Setting optimization goals: You want to create marketing scenarios, where you can predict an organizational aligned outcome with a high level of confidence.
7. If optimization goals are
NOT KPI duplicates, surely they are
KPI derivatives ?
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8. If optimization goals are
NOT KPI derivatives, they must certainly be
KPI derivative proxies ?
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9. None of the above – then what ?
Certainly not CTR or Visits :-)
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10. The further away your optimizations goals are from your organizational KPIs
– the higher the risk of applying direct harm.
(turning decent marketing initiatives into organizational de-optimization exercises)
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11. Assuming we have an optimization goal metric,
that is well aligned with organizational KPIs
* we should be home safe, yes ?
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12. An optimization goal is inheritably aligned with
attribution choices
(multiple online channels, and generally a changing universe)
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13. Does the optimization goal apply for respectable
attribution modeling ?
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14. Assuming we have perfect organizational aligned goals,
that can be accurately attributed their fair success
* we should be home safe, yes ?
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15. An online optimization goal in likely to be built into an
online marketing initiative.
(mixing online and offline)
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16. Does the optimization goal apply for respectable
attribution modeling in conjunction with
Media Mix Modeling ?
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17. Example:
Let’s have a look at how people attack PPC optimization goal setting
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27. In conclusion
Setting optimization goals:
You want to create marketing scenarios,
where you can predict an organizational aligned outcome
with a high level of confidence
AND it’s not easy
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28. Want to know more about
Analytics, Media and Marketing?
VisualRevenue.com/blog or Twitter.com/DennisMortensen
29. Thank you
Dennis R. Mortensen, Director of Data Insights at Yahoo! | dennis.mortensen@yahoo-inc.com
Blog: http://visualrevenue.com/blog
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