If you want your company to start using MMM, you’ll have to get buy-in from your finance and your executive team, but it’s always hard to change the status quo within an organization. This can be a real problem – especially if your executive and finance team is currently only …
Introducing Media Mix Modeling (MMM) into your organization is a decision that requires careful consideration and due diligence. MMM is hard, and it’s worse to do it badly than to not do it at all. If you’re starting to consider how to do MMM, you might be thinking about whether …
9 Questions to Ask Your MMM Vendor (or Internal Marketing Science Team) Read More »
“How do we know if the model is right?” That’s one of the most important questions in MMM. Most MMM models are black boxes, but business decisions can’t be based on faith alone. How do you distinguish credible results from vendor promises? How do you actually know if you’ve built …
Why is validation challenging in MMM? What are the different ways to validate? Read More »
You don’t just want an MMM model. You want a model that can be trusted. But since MMM models are really powerful, they can also be subject to overfitting. So, how can we build confidence in the model and the recommendations we’re making to the marketing team? The answer: backtesting …
How to do holdout accuracy and backtesting for your MMM (and why it matters) Read More »
Brands looking for 100% clarity in marketing measurement by using just one method won’t find it. Multi-touch attribution won’t give you that. Conversion lift studies won’t give you that. Even marketing mix modeling, which is what we focus on here at Recast, won’t give you that either. There is not …
With digital tracking breaking and marketers losing visibility, many are turning to Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) as an alternative measurement method to multi-touch attribution. And understandably so: it doesn’t rely on tracking people across the Internet, it focuses on finding true incrementality, and it can be very valuable for budget …
3 Key Indicators That Your Company Might Not Be Ready for MMM Read More »
The distinction between correlation and causation is a fundamental challenge within MMM, and it has significant implications for the efficacy of your marketing efforts. It is not just about interpreting data correctly; it’s about making sure our budget is not being wasted and misallocated. This article delves deep into why …
The Correlation vs Causation Challenge in Marketing Mix Models Read More »
It is said that the best product ideas come from having to scratch your itch – from facing a big, challenging problem and urgently needing to find a solution for it. Recast has a similar genesis story. I ran the data science and analytics team at Harry’s, known for its …
We live in an omni-channel world, and that has drastically changed the way consumers buy. It’s no longer a linear journey; it’s an intricate web of touch-points across online and offline channels. So it’s no surprise that this interconnectedness means that actions in one channel can ripple across others, sometimes …
What are Halo Effects and how do they impact MMM? Read More »
There are thousands of non-marketing factors that can make an impact on your company’s base sales. Consumer sentiment, GDP growth, inflation, consumer saving rates, interest rates… we could list dozens and dozens of exogenous factors that can change your base sales. But when it comes to marketing mix modeling, we …
