Marketing ROI
Real Or Imaginary
7 Ways to make it real
Background
Marketers
• 8/10 believe their marketing budgets are under-funded
CFOs
• I have never found CFO that didn’t believe a lot of marketing investments are wasted
But 75% of the value of most companies is the Brand… so maybe there is some common ground
Measuring ROI
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ROI = ( (Acquisition (#) * Margin (€) ) + retention effect - Investment
Investment (€)
ROMI = Price Premium (€) x Market Share (#)
Marketing Investment (€)
What is the biggest issue …
• People don’t know and are not measuring
▫ R = Return
▫ I = Investment
• Because it is difficult, does not mean it should not be done… or you shouldn’t worry about it..
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Without measurement R or I It doesn’t make sense to talk About techniques
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Incremental sales
Changes in brand awareness
Total sales from marketing
Purchase intent
Attitudinal changes
Market share
Number of leads
Ratio of ad cost to revenue
Cost per lead
Reach/frequency
GRPs delivered
Cost per sale
Media post buy analysis
Financial value of brand equity
Customer lifetime value
Which is closest to your company’s current
definition of marketing ROI? description
Source: ANA – Forrester 2005
If a perfect world you would measure profits you can also measure profit drivers …
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YOUR MARKETING ROI
Most marketing doesn’t
work
…you gotta get started measuring
According to nielsen research
• A study of 862 packaged goods promotions. ▫ 50% no impact,
▫ less than 1 in 10, plus 10%
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As long as you are not measuring what is working You are burning money…
Finance people can improve
marketing decisions
You might not want to get involved
but you should
Diversity trumps ability
• Imagine you have 2 groups ▫ 10 smartest people
▫ 10 random people
• The random groups almost always outperforms ▫ A different toolset
▫ “Stupid” questions that spark thinking
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• Research at KU Leuven over 2 years… 10 groups working on 10 marketing tasks ▫ All non-marketers
▫ All male marketers
▫ All female marketers
▫ Mixed marketers
▫ Mixed marketers + non-marketers
Solving marketing problems…
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Relative results
Absolute results
Most Advertising doesn’t
sell
Get Involved… keep your marketing team
focused on the basics
Half my advertising doesn’t work..
That would be a bit optimistic
Depending on the study… 80-90% of advertising does not work…
Why ….
▫ Lack of a benefit
▫ No reason to believe
▫ No call to action
▫ No clear message
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If you’re confused… Consumers are also likely to confused
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Quick test...What is it?
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Confusion is not a good strategy for success.
Clarity
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Let a customer say NO because what you offer doesn’t apply to them.
But NEVER let a customer say
NO because they don’t understand what you’re offering.
A golden rule of advertising
Most products fail
learn to shoot the ugly puppies early
My shoot the puppy checklist
• Is there a benefit (real or perceived)
• People willing to pay (enough)
• Cost of cut-through acceptable
• People will see the benefit buy again / recommend to others
• Will someone hate the product
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Target ROI’s for new products Investment Investment Return ROI Cum_invest Cum_Return Cum ROI
1 100 2000 2000% 100 2000 2000%
2 100 150 150% 200 2150 1075%
3 100 100 100% 300 2250 750%
4 100 100 100% 400 2350 588%
5 100 50 50% 500 2400 480%
6 100 50 50% 600 2450 408%
7 100 25 25% 700 2475 354%
8 100 25 25% 800 2500 313%
9 100 10 10% 900 2510 279%
10 100 10 10% 1000 2520 252%
11 100 5 5% 1100 2525 230%
12 100 4 4% 1200 2529 211%
13 100 3 3% 1300 2532 195%
14 100 2 2% 1400 2534 181%
15 100 1 1% 1500 2535 169%
16 100 1 1% 1600 2536 159%
17 100 1 1% 1700 2537 149%
18 100 0 0% 1800 2537 141%
19 100 0 0% 1900 2537 134%
20 100 0 0% 2000 2537 127%
Totals 2000 2537 127%
Throw out 4 losers and your ROI increases 159%
Throw out the winner and your ROI falls to -72%
We get bored long before
consumers
Stop changing…
Repeat what works, until you are sure it is no
longer working
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White
Odours Fresh
Off the market Boring ! But market Leader
1 * 1 * 1 * 1 = Beauty
1 * 1 * 1 * 0 = Failure
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We often offer
too much choice
Cut, kill, eliminate extra choice
Less is more !
• Proctor & Gamble reduced the number of Head and Shoulders SKUs to 15 from 26, eliminating the least popular varieties, and saw an increase in sales of 10%
• The Golden Cat Corp. eliminated 10 of its worst-selling kitty-litter SKUs, and saw sales rise 12% (while cutting distribution costs in half) - resulting in an 87% increase in profit
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Pricing is too often
forgotten
Work together… sell value
and talk about pricing
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A good starting point… explain break-
even analysis
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Unit
Price - Cost = Profit * Volume = Profit
Today 10 - 9 = 1 * 100 = 100
Break-even 11 - 9 = 2 * 50 = 100
Expected 11 - 9 = 2 * 90 = 180
Summary
• Make a commitment to start measuring ▫ No perfect solution is no reason not to start now
• Help build transparency (so you can repeat what works) ▫ Investments , Return
• Cut and kill: ugly puppies, new cute advertising, weak brand extensions
• Get involved with marketing ▫ Keep them focused on the basics
▫ Get involved in the pricing game
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