Tools & Techniques

Here is a selection of some of the more simple tools we’ve found for answering some particularly thorny questions.

Articles

April 27, 2011

Why Does Marketing have to be so Damn Hard?

Fact: Failure rates in marketing are astronomically high. Only a small fraction of new marketing initiatives succeed in achieving their intended objectives. Why is it so damn hard to make marketing work consistently?...

Read More

April 26, 2011

A Simple Formula For Success

Success can be defined in a simple, algebraic formula. But that doesn't mean that the solution to success is any easier. See how well positioned you are to achieve it...

Read More

January 6, 2011

Meeting of the Minds: Everything We Know About Measuring Marketing Effectiveness in One Hour?

In this installment of our Meeting of the Minds webcast series, Professor Dominique (Mike) Hanssens will provide us with a one-hour overview of how marketing drives company performance....

Read More

July 7, 2010

Marketing Science Practice Prize Videos Featuring Top Business Case Studies Now Available Online

These videos provide a look into work that has had significant and verifiable impact on the marketing performance of the client organization. Companies featured include: IBM, Allstate, CVS, Bayer, Prudential and many more.

Read More

April 30, 2010

Meeting of the Minds: "What's Good?" The Role of Benchmarks in Evaluating Performance

In the latest installment of our Meeting of the Minds webcast series, Professor John Roberts shared his learnings on establishing appropriate marketing benchmarks...

Read More

December 18, 2008

How Much Value Can Neuromarketing Add to Your Consumer Research

Sound like a scene from the latest sci-fi thriller? The future is here with this new scientific method now helping marketers move beyond the traditional focus group.

Read More

November 22, 2008

The Flaw of Averages

Decisions based on averages are, on average, wrong. See some of the most common mathematical traps and how the brain wants to keep making them.

Read More

November 15, 2008

Budgeting Allocation Revisited

Numerous articles have been written about new methods and techniques for budget allocation. Here we take a closer look at the response-curve approach and the specific and valuable guidance it can offer for the budget allocation process.

Read More

October 5, 2008

Audience Measurement Conference: Emerging Trends from the Changing Media Landscape

Summary and insight into the latest trends and issues relating to media measurement from the Advertising Research Foundation’s Audience Measurement 3.0 Conference in New York.

Read More

June 3, 2008

Ad Metrics and Stock Markets: How to Bridge the Yawning Gap

Frustration over their increasing distance from the high table of decision-making has become something of an anguished cri de coeur within the marketing services community.

Read More

June 3, 2008

Marketing Budgets: New Planning Cycle, Same Old Insanity

Despite the ready availability of better tools and processes, most companies are determining their marketing budgets in much the same way as they have for the last 20+ years. We offer 7 best budget allocation practices that can breathe life into this antiquated process.

Read More

April 16, 2008

How Do You Measure Engagement? Start by Defining it in the Right Context

Engagement is rapidly gaining favor among marketers and media buyers as a critical measurement of customer value and brand strength. But how do you measure it?

Read More

January 31, 2008

21st Century Research Calls on an 18th Century Clergyman

A man with a family history of stroke goes to his doctor for regular 6 month screenings. The doctor, in addition to doing the normal blood tests and physical examination, has the man walk on a treadmill at normal speed under the watchful eye of a digital video camera, attached to a powerful computer several thousand miles away.

 

Stress test? Hardly. This doctor is using math to predict the risk of stroke.

Read More

January 29, 2008

Can You Take a Price Increase?

Meet the Pocket Price Waterfall: an algorithm-free pricing tool to help you decide how (and where) to price up.

Read More

September 10, 2007

Taking Pricing to the People

Learn how to solidify your pricing strategy with customer input on the Price Sensitivity Meter (a.k.a. the van Westendorp Procedure).

Read More

March 26, 2007

What to Cut: How to Pick Your Spots When the Budget Axe Is About to Fall

It may be early in the budget cycle, but for many of us the request for cuts will start soon. We'll give you a few ideas for how to minimize the effect of the falling axe. A few moments of thought now can save lots of aggravation later in the year.

Read More

December 5, 2006

Four Predictions for Predictive Analytics

We dissect the key trends predicted to shape the marketing analytics space over the next few years, and how the tools, skills, and processes will enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Read More

December 5, 2006

Is There a Reliable Way to Measure Word-of-Mouth Marketing?

We try to untangle the fact from fiction about word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing and offer a prescription for WOM measurement.

Read More

More MarketingNPV

Contact MarketingNPV

Need help? MarketingNPV can help you find a solution.

MarketingNPV Journal

The MarketingNPV Journal is a great resource to stay up to date in the world of Marketing Measurement.

Subscribe via RSS

Subscribe to the MarketingNPV RSS feed and receive new content as it's published.

Solution Center

Find resources to help you tackle the most pressing questions of the day.