visits are completed right the first time.

3 min read · By the FieldVisit operations team

Outdoor Ad Recall Surveys

Short answer

How do I brief a field agency for outdoor Ad Recall Surveys?

Outdoor Ad Recall Surveys is a field service in which a trained team short street interviews near hoardings or transit media to measure campaign recall. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

At a glance

What this covers
What to send before the visits start
Division
Market research field work · Media Research
Checklist points
5 standard checks
Report outputs
4 deliverables
Coverage
Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel
Read time
3 min

What you will learn

  • Step-by-step briefing — 6 steps, in the order a field team works through them
  • What to share before the visits — 4 points you can lift straight into your own brief
  • What the field team checks — 5 points you can lift straight into your own brief

Step-by-step briefing

  1. Share the location list with full addresses
  2. Explain the purpose of the visit
  3. Attach the checklist and sample photos
  4. Confirm access permissions and contacts
  5. Agree on the report format and deadline
  6. Name an escalation contact

What to share before the visits

  • Research objective and target respondents
  • Questionnaire or screener
  • Sample size and quotas
  • Timeline and data format

What the field team checks

  • Interview point near the media site
  • Unaided and aided recall
  • Message recall
  • Respondent profile
  • Time and location logged

Where first briefs usually fall short

  • Addresses without a pin code or a nearby landmark
  • No contact name or number for access at the location
  • Checklist points that need judgement instead of observation — time and location logged needs a stated rule
  • No decision rule for closed or inaccessible premises
  • Evidence expectations agreed only after the first batch is delivered
  • No named person to approve revisits

What happens next

The team groups nearby locations into routes, briefs the field people, completes the visits, reviews each submission and delivers the report with completed visits, exceptions and the actions needed.

What you receive

  • Recall data file
  • Site-wise recall scores
  • Interview point photos
  • Summary of findings

Key takeaways

  • A complete outdoor Ad Recall Surveys brief is 4 items long, and sending all of them up front is what stops visits being repeated.
  • The checklist runs from interview point near the media site to time and location logged, with evidence recorded against the points that decide the outcome.
  • You receive 4 outputs: Recall data file, Site-wise recall scores, Interview point photos, Summary of findings.
  • Photographs are geo-tagged and time-stamped, every submission is reviewed by a supervisor and a random sample is back-checked — which is what makes a media research record worth quoting internally.
  • Visits run across Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, and assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief.

What to do next: send it and run a first batch

Once the 4 briefing items are in one place, the fastest route to clean data is a small first batch rather than the full list.

01

Pack

Put all 4 briefing items in one email

Research objective and target respondents, Questionnaire or screener, Sample size and quotas, Timeline and data format — sent together, so the assignment is not held up waiting for one attachment.

02

Pilot

Start with a small set of locations

Run a first batch, read recall data file and correct the checklist wording before the rest of the list goes out.

03

Contacts

Name one escalation contact on each side

Access refusals and closed premises need a same-day decision; a weekly review turns one revisit into three.

Before you send it

Starting outdoor ad recall surveys

Assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

Share a brief and location list

Frequently asked questions

How do I brief a field agency for outdoor Ad Recall Surveys?

Outdoor Ad Recall Surveys is a field service in which a trained team short street interviews near hoardings or transit media to measure campaign recall. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.

Which areas do you cover for outdoor Ad Recall Surveys?

Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, with local field teams in each area.

How fast can outdoor Ad Recall Surveys start?

Most assignments start within one to three working days of receiving a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.

What evidence will I receive?

Recall data file and Site-wise recall scores, matched to a unique job and location ID.

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