Marketing Performance Analysis
Reading the data rather than collecting it: finding what actually changed, what caused it, and what to do differently next quarter.
Aperçu
Plenty of companies have adequate data and no analysis. Reports are produced, numbers are read out, and the meeting ends without anyone establishing why a number moved or what to do about it. Collection has been solved and interpretation has not.
Analysis is a different skill from implementation. It means segmenting until a change becomes explicable, distinguishing a trend from noise, checking whether an apparent effect survives a control, and being willing to conclude that a favoured initiative did nothing.
À qui cela s'adresse
- Companies with good data and no idea what it is telling them
- Teams whose monthly review reads numbers without explaining them
- Businesses that need an independent read on whether something worked
Notre approche de Marketing Performance Analysis
Les travaux précis que couvre une mission type. Le périmètre est convenu d'avance : rien ici ne réapparaîtra plus tard comme une ligne surprise.
Diagnostic analysis
Segmenting a change until it becomes explicable. Aggregate numbers almost always hide the actual movement.
Cohort analysis
Following groups over time, which separates a genuine change in customer quality from a change in mix.
Statistical rigour
Significance, sample size and confidence applied honestly, so a normal fluctuation is not presented as a result.
Campaign post-mortems
Honest reviews of what worked, including campaigns that did not, which is where the transferable lessons are.
Competitor and market context
Whether your change is specific to you or the whole category moved, which changes the conclusion entirely.
Recommendations
Specific actions with expected effect and confidence, rather than observations left for someone else to interpret.
Du premier échange au résultat mesuré
Toujours la même séquence, pour que vous sachiez ce qui vient ensuite.
Frame the question
Agree what needs explaining. Open-ended analysis produces interesting findings nobody acts on.
Check the data
Verify the numbers before analysing them. A surprising share of dramatic findings are tracking faults.
Analyse
Segment, compare and test until there is an explanation that holds up rather than one that sounds plausible.
Recommend
Present findings with actions and confidence levels, including where the evidence is thin.
Des résultats, pas des livrables
Un empilement de documents n'est pas un progrès. Voici les changements que le travail doit produire.
Explanations, not just numbers
Knowing why something moved is what makes the next decision better.
An independent read
An outside view is more likely to conclude that a favoured initiative did nothing.
Fewer decisions on noise
Applied significance testing stops normal variance being treated as a trend.
Lessons that transfer
Honest post-mortems, including on failures, are where the reusable knowledge actually is.
Questions fréquentes sur Marketing Performance Analysis
Ce qu'on nous demande avant de nous contacter. Si votre question n'y est pas, posez-la nous directement.
How is this different from your reporting work?
Reporting tells you what happened. Analysis works out why and what to do about it. Many companies have solved the first and assume the second follows automatically, which it does not.
Our numbers dropped and we do not know why. Can you find out?
Usually. The first step is verifying the drop is real, because a meaningful share of dramatic changes turn out to be tracking faults. After that it is segmentation until the change localises to something specific.
Will you tell us if our campaign did not work?
Yes, and that is much of the point of an independent analyst. Internal analysis has an understandable tendency to find reasons a well-funded initiative succeeded.
How much data do you need?
Enough for the change to be distinguishable from noise, which depends on your volumes. For low-traffic sites we would be honest that some questions cannot be answered from the data and need an experiment instead.
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Marketing Performance Analysis accompagne généralement d'autres travaux en Data, Analytics & Measurement. Parcourez tout le domaine pour voir les liens.