There’s no denying it; marketing attribution is hard. And it just got a lot harder. With the reality of “data deprecation” due to the elimination of IDFA and third-party cookies looming, MATT Unplugged 2021 sought to console marketers who are afraid of losing touch – make that “multi-touch” – with their consumers once new privacy updates go into effect in 2022. Spoiler alert - it’s not as bad as you think!
But before the conversation shifted to what the loss of customer identifiers will mean to advertisers, there was much more on the topic of multi-touch attribution to discuss.
Here are the key takeaways from our four panel discussions:
MATT Unplugged 2021 kicked off with the much-anticipated “CMO Debate Panel” in which CMOs from CVS Health, Bank of America, Zillow, Diageo, and more, discussed the merits and disadvantages of the marketing growth frameworks featured in our Great Debate Series.
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The next panel included insights from the publisher, agency, advertiser, and provider perspectives on the impact of data deprecation.
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In the next panel, a data scientist and online retail marketer compared experiences to unleash some practical advice on what marketers can do to continue their attribution efforts in a cookieless world.
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MATT Unplugged 2021’s final panel discussion focused on how to unleash opportunities for securing first-party data. This presentation featured expert tips from Thirdlove, Nutrisystem, Casper, and Thistle. These panelists made the future look hopeful for marketers interested in driving opt-ins and delivering more value to their customers – what everyone wants and needs in the current environment.
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No Pain, No Gain for Attribution
Marc Vermut, VP, The Knowledge Lab, Neustar, spoke about how to use integrated, coordinated messaging to deliver experiences. By investing in people, processes, culture, and data/analytics, you can understand what truly resonates with customers to propel them forward.
MMA State of the MTA Benchmarking Survey - 2020
MATT Unplugged 2021 attendees got a sneak peek into where their peers stand on multi-touch attribution. MMA’s Vas Bakopoulos, SVP/Head of Insights & Research, MMA, shared that while some companies (5%) have “taken a step back” from MTA since 2019, 46% feel that MTA is the future of attribution. Click here
Forget the Funnel, It’s the “Moveable Middles” That Count
Joel Rubinson discussed the findings of a foundational study by MMA and Neustar which proves that Outcomes Based Marketing 2.0 outperforms reach-based planning by more than 50% on ROAS. He explained how the “Moveable Middle” (consumers who buy your brand sometimes) is five times more responsive to advertising versus other consumer cohorts.
There’s much more to know about marketing attribution and how to survive data deprecation, so view any or all of the recorded sessions. We’ll see you next year at MATT Unplugged!
CMO Debate Panel
This debate will include CMO panelists, each in support of one of the presented marketing growth frameworks. The CMOs will debate via a live, in-person or virtual session, discussing the merits and disadvantages of each framework from an executive perspective.
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How to Manage Attribution’s Short-Term Pains to Win Big Future Gains
Attribution is hard. There’s a good chance your organization will have to fix nagging data management challenges and organizational silos before you can expect any MTA solution to work. But with the pressure to survive and thrive in a post-cookie, walled garden world, marketers must have customer-level insights to build a truly customer-first marketing strategy. Join Marc Vermut, VP The Knowledge Lab at Neustar, who sits down with a Fortune50 brand leader to discuss their partnership in building an advanced marketing analytics practice, leveraging MTA to optimize marketing investments, and the roadmap for success any top brand needs to get started on this journey.
MMA State of the MTA Benchmarking Survey- 2020 Edition
For the last 5 years, the MMA has been surveying marketers to benchmark the latest trends in MTA adoption and use. In this session, MMA’s SVP of Research and Insights Vas Bakopoulos shares the latest results featuring new trends into how marketers are using MTA today, their level of satisfaction and ROI from those solutions and other practices being used in measurement and attribution. He will also discuss challenges in MTA implementation and how the journey to adoption is changing in today’s evolving digital ecosystem and the need for more consumer data privacy and transparency.
Identity Crisis: What The Loss Of Identifiers Will Mean to Advertisers
The deprecation of cookies and impact of the iOS 14 privacy update is having reverberating effects throughout the advertising ecosystem. As a result, marketers are looking to understand which identity solutions will help them connect identifies across various data silos and future proof their media spend. This panel discussion ponders what identifier marketers will use to transact with in the future, discuss current solutions and media strategies being tested and how to differentiate between identity solutions.
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How Targeting the 'Movable Middle' Drives Brand Growth
Marketers are under a false impression that targeting non- brand buyers via a broad reach media plan is the best way to drive incremental sales and long-term growth. A foundational study by the MMA and Neustar proves this is wrong. Actually, the most productive approach is to target a consumer segment called the Movable Middle. Evidence will be presented as to how this new strategy increases ROAS by 50% AND drives more conversion of non-buyers vs. reach based media plans.
Mapping the Future of MTA in a Post IDFA, Cookie-less World
Many marketers have dedicated years and resources into creating a unified measurement approach. With so many industry changes taking place in 2021 and beyond, this is leaving marketers to deliberate how they will continue their attribution efforts. Bringing together marketer and experts, this panel discussion will look to address alternatives around the loss of IDs and tips for getting around these limitations, managing measurement gaps and how to factor the cost of measurement and activation in your MTA ROI.
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Quality Over Quantity: How to Leverage your First-Party Data
According to Merkle’s recent 2021 Customer Engagement Report, 88% of marketers said collecting first-party data will be a 2021 priority. With the changing data privacy landscape, marketers have increased pressure to invest in methods of getting their audiences to register or subscribe. This panel will explore creative and compliant ways to drive more opt-ins, how 1st party data can inform audience retargeting strategies without pixels and cookies, and deploy it in a privacy-first manner that delivers more value to the consumer.
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