Brand Preference Drivers Identified

Last year, Frank Findley presented Brand Investment & Valuation Project Phase I at the ARF ReThink Conference. On Mar. 8, Frank presented BIV Phase II: Establishing Drivers of Brand Preference/Choice in an ARF webcast. The question being answered is: “What marketing/advertising drivers …

2016: The Year in Marketing Accountability

This year saw many gains toward establishing marketing measurement and accountability standards across industry and domain. MASB’s first book was published! Accountable Marketing: Linking Marketing Actions to Financial Performance features game-changing work by 20 Finance and Marketing thought leaders. MMAP audits …

BASES Metric Completes MMAP Audit

The BASES metric provided by Nielsen and Innovation Practice has completed the Marketing Metrics Audit Protocol (MMAP), the Marketing Accountability Standards Board’s formal process for determining how a marketing metric relates to the financial performance of the firm. The BASES …

The Book for CMOs AND CFOs

“Accountable marketing” sounds like a Marketing term, and it certainly is one, but it is a crucial subject for Finance as well. Marketing accountability empowers both CMO and CFO with metrics that standardize marketing measurement, improving both forecasting and the assessment …