What 12 MTA Studies Tell Us About Marketing in the Age of Mobile
1. What 12 MTA studies tell us about Marketing
in the age of mobile
Vas Bakopoulos,
Head Industry Research MMA
August 2018
@gorecki36
vas@mmaglobal.com
2. What 12 MTA studies tell us about
Marketing in the age of mobile
7. @gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com 7
Advertising is “disposable”
We hit the brakes when economy goes down: 1% drop
in GDP = 4.4% drop in spend
Herd mentality: 75% of the change in ad spend is
explained by change in GDP
9. SMoX: The largest body of research about mobile
@gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com9
2014 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 201720152014
QSR
12 studies, 8brands,
25+publishers
48,000+
Interviews
$250MM+
Media spend tracked
3+ years
Total time tracked
10. …but not just mobile.
10
@gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com
11. We have tested a cross mix of sectors and marketing KPIs
Low Involvement/Frequent High Involvement /infrequent
Awareness Awareness Awareness
Image Image Image
Purchase Intent Purchase Intent Consideration Consideration
Foot traffic Foot traffic
Sales Sales Sales
@gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com
Upper
funnel
Lower
funnel
12. SMoX = Multi touch attribution = complicated
12
The science of using advanced analytics,
• on user level data,
• to allocate proportional credit,
• across a granular list of marketing touchpoints across many,
• and hopefully all, online and offline channels,
leading to a desired customer outcome.
@gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com
13. Connecting data at the level of the individual
Did your opinion change?
Did you go to the store?
Did you buy?
18. Moving from demographics to people and moments
18
77% of marketers use
Demographic
targeting
33% of marketers use
other data signals
50MM Mexicans 18-44.
Wendy´s used location targeting:
5X foot traffic compared to
demographics
20. More than half of the mix should go to TV.
But there is a range
20
70% 38%
Awareness, New
product launch
Image and Sales,
Brand Building
Image and Sales,
National Launch
70% 65% 60%
Image, existing
brand
50%
Sales,
Promotional,
Education needed
Promotion, no
education needed
50% 38%
22. Marketers are catching up with consumers
22
1% 5% 4% 6% 5%
12% 11%
16%
26%
20%
15%
12%
15% 15%
19% 17% 17%
33%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
AT&T Gold Peak Tea/Coca ColaMasterCard Walmart 825 Coca Cola China Coca Cola BrazilUnilever Magnum Allstate Wendy´s
% of mobile display in the mx (ex search)
Optimal allocations based on SMoX Studies
considering relative ROA/efficiency vs other media
Gap to Optimal Actual Spend
2014 2017
25. Upper funnel vs lower funnel
7
Mobile
Video
Overall
Campaign
Average
Mobile
Audio
Mobile
Display
132100 18574
98100 76112
Video and Audio: efficient drivers of consideration
Targeted Display: efficient way to “close the deal”
28. Shorter is better in mobile (and maybe elsewhere)
28 @gorecki36 / vas@mmaglobal.com *Index is based on Number of people who became more likely to
consider Allstate / $ spent
Video Audio
100 100
15-SECONDS
30-SECONDS
200 118
31. 31
Mobile BANNER impact on
Sales / $ spent
Behavioral targeting
Retargeting
No targeting /demographic 100
210
272
What makes display work: data and targeting
32. The Role of location targeting
17
Incremental Foot traffic / $
Spent
QSR
Retail
Insurance
Up to 5x
2.5x
2x (sales/$ spent)
Indices start with a base of
100 (average media) and
index up or down given the
performance of the additional
and comparable media levers
Incremental Foot traffic /
$ Spent
Conquesting
Geo fencing
CAMPAIGN AVERAGE
(ALL MEDIA)
228
100
311
33. Some historic location audiences can add even more value
17
Indices start with a base of 100
(average media) and index up or
down given the performance of the
additional and comparable media
levers
Incremental Foot traffic / $ Spent
Commuters
Conquesting
Fast food consumer
Geo fencing
CAMPAIGN AVERAGE (ALL MEDIA)
228
253
100
518
311
35. The future is about data…
35
Gartner estimates CMOs will
spend more on technology
than their CIO counterparts
36. But our tools are still largely the same
36
80%of marketers use MMM
81%of marketers use CTR more than any other metric
37. The case for MTA
Does your company currently use a multi touch attribution (MTA) solution or do you plan to use one in the future? N=343 (2017) N=412 (2016), Total Sample
34% 37%
15% 16%
17%
20%
10%
11%
25% 17%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2016 2017
We don’t plan to
use in the near
future
We will use in the
next 12 months
We will use in the
next 12 months
We will use in the
next 6 months
75%
83%
-29%-40%
-20%
0%
MTA providers have a dismal Net
Promoter Score
Overall how likely is it you would recommend your main multi
touch attribution (MTA) provider? N=118, Total MTA users
1NPS style calculation created from 10 pt satisfaction question
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40. Making marketing great again!
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1.People based Marketing: huge opportunity now, but a lot needs to be fixed
2.The new mix: mobile, TV and data heavy
3.Video: Big and small, shorter and smarter
4.Location and targeting: multipliers
5.Measurement and attribution: critical component for accountable marketing