There has been a lot of press lately regarding reach. Most recently, an article by Andy Sippel, svp at Advertiser Perceptions, a business intelligence firm serving the global advertising industry, used the phrase regarding reach being the new black. If that is the case, then radio is red hot! Continue reading “If Reach is the New Black, Then
Radio is Red Hot!”
Today’s post is courtesy of Jim Spaeth and Alice K. Sylvester of Sequent Partners. This is a follow-up post on Multi-Touch Attribution.
The Attribution Accelerator conference, sponsored in part by the RAB on November 30, confirmed that the advertising industry has pinned high hopes to a new measure of media performance, Cross-Channel Attribution modeling.
Close to 300 marketers, agency, media and research providers looked at the in’s and out’s of attribution and its traditional forbearer, marketing mix models. Marketer representatives in attendance included: Unilever, Estee Lauder, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, Weight Watchers and Citi. The conference was designed to generate dialogue about Return On Investment measurement and hear what marketers have experienced and need.
If you think this is just another post on ROI, it’s not. It’s about the future of planning what media is included in the plan…or not!
Continue reading “Reporting from The Attribution
Accelerator – What You Need to Know”
Today’s post is courtesy of Maura Kautsky, VP Marketing NextRadio
I saw this funny quote the other day that couldn’t be timelier “Marketing without data is like driving with your eyes closed”. And boy has that data evolved. As you read from the previous blog, marketers are moving from big data to data attribution which provides insight into what receives credit for conversion. Continue reading “Let Radio Data Tell the Story”
Today’s post is courtesy of Jim Spaeth and Alice K. Sylvester of Sequent Partners.
“ROI.” “ROI.” “ROI.” whined Jan Brady.
Ok, maybe not, but you can’t go too far these days without encountering the term Return on Investment. ROI performance is on everyone’s mind – auto dealers, big retailers, movie companies … all of radio’s advertisers.
But just as we wrapped our heads around the advanced math of econometric marketing mix models, the measurement world changed. Today, the venerable, powerful marketing mix models are considered too slow, too macro and too backwards-thinking for most marketers. They need tools that are more granular and more comprehensive – tools like they have in digital, where they can attribute sales to digital touchpoints and map a consumer’s journey from search to website to reviewers’ blogs to Facebook to Amazon.
Attribution modeling is leaving the digital ecosystem and will play a key role in cross-platform ROI analysis. It’s a very hot topic full of promise and right now, some bluster.
Continue reading “Marketing Measurement Evolves:
Why You Should Care About Multi-Touch Attribution”