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ROI and Risk/Reward: Compensation Basics

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In this course, we will review the factors shaping the demand for risk/reward compensation; discuss what elements need to be in place before agreeing to such a program; outline some rules for risk/reward agreements; and offer a methodology for risk/reward calculation. We’ll also discuss other methods of ROI measurement in use by businesses, and recommend those methods best suited to agency-client collaboration.

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ROI and Risk/Reward: Agency Compensation Basics

Second WindUniversity of Advertising

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Course Description

In this course, we will review the factors shaping the demand for risk/reward compensation; discuss what elements need to be in place before agreeing to such a program; outline some rules for risk/reward agreements; and offer a methodology for risk/reward calculation.

We’ll also discuss other methods of ROI measurement in use by businesses, and recommend those methods best suited to agency-client collaboration.

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What is ROI?Return on Investment

In advertising and marketing, what companies earn back from advertising

expenditures.

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Companies are increasingly demanding accountability from their advertising and marketing partners.

• Moves agencies from vendor (execution) to consultant/advisor role

• Increases perceived value of agency services in clients’ eyes

• Generates and grows a partner relationship with agency clients

• Higher-value agency profit center

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WHY THE DEMAND FOR ROI?ONE REASON:

“Half the money I spend

on advertising is wasted;

the trouble is I don’t know

which half.”

Attributed to American retailing legend John Wanamaker

(Also attributed to William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme)

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Eight Marketing ROI Methods:

• Media Measurement (reach, frequency, GRPs, etc.)

• Communications Measurement (readership, awareness, recall)

• Econometrics (Web-Based, too!) (cost-per-action, cost-per-sale, cost-per-lead, etc.)

• Statistical Measurement (complicated and requires access to several years of client data)

• Benchmarking (goals set and measured against current or historical data)

• Objectives-based Planning (attaining very specific goals within set periods)

• Behavioral Measurement (customer behavior before, during and after a campaign)

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Ideally, stick to Objectives-based, Benchmarking and Behavioral measures, all of which can be tested and tracked by the agency with access to client data.

Most of these methods are not valuable in risk/reward agency compensation.

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What is Risk/Reward Agency Compensation?

• Clients ask agencies to be paid based on how programs perform

• Success-based payment - agencies are paid if programs perform; the better they perform, the more the agency is rewarded

• Agencies “share the risk” - if clients lose, so do agencies

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FOUR KEYS TO INCENTIVE OR RISK/REWARD BASED

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Four Keys to Incentive or Risk/Reward based Compensation:

• Take the deal to the client; do not let them set terms, but propose your own.

• Ensure that you can at least break even with your proposal.

• Base the reward on measurable criteria that is comfortable for client and agency.

• Oversight - Participate in or control the measurement process to ensure “fair play.”

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NEW STYLES OF RISK BASED

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New styles of risk-based:

Profit-sharing:

• The agency is paid a percentage of profits generated by a marketing effort.

• Example: New York agency Anomaly teamed with Michigan State Lottery to sell ad space on the backs of lottery tickets in exchange for 10 percent of revenue from the ad sales.

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New styles of risk-based:

Independent:• The agency gains client permission to execute for-

profit client-marketing-related programs, where the agency risks all costs in exchange for full profits.

• Example: Agency Crispin, Porter & Bogusky manufactured and sold “Subservient Chicken” action figures with permission of client Burger King.

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About University of Advertising

Second Wind created the University of Advertising to provide on-demand training for agency professionals seeking to advance their advertising careers and become more valuable to their agencies. Since 1988, Second Wind has trained over 20,000 agency professionals and certified thousands through its highly recognized Certified Seminar series. Now, Second Wind is delivering this training right to your desktop.

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