The document discusses marketing mix modeling (MMM) as a statistical analysis technique to understand the impact of various marketing activities on sales. It outlines the challenges and steps in creating MMM, including data collection and model evaluation, while highlighting the tools and methodologies used. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of accurate data and the future development of MMM for better marketing effectiveness.

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3. Petri Mertanen
• Speaker, analytics coach & consultant
• BBA, Specialist Qualification in Management
• (Digital) Analytics experience since 2005
• Lecturer at Aalto University and Laurea University
of Applied Sciences
• Presentations at SlideShare
• Certifications for Analytics and Data Science:
• Elements of AI
• Cookie Consent Expert
• Statistical thinking for Data Science & Analytics
• Google Analytics Individual Qualification,
Google Tag Manager Fundamentals,
Introduction to Data Studio

4. Agenda today
• Problems with traditional digital analytics
• What is Marketing Mix Modelling?
• The math behind the model
• Common steps in modelling
• Challenges with MMM
• Tools for modelling
• Results and insights & benefits
• Future development
• Greetings from Finland
• Credits
• Q&A

5. Problems with digital analytics
• Heuristic analysis
• Interpretations depends on people
• Time consuming, not cost effective
• Not able to work with large amount
of complex data sets
• Insights may be too simple
• Mainly data from digital channels
• Analysis on promotions →
optimizing advertising mix
• A/B and multivariate testing →
conversion rate optimization
• Predictive analytics lack more or less

6. Advertising ≠ Marketing

7. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the MMM is.
You have to see it for yourself.

8. What is Marketing Mix Modelling?
“Marketing Mix Modelling is statistical analysis on sales.
With MMM you use marketing data to to estimate the impact of
various marketing mix tactics on sales.
You use the model to forecast the future sets of tactics.
MMM is often used to optimize advertising mix and promotional
tactics with respect to sales revenue or profit.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_mix_modeling

9. The math behind - linear regression model
• Dependent variable y
• Explanatory variables
• β1 is the intercept term (constant)
• βk is the slope coefficient of variable xk
• εi is the disturbance term for observation i

10. The linear regression model explained
• Dependent variable y = we are trying to explain the total sales
• Explanatory variables, for example:
• Advertising spend (in different channels)
• Discounts or seasonality
• External factors, like weather, COVID-19 or competitor’s activities
• β1 is the intercept term (constant) = it’s important to know baseline sales
• βk is the slope coefficient of variable xk (marginal effect on sales)
• εi is the disturbance term for observation i = the residual of total sales that cannot be
explained by the model

11. And little bit more about Data Science...
• Bayesian linear model used
• Usually with non-linear transformations
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods used (can be compared to data
driven attribution model in Google Analytics)
• Actually instead of one model, we may use thousands of models
• We do this to make sure the results are reliable

12. Common steps in modelling
• Define the model (with the customer)
• Select the variables for the model
• Collect, clean and validate the data
• Create the model
• Modelling and analysis with the historical data
• Evaluate the model
• Go through outputs and recommendations
• Move to ongoing phase
• Track the changes
• Develop and evaluate the model

13. https://marketingeffectiveness.nielsen.com/our-solutions/marketing-mix-modeling/

14. Challenges with MMM
• Volume of data is small
• Data is spread in different systems
• Data is in several different formats
• Data quality is bad
• There is no automatization in place
• There is a time lag (adstock effect)
• There is a shape effect (or the S-curve)
• Math is difficult (for clients)
• There is no one model that fits for all
• Decision making can be insufficient

15. Tools for modelling
• Traditional:
• Excel (Analysis ToolPak)
• SPSS
• XLSTAT
• Data science:
• R
• Python
• SaaS:
• Sellforte
• Exactag
• BigML

16. What is exactly causing the sales?

17. What is exactly causing the sales?

18. Results
• Marketing activities always create sales
• Reliable ROMI / ROAS / ROI
calculations for advertising and margin
• Real knowledge of how different
marketing activities perform over time
• Evaluated, mathematical model
(degree of explanation)
• Predictions and hypothesis for planning
• Increases the credibility of CMO

19. Insights & benefits
• Advertising alone doesn’t explain
the additional sales
• Usually we give too much credit
on advertising
• Less wrong kind of activities
• Less budget for wrong channels
• Cost savings and more sales
• Better profitability
• Increased competitive edge
• MMM is not for all companies

20. Future development
• Increase data maturity (daily level)
• Create Marketing Data Warehouse
• Develop the model case by case
• Automate modelling
• Try different creatives in the model
• Will there be a cookieless future?
• The more you use offline advertising or
have different kind of sales channels, the
more important the MMM is
• With Marketing Mix Modelling you really
get the big picture of Marketing!

21. Create Marketing Data Warehouse with Supermetrics for BigQuery

22. Create Marketing Data Warehouse with Supermetrics for BigQuery

23. GREETINGS FROM FINLAND
“Linear regression was invented already in the 19th century.”

24. “Measuring with cookies is getting more difficult.”
GREETINGS FROM FINLAND

25. “Predictive model requires lots of quality data.”
GREETINGS FROM FINLAND

26. “Companies should put their marketing data in order!”
GREETINGS FROM FINLAND

27. Ismo Tenkanen
CEO
Econometrics
Finland
Data Scientist
BC Platforms
Chief Science
Officer
Sellforte Solutions
Karita Hakala Mikko Ervasti Erik Grönroos
Leading Analyst
Generaxion

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