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What are the biggest challenges facing marketers and analysts today? Is it privacy regulations? Technology changes? AI? In two words: unmet expectations. Neil Hoyne, Chief Strategist at Google, shares his insights into the evolution of marketing measurement amidst privacy changes and technological advancements. Listen in as we discuss the resurgence…

Billboards, transit posters, digital signage - these are just a few of the options for out-of-home (OOH) advertising. OOH is a format that as digital marketers and analysts, we don’t typically consider. But when it comes to measuring billboards and other OOH channels, how exactly do we do that? We…

The official intro & theme song of the Measure Up podcast featuring Jim Gianoglio & Simon Poulton.

Have you ever been told by some smug data scientist that you just need to run a randomized controlled trial to understand the true incrementality of a paid media channel? Were you left with questions about specifically how to do that? In this episode, we talked with Nick Stoltz, Chief…

What's MeasureCamp, you ask? Oh, do we have a treat for you! Buckle up as Simon and Jim talk with the MeasureCamp founder, Peter O'Neill about this global 'unconference' movement focused on digital analytics. Learn what draws people to MeasureCamps around the world, and about the critical things you must…

"Your [marketers] were so preoccupied with whether or not they could [track customers across the web], they didn't stop to think if they should." - Jeff Goldblum / Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park With all the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and blatant misinformation being spread lately around about the so-called…

Colleges and Universities are facing a shrinking market with changing demographics. And they're not immune from the economic pressures most businesses are facing today. So how do they ensure their marketing dollars are being spent wisely - especially with the challenges imposed by super long consideration cycles? Josh Dodson, Founder…

We talked with Chad Sanderson, CEO and Co-Founder of Gable - the "GitHub for data" - to better understand data contracts and why they're absolutely critical if you plan to do anything with your data.

You know it's that time of the year - time for navel gazing (not to be confused with naval gazing) end-of-year reviews, proclamations, and prognostications. It's been a busy year for me and Simon, as we were both laid off and started new paths and projects. One project in particular…

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Mark Fiske led the marketing teams at well-known brands like Ancestry and Credit Karma before going over to private equity, where he now advises on marketing and digital transformation for portfolio companies of H.I.G. Capital. Learn the ins and outs of private equity from a marketing perspective, including trends in…

Data science has been "the sexiest job of the 21st century" for more than a decade now. For those just coming out of school, or trying to switch from marketing or analytics roles into data science, it's gotten a lot more competitive. Leondra Gonzalez is a Senior Data & Applied…

Love it or hate it, GA4 is here to stay. But is it all that bad? Or are we just resistant to change? Join us as we talk with Dana DiTomaso about how marketers can get the most out of GA4. Dana has spent more than 20 years in the…

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…

In this episode, we’re talking about marketing measurement education - how we learn it, what we learn, and how to deal with teaching and learning technical subjects effectively. We're joined by Myles Younger, Head of Innovation and Insights at U of Digital, where he leads new product development, tech services,…

We’ve all heard the quote from British mathematician Clive Humby, who declared way back in 2006 that “data is the new oil.” But who are the roustabouts and roughnecks working these new-age oil rigs, where do we find them, and how do we organize them? Simon Poulton grew the Digital…

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…

Ben Dutter, Senior Vice President of Strategy at Power Digital, has a lot of great stories about making or saving clients a lot of money by being smart about how they measure marketing performance. Like the one in the title of this episode - they saved a client $6 million…

A lot of marketers are familiar with A/B testing, usually with regards to website testing and conversion rate optimization. But there’s another kind of testing that marketers are becoming more interested in lately, and that’s testing of the marketing itself. It goes by many names - randomized controlled trials, geo-lift…

Greg Dolan is no stranger to marketing in a recession. He saw it first hand as a brand manager for Campbell Soup Company during the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. Now, he's got front row seats as a co-founder of Keen, a SaaS marketing mix modeling platform founded in 2011.…

Rick O'Toole is the Co-founder and CTO of Rockerbox, a marketing attribution platform. He joins me on this episode as we discuss the future of marketing measurement, whether multi-touch attribution still has a role to play, and where he sees marketing mix modeling fitting in. Rick has a unique perspective…

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…

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…

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 to talk about the power of memetics in marketing (and so much more),…