This deck introduces the ABX ad testing system, a paradigm shift in how companies can evaluate their paid and pre-test media. Their model conforms to the rules of faster, cheaper, deeper and better.
2. “Half the money I spend on
advertising is wasted; the trouble
is, I don’t know which half.”
John Wanamaker, 1838-1922,
the father of modern advertising
A Paradigm Shift from an Age-
Old Problem to Current Day
Solution!
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4. In the early days of advertising, 90% of America was reached by
just a few networks. Nearly all ads were tested to protect
investment. Today, less than 2% of ads are tested.
In Wanamaker’s Day, the Problem had just Begun
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5. In Today’s World, Billions of Dollars go down the
Drain Because 98% of ads are Untested
According to a study by Proxima Consulting in 2015, “up to 60% of
global marketing budgets are being wasted every single year!”
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6. Today’s Ad Landscape is Messy; Most Ads are Wastefully
Underperforming
Good Ads
Underperforming Ads
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7. The Explosion of Media Channels and Creative
Produced has led to Woeful Ignorance
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10. Imagine if?
• You could test ALL ads
in ALL media from ALL
competitors?
• You would know how
any ad performed in
just 24-48 hours?
• You were provided with
the tools & insights to
improve the creative
effectiveness of your
ads on an ongoing
basis?
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11. & What if?
• You could achieve
all of this at
significantly
reduced costs?
• You could link ad
test scores to in
market sales and
revenue via
marketing mix
models?
• And you could
predict the
outcome of your ad
placements, in real
dollars & cents?
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12. Changing the Paradigm – the ABX Creative
Improvement System
• 100,000 normative ads for creative brainstorming
• 24-48 hour low-cost Pre-tests enables revisions &
retests
Stage One
Creative
• In-market Post-Tests on ALL client and competitive ads
across ALL media are measured
• Results enable media plan refinement and MMM
Stage Two
Creative
Benchmarks
• Continuous in-market tracking measures success
• Quarterly deep-dives provide additional detailed
insights
Stage Three
In-Market
Tracking
13. The Interviewing Experience – 40% Better
• Interviews collected using ABX
patent-pending visual ‘ocular’
survey system.
• Improved ‘interviewing
experience’ leads to greater
engagement vs traditional “text
based” surveys.
• A vastly improved data
collection process which reduces
a lot of the cost
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14. What ABX Measures
▪ 14 key inputs
▪ 2 consumption metrics
▪ Level of category usage
(Frequent, Regular, Occasional, None)
▪ Level of media consumption
(all media; same frequency breaks)
▪ Geographic data
▪ 4 census regions
▪ Demographic data
▪ Gender, Age, Education, HHI
Brand Linkage
(Ad Recall)
Clear Benefit
Feel About
Advertiser
Better
Worse
No Different
Relevant
Like to See
Again
Contact
Company
Awareness Messaging Reputation Relevant Likeability Call to Action
Easily
Understood
Like Visit Website
Look For
Product
Purchase
Product
Recommend
Product
Talk to Someone
About it
None/Any
ABX Data is comprised of
Dislike
Awareness Messaging Reputation Relevant Likeability Call to Action
ABX Data is comprised of
Awareness Messaging Reputation Relevant Likeability
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15. Note:
• “Reputation” is net of “better” minus “worse”
• “AnyAction” is one or more calls-to-action, highlighted in yellow
• “Blue” data is included in The ABX Index
• The ABX Index correlates MMs
• ABX data correlates with legacy testers
• ABX Index is customizable based on factors
that correlate w/client needs.
ABX
Index
ABX ID
Advertiser
ABX
Index
Brand
Linkage
Clear
Benefit
Easy to
Understand
Reputation
Any
Action
Contact
Company
Visit
Website
Look
For
Purchase Recommend
Talk to
Someone
Relevant
See
Again
Like Dislike
Vs. All Ads 127 120 110 111 156 142 59 101 184 211 103 80 160 130 82 31
Vs. Category 116 109 107 107 146 125 61 76 139 217 100 81 142 123 85 37
Vs. Medium 131 117 115 118 169 148 60 98 187 227 113 88 168 142 91 33
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The Advertising Benchmark Index (ABX)
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17. Case Study: Quick Serve Restaurants
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Case Study: Quick Serve Restaurants
How Your Company can Reclaim the Waste
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All Ads Normative
Radio Ads
Outdoor Ads
TV Ads
Where are your brand’s
strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities & threats?
20. Strong performers
Weak performers
$47 million opportunity
through ad substitution
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Digital Ads
Print Ads
Radio Ads
TV Ads
Outdoor Ads
FSI Ads
The ad inventory is immense & daunting! (>100 ads)
We measure it all, on your desktop in 24-48 hours
26. Financial Opportunity - $47 Million
A Fast Food Company like McDonald’s can see which ads are
resonating with ABX. Creative effectiveness is improved $47 million
annually by substituting “average” ads for “underperforming” ones.
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28. In the ideal world, spend on an ad-by-ad basis would align
perfectly with ad sales lift, but this is not the case. In fact, it is
most often highly inefficient and wasteful!
R² = 0.1138
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Ad SALES LIFT SQRT
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29. However, ABX has proven to align and correlate extremely well
with individual ad sales lifts. This provides a great resource for
allocating marketing funds across individual ads!
R² = 0.5527
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AD SALES LIFT SQRT
Using the ABX metric to allocate media budget by ad would
have generated + $21MM (2%) in incremental revenue for
this Brand.
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30. The Importance of Ad Creative
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Baseline Store Promotions Short-Term.Media Spend
Short-Term.Media Creative Long-Term Media
Media
Creative
is 60-
80% of
the full
ad effect
31. It’s 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The CMO of the
world’s largest retailer needed feedback on
which of 3 ads to run by Friday. ABX tested the
ads and served a recommendation of a spot
which scored 20% stronger than the other ads.
Ad selected and ran that weekend!
The creative staff of a major beer
brand utilized consistent messaging
across out-of-home, online video, and
radio. But while online video and out-
of-home were performing well, ABX
benchmarks for the radio ad showed
this ad was underperforming. ABX
comparative data further revealed that
the most effective radio ads in their
competitive set used simple voiceover
with minimal background effects. The
radio ad was remixed, simplifying the
presentation. With no change in copy,
the insights delivered by ABX improved
the remixed radio spot 68%.
One of the world’s largest retailers wanted to
place a new symbol/logo on all of their ads,
but was concerned of possible detrimental
impact on their reputation. ABX tested the
concept within one week and had the
assurance that this move would actually
improve the effectiveness of their ads.
Mini Case Studies
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32. All Data and Insights Delivered in
Real-Time Access
On the Desktop: Mobile:
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34. If John Wanamaker could See us Now!
• Insights on EVERY ad
• Across ALL media types
• Against ALL competitive ads
• Single methodology for cross-media comparison
• Robust metrics for market mix models and other
• Complete feedback loop for creatives
• Results in 24-48 hours
• All for a fraction of what is charged by legacy providers
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35. What’s Next & the Offer
• We invite you to investigate yourself. Find out if
what we claim is true. We are open to discussion.
• We offer to show you “real & current” data on your
own brands & categories. We can show you how
your ads stack up versus peers and competitors.
• Give us a call and lets arrange a no-obligation
conference to discuss how ABX can change the
paradigm and give you significantly better, faster
and more complete feedback on your own
advertising effectiveness.
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36. Gary Getto
President,
Advertising Benchmark Index
E: Gary@adbenchmark.com
M: 347.443.8869
http://blog.adbenchmark.com
Michael Wolfe
CEO
Bottom Line Analytics Global
E: mjw@bottomlineanalytics.com
M: 678.314.8446
www.bottomlineanalytics.com
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Thank You!!
Angela Jeffrey
Vice President,
Advertising Benchmark Index
E: Angie@adbenchmark.com
M: 347.443.8869
http://blog.adbenchmark.com
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