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Joined July 2018
Central Control, Inc. retweeted
The only real ROAS is experiment-based, incremental ROAS. Accept no quasi-experimental imitations.
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
Thanks to @MarcJGoldberg for including me in his Trust Web Interview Series! I wax on about advertising experiments (natch), the @ResearchWonks, and visions of the days when we're back to airports and concert halls! trustwebtimes.com/trust-web-…
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Our CEO's side hustle. Give a listen.
Thrilled to announce our #newpodcast: @ResearchWonks' "Measured Response": convos w leaders in #advertising & media w focus on #measurement & #research. Ep 1 features @aripap @BeeswaxIO on #startup tale, NYC #adtech, TV, "dead pool", & > youtube.com/watch?v=UJBXkQKs… (Pls RT) 1/3
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
Happy to be an expert source in @eMarketer's new report "Ad Measurement and Revenue Attribution 2021." I wish it went deeper on experiments (of course), but these two charts show just what a burning priority accurate measurement is for advertisers. emarketer.com/content/ad-mea…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
Good New Year's resolution from @ThinkwithGoogle One question: why no "ghost ads" for paid search? Also, @avinash, I recommend you have a look at @the_ARF's "RCT-21" study. I'll shoot you the methodology doc, if you're interested. thearf.org/submit/arf-rct21/
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
"Of primary concern to advertisers is the potential cannibalization of free organic clicks by paid search clicks... Cost per click does not provide a complete picture... A more useful metric is the cost per incremental click." Google researchers, 2011 static.googleusercontent.com…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
Facebook Private Computation Framework for RCT: so intuitive! "Cryptographic methods help two parties, Alice & Bob, compute a function on each of their secret inputs and receive outputs...a garbled circuit-based 2pc program." github.com/facebookresearch/… And nice privacy example.
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From "Great lessons in 'Correlation is not Causation'," I came across this one over the weekend. No, Lefties do not die younger than Righties, at least not as described by this classic case study in bad research. snopes.com/fact-check/left-h…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
My expanded comments on the @Freakonomics two-part episode, "Does Advertising Really Work?" Reminds me of: "How many psychologists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" A: "One. But it will take a long time, and the lightbulb must want to change." linkedin.com/pulse/does-adve…
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I liked the reference to the "Principal-agent Problem," underscoring that everyone in the industry other than the brand (the CFO really) has a vested interest in supporting the flawed ROI measurement of the status quo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princi…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
I just finished listening to the recent two-part @Freakonomics podcast, "Does Advertising Actually Work?" In answer to that provocative question, let me say I would have given my left nut to run an ad for @_CentralControl on those episodes. freakonomics.com/podcast/adv…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
"While business experimentation is — rightfully — framed as a gold standard by scholars and leading practitioners, [...] Only 12.6% of the 6,777 companies we looked at had conducted a recent RCT" hbr.org/2020/10/marketers-un… by @julian_runge
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I just finished listening to the recent two-part @Freakonomics podcast, "Does Advertising Actually Work?" In answer to that provocative question, let me say I would have given my left nut to run an ad for @_CentralControl on those episodes. freakonomics.com/podcast/adv…
Hear our CEO, Rick Bruner, in conversation with many industry luminaries about what comes next for advertising measurement. With @DISQO @the_ARF @1800flowers @vevo @Roku @havas @Econsultancy @Video_Amp @joelrubinson @ResearchWonks
Speak with the head wonk himself, @rickbruner, at the @ResearchWonks inaugural event sponsored by DISQO. Register today! #AdMeasurementNEXT disqo.com/events/advertising…
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Central Control, Inc. retweeted
Replying to @billharveymedia
@BillHarveyMedia and @RickBruner explain how companies are changing marketing models to stay afloat amid waves of #Covid, how @CocaCola became first to shore, the medical mindset marketers may need to adopt and provide insight on @The_ARF’s RCT21 Program. mediavillage.com/article/Coc…
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