Analytics & Modeling

From modeling to simulations, analytical competency is a foundation for insight into your marketing effectiveness. Sound analytics often help reframe the problem and reveal possible solutions.

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May 24, 2011

Marketing Mix Model Masochist

Marketing Mix Models may face criticism in the face of more advanced alternatives, but are still effective methods that are well-grasped and should be included as one tool in a much broader marketing measurement toolkit.

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July 27, 2010

Metrics That Help Catch Lightning in a Bottle

What do these great marketing breakthroughs have in common?


•    MasterCard “priceless”
•    Energizer bunny
•    “Got Milk?”
•    Absolut ________ 

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January 4, 2010

Question of the Week: Would my company benefit from a marketing mix model?

Dear Dave, Lately I’ve been thinking that my company might benefit from a marketing mix model to help us understand the relative value of our advertising vs. our field marketing programs vs...
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November 10, 2009

"That is the Big Challenge" says Eric Schmidt

Reflections on a recent conversation with Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, about the company's online and offline advertising models.

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June 10, 2009

Backwards Think Sometimes I

Now that I'm older, I find myself thinking backwards more often. I start by thinking about the possible implications of a proposed analysis path -- e.g., "What question am I trying to answer and what would I do if the answer were X or Y?"

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May 7, 2009

Survey: 27% of Marketers Suck

A recent survey panel reported a mean response of 27% when asked, “on a scale of 0% to 100%, how many marketers suck?”

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May 1, 2009

The Elasticity of Sales Enablement

When times are tough and horizons are shorter, we all want to help as much as we can. But let’s not mistake hope for judgment when reallocating resources from marketing programs to sales enablement...

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April 21, 2009

More on Mauled by Models

A follow-up to the post Mauled by Models with comments and feedback on how you would have handled this situation...

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April 3, 2009

Mauled By Models

A story of one VP and the model that bit back...

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March 24, 2009

It's All Relative

Brilliant strategy? Check.

 

Sophisticated analytics? Check.

 

Compelling business case? Check.

 

Closing that one big hole that could torpedo your career? Uhhhhhhh....... Most new marketing initiatives fail to achieve anything close to their business-case potential. Why? Unilateral analysis, or looking at the world only through your own company's eyes, as if there was no competition.

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