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
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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
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Neither Sales/share only Price only Both
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Improvements reported in… Source: Binet & Field 2013
Brand building reduces price sensitivity
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Number of brand metrics improved Source: Binet & Field 2013
For maximum profit, you need both
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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
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Target existing customers Target new customers Target whole market
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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
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The role of emotion
Rational & emotional campaigns work differently
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Rational Combined Emotional
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Brand effects Activation effects
Source: Binet & Field 2013
Emotions drive long term profits
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Rational campaigns
Source: Binet & Field 2013
Media implications
Key ingredients for brand building
Emotion
Fame Reach
TV has all three ingredients
TV boosts efficiency
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Efficiency of TV is increasing
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The role of creativity
Creativity boosts efficiency x 10
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Budgets
Budgets still matter
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Share of market
SOV > SOM: brands tend to grow
SOV < SOM: brands tend to shrink
Equilibrium: SOV = SOM
Source: Binet & Field 2013
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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
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John Lewis market share
adam&eveDDB
Bear &
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Implications for evaluation
Short term metrics are not enough
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Rational Combined Emotional
Profit effect
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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
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