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Half my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.

by Scott Hoffman on February 15, 2011

John Wanamaker, may not be famous to you, but in the advertising business his quote is still talked about today: “Half my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.”

With all of the new tools that are out there, that allow us online digital people to combine Data and Media, and decouple Data and Media – we now have a very good chance at answering John Wanamaker’s now famous quote. We are closer than ever at figuring out which half works best.

What do you think?

Tagged as: Advertising, Media, quotes

  • DRDyer

    Couldn’t agree more.
    In fact, there’s a company called ThinkVine who can help you FORECAST the answer to this question from your marketing plan.

    They’ve developed a better approach to marketing optimization than traditional methods – agent based modeling vs. regression – and they deliver it through a software platform that allows ongoing analysis vs. a static shot report.

    I know this sounds incredible, but check out their clients: Kraft, SC Johnson, Del Monte, Hershey, Sunny Delight Beverages, Oreck and Valvoline. (http://www.thinkvine.com/customers/overview)

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  • http://www.cliqology.com Scott Hoffman

    Thanks for the tip about ThinkVine

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