Advertising effectiveness: the long and the short of it · Advertising effectiveness: the long and...

Preview:

Citation preview

Advertising effectiveness: the long and the short of it

Les Binet

Head of Effectiveness, adam&eve DDB

• Analysis of 996 IPA cases over 30 years.

• Covers 700 brands in 83 categories.

• Identifies the ingredients for effectiveness, over the short and long term.

• “Effectiveness” measured in hard business terms.

How advertising pays back

Sale

s u

plif

t o

ver

bas

e

Time

Two kinds of effect

Sales activation Short term sales uplifts, but no long term growth

Brand building Long term sales growth

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Volume is not enough

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Neither Sales/share only Price only Both

Pro

fit

eff

ect

Improvements reported in… Source: Binet & Field 2013

Brand building reduces price sensitivity

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

0 1 2 3 4+

Pri

ce e

ffe

ct

Number of brand metrics improved Source: Binet & Field 2013

For maximum profit, you need both

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Brand buiding Both Sales activation

Pro

fit

effe

ct

Campaign objectives

Implications for targeting

Talk to all your prospects

Long term prospects

Immediate prospects

Customer base Short term

sales activation

Long term brand building

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Broad reach means bigger profits

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Target existing customers Target new customers Target whole market

Pro

fit

effe

ct

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Share of mind

Mental availability

Awareness Salience Fame

Heard of brand, know about brand

Brand comes easily to mind,

familiarity

Social amplification, herd effects

Increasing returns

Short or long term, share of mind is crucial.

Fame increases efficiency x 4

0,0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,6

Fame campaigns Other campaigns

An

nu

alis

ed

ESO

V e

ffic

ien

cy

The role of emotion

Rational & emotional campaigns work differently

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Rational Combined Emotional

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Rational Combined Emotional

Brand effects Activation effects

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Emotions drive long term profits

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

1 year 2 years 3+ years

Pro

fit

effe

ct

Emotional campaigns

Rational campaigns

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Media implications

Key ingredients for brand building

Emotion

Fame Reach

TV has all three ingredients

TV boosts efficiency

0,0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

Used TV Did not use TV

An

nu

alis

ed

ESO

V

effi

cie

ncy

Efficiency of TV is increasing

0,0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

0,9

1980-2002 2004-2010

An

nu

alis

ed

ESO

V

effi

cie

ncy

TV cases

The role of creativity

Creativity boosts efficiency x 10

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

Creatively awarded Not creatively awarded

An

nu

alis

ed

ESO

V e

ffic

ien

cy

Budgets

Budgets still matter

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%

Shar

e o

f vo

ice

Share of market

SOV > SOM: brands tend to grow

SOV < SOM: brands tend to shrink

Equilibrium: SOV = SOM

Source: Binet & Field 2013

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

No

. of

bu

sin

ess

eff

ect

s

Activation share of budget

Optimum mix: ~60% brand, ~40% activation

Budgets must be balanced

Source: Binet & Field 2013

Case study: John Lewis

John Lewis ad here

Sources: John Lewis, Mintel

22,0%

23,0%

24,0%

25,0%

26,0%

27,0%

28,0%

29,0%

FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014

Shar

e o

f d

ep

artm

en

t st

ore

sal

es

John Lewis market share

adam&eveDDB

Bear &

Hare

Implications for evaluation

Short term metrics are not enough

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Rational Combined Emotional

Profit effect

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Rational Combined Emotional

Direct response effect

Source: Binet & Field 2013

The balanced scorecard

Long term growth

Price elasticity

Brand equity

Implicit, emotional responses

Creativity & fame metrics

Share of voice

Explicit communication & persuasion scores

On & offline responses

Short term sales

Short term metrics

Long term metrics