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Media Strategy

Marketing Mix: The Dumb Mistakes Smart People Make

October 20, 2025
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

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Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) has never been faster, cheaper, or easier to execute -- but as executives are being held more and more accountable for their marketing spends, Big Chalk is seeing more … [Read more...] about Marketing Mix: The Dumb Mistakes Smart People Make

Media Strategy

Media ROI Benchmarks, Q1 2025

With the 2025 Upfronts and New Fronts looming, advertisers seek security April 25, 2025
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

With the world economy in flux and tremendous uncertainty heading into the 2025 media buying season, CMOs and budget holders are trying to place bets the best they can. To provide some guidance … [Read more...] about Media ROI Benchmarks, Q1 2025

Media Strategy

Managing Media Budgets in Recessions: What the Numbers Say

April 10, 2025
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead
and Arko Mandal & Alex Hathcock, Big Chalk Sr. Data Scientists

As economic uncertainty looms, CFOs and CMOs face tough decisions about media budgets. Should they cut spending to protect margins, or would that do more harm than good? Big Chalk’s latest report, … [Read more...] about Managing Media Budgets in Recessions: What the Numbers Say

Media Strategy

Super Bowl 2025: Brand Awareness & Attribution

Big Chalk’s Learnings on Super Bowl LIX February 19, 2025
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

Did your Super Bowl ad score big—or fumble? As a sports fan, your take on last week’s Super Bowl blowout likely depends on whether you were rooting for Philadelphia or Kansas City. But as a … [Read more...] about Super Bowl 2025: Brand Awareness & Attribution

Media Strategy, Sports Marketing

Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness

Big Chalk’s Learnings on Super Bowl Measurement January 30, 2025
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

What metrics and measures do CMOs and brand planners have at their disposal to quickly and tangibly measure the success of a Super Bowl ad investment? While a Marketing Mix study is – and likely … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness

Media Strategy, Sports Marketing

College Sports Audience Opportunities

March 19, 2024
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

basketball hoop

Prior Big Chalk research shows college sports are a smart brand investment. In 2024, college sports viewership and engagement is primed for substantial growth, offering lucrative … [Read more...] about College Sports Audience Opportunities

Media Strategy, Sports Marketing

College Sports Media: Where Brand Investments Score Big

February 20, 2024
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

American football field

Despite huge changes in the college sports landscape, Big Chalk forecasts a significant increase in audience engagement with college sports in 2024. College football engagement, specifically, may see … [Read more...] about College Sports Media: Where Brand Investments Score Big

Brand Strategy, Media Strategy, Sports Marketing college sports, rick miller, sports marketing

Show us the Money! Media ROI Benchmarks Year End 2022

May 22, 2023
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

As 2023 settles in, and the state of the U.S. economy remains anything but predictable, marketers and brand managers are searching for safety and reliability with their media investments. Which media … [Read more...] about Show us the Money! Media ROI Benchmarks Year End 2022

Media Strategy

Protein Company Draws on Marketing Mix Data to Improve Media Strategy

November 27, 2022
Rick Miller, Big Chalk Partner, Marketing Effectiveness Practice Lead

Brand strategists at a leading U.S. protein company were faced with a dual challenge: assessing performance and ROI on their marketing investments while maintaining flexibility to apply new strategies … [Read more...] about Protein Company Draws on Marketing Mix Data to Improve Media Strategy

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