MMM & Attribution Episodes

There's often a "human API" bottleneck when implementing marketing mix models in a business. What if AI agents could help? That's what we talked about with Dr. Luca Fiaschi, partner at PyMC Labs. Find out how agents can support the full MMM chain - data consolidation and validation, model building with priors and business knowledge, deployment and retraining pipelines, and interactive Q&A for scenario planning - shifting data scientists toward designing agent workflows and guardrails rathe...

We needed some help regulating and validating our podcast (and models), so we invited Henry Innis - Co-Founder of Mutinex - to help out.Listen in to this lovely chat about the quirky differences between the American and Australian markets, challenges and realities of MMM, and the future of media measurement and regulation. Buckle up for the hot takes.00:00 Casual Catch-Up and Thanksgiving Stories01:08 Topic Introduction - Marketing Mix Modeling01:34 Guest Introduction and Background03:00 Differe...

Is MMM the right solution for your company? With seasoned professionals Gabriel Franco (Founder of Cassandra) and TS Kelly (Managing Director at Arima), we go deep into the world of Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM). What does the adoption of MMM look like? What's the role of open-source tools like Meta's Robyn and Google's Meridian? When is MMM the NOT the right solution? What do MMM critics get wrong? And what's in store over the next few years for MMM? ▶️ Watch on YouTube 00:00 I...

A professor, an analytics director, and a podcaster walk into a bar and order a whiskey. Which brand do they order? And how does that data make it's way into a marketing mix model? That's what Simon and Jim wanted to know, so they asked Elea Feit - Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Marketing at Drexel, and Karen Chisholm, Director of Transformation Analytics at Pernod Ricard. Find out the biggest challenge marketers are facing today regarding measurement, and how they're tackling it.  Find out what's in store for marketing measurement and MMM in the next 3 years. Grab a drink and have a listen :)

There's been a lot of excitement about Google's recent launch of Meridian - their open-source MMM framework. But does it live up to the hype? Jim and Simon explore what sets Meridian apart from other tools like Meta's Robyn and PyMC Marketing. They also discuss the evolution and impact of open-source MMM, the role of new data streams such as Google Query Volume and Reach & Frequency data, and how the availability of Meridian might shift industry standards. Listen in to understand the features, benefits, and the potential gaps Meridian fills within the marketing measurement ecosystem.

Big Bets for 2025: AI, Marketing Mix Modeling, and the Future of Retail MediaJoin Simon and Jim as they place their bets for 2025. Find out why Jim thinks MMM adoption is going to skyrocket, and why Simon is all in on retail media measurement.More importantly, find out why Simon's house was once listed on Google Maps as a Forever 21 location.

How much should you be paying for Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM)? How do you make day-to-day tactical decisions when MMM isn't that granular? Should you go with open source MMM solutions, or stick with a vendor? Join Jim and Simon in this in-depth discussion about the current state and future of Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM).

Listen in as we explore how universities are navigating the challenges of marketing attribution, leveraging data to enhance enrollment strategies, and balancing traditional and digital marketing approaches.

When it comes to machine learning and artificial intelligence being deployed for marketing mix modeling, we might want to pump the brakes a bit, at least that’s what some industry leaders are saying. To explore this topic in a little more depth, we wanted to bring on an expert, someone who’s been in this field for nearly 2 decades, and has built a highly successful company around marketing mix modeling over the past 10 years. Dr. Ramla Jarrar has a Master of Science in Quantitative methods...

Sometimes two things go together perfectly, like cookies & cream, Batman & Robin, or doing a happy dance when that meeting you've been dreading gets cancelled at the last minute. Here's another one to add to the list - incrementality testing and marketing mix modeling. Ok, it sounded way less boring in my head :) Either way, the conversation I had with John Wallace, Co-founder and CEO at LiftLab, was anything but boring. He gave the recipe they use for testing that is beyond where most com...

Michael Kaminsky is a trained econometrician and co-founder of Recast, a platform for modern Marketing Mix Modeling. Before starting Recast he was the Director of Analytics for Harry's, where he was exposed to marketing mix modeling. Listen in as Michael shares his thoughts on validating MMM, how to do it right, and the cost of doing it wrong (or not at all). ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube Links from the show: Recast Michael on Twitter Michael on LinkedIn --- Send in a voice messag...

Kate Cook is the Head of Analytics at The Lumery, a marketing and technology consultancy in Melbourne, Australia. But she didn’t start out in data and analytics - she transitioned there from digital marketing. That combination of marketing chops and knack for numbers has proven to be valuable as she leads companies along the attribution journey. Known as “Attribution Gal,” Kate shares her thoughts and frameworks about how companies need to approach this complicated topic. ▶️ Watch this epi...

Mike Taylor created and grew a successful growth marketing agency (Ladder.io), is building a business around simulator-based courses for data-driven marketers (Vexpower), and is the author of a forthcoming book about marketing memetics. He joins me on the show to talk about the power of memetics in marketing (and so much more), creative testing, and marketing measurement. Here are a couple of quotes for the show: "Measurement wasn’t actually better before iOS14, it was just easier." "It...

Today on the show I’m joined by Gabriele Franco, the founder of Cassandra, a no-code marketing mix modeling tool that allows marketers to build models within minutes, without needing to know R or Python. We talked about Robyn - the open source package from Meta that enables semi-automated marketing mix modeling and how Cassandra adds an enhanced layer of usability. We talked about education, and some of the options out there for learning MMM. Finally, we wrapped it up with some thoughts on mu...