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What is Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM)?

November 20, 2021By Simon FosterMarket Mix Models, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Mix Models, Media Evaluation, Media Planning, MMM

Marketing Mix Modelling or MMM is a regression-based approach to identifying the drivers of sales for a business or brand – making it a form of attribution. For many advertisers it is used to understand and optimise the effects of paid media in generating short and medium term sales outcomes. Unlike many other forms of … Read More

Does excess share of voice (eSOV) guarantee brand sales growth?

February 18, 2021By Simon FosterMarketing Effectiveness, Marketing Training, Media Evaluation, Media Planning

Excess share of voice (eSOV) is an important concept in marketing and media investment planning. The “excess” represents the degree to which your brand’s share of voice exceeds its share of market. Numerous studies have examined this relationship and consistently found that an excess share of voice over share of market is likely to result … Read More

I am an independent marketing and media effectiveness consultant, with an emphasis on delivering marketing science-based solutions to advertisers. My independent status allows me to show you “how it is” rather than “how it ought to be”.

I offer extensive experience to support this, having worked at multiple market-leading agencies and media companies including CACI, Channel Four, Initiative, Mindshare, mSix, Ogilvy and PHD.

Client Experience: You can see my client experience here.

Awards: In the last four years my team has won three MediaWeek Awards (a gold and two silvers) for Best use of Econometrics, and a Silver for Best Use of Data and a Special Award for Attribution in the 2019 WARC global Best use of Data awards.

Technical: From a technical point of view I use R for all modelling and have undertaken extensive R courses including Tree Based Models in R, Visualising spatial data in R, Analysing Social Media data in R, Time-Series analysis in R, Correlation and Regression in R, Data Manipulations with dplyr, Multiple and Logistic Regression R, Intermedia R and Modelling with Data in the Tidyverse.

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Enjoy! Simon.