System and method for determining the effectiveness and efficiency of advertising media
First Claim
1. A method for determining the effect of an advertisement on profits generated by sales of a product advertised in a given market area over a particular period of time, the method comprised of the steps of:
- compiling a total of the number of impressions an advertisement makes on a plurality of potential customers through at least one specific form of advertising;
establishing at least one reduction rate for each of the total number of impressions for the at least one specific form of advertising;
correlating the at least one reduction rate variable for the at least one specific form of advertising with product sales;
determining at least one correlation variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
calculating at least one saturation curve variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
correlating the at least one saturation curve variable with product sales;
determining a first regression coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising;
determining a second regression coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising;
averaging the first and second regression coefficients for the at least one specific form of advertising to obtain an average coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising; and
calculating the product sales per impression using the average coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising.
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Abstract
A method for determining the relationship between historical media support levels, media cost or spending, product pricing and product sales that provides the relative effectiveness and efficiency of a specific form of media at both a macro and micro level, as well as an understanding of media half-life and media saturation points. This method measures all known forms of media such as the commonly used media of television, radio and newspaper, as well as new forms of media advertising such as internet banners and email along with lesser used media like sides of buildings and taxi tops.
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1. A method for determining the effect of an advertisement on profits generated by sales of a product advertised in a given market area over a particular period of time, the method comprised of the steps of:
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compiling a total of the number of impressions an advertisement makes on a plurality of potential customers through at least one specific form of advertising;
establishing at least one reduction rate for each of the total number of impressions for the at least one specific form of advertising;
correlating the at least one reduction rate variable for the at least one specific form of advertising with product sales;
determining at least one correlation variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
calculating at least one saturation curve variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
correlating the at least one saturation curve variable with product sales;
determining a first regression coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising;
determining a second regression coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising;
averaging the first and second regression coefficients for the at least one specific form of advertising to obtain an average coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising; and
calculating the product sales per impression using the average coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A data processing system for determining the effect of an advertisement on profits generated by sales of a product advertised in a given market area over a particular period of time, the data processing system comprised of a computer code having an effectiveness and efficiency calculation component for calculating a total number of product sales resulting from an advertising impression.
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17. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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compiling a total number of impressions an advertisement makes on a plurality of potential customers through at least one specific form of advertising;
establishing a reduction rate for each of the total number of impressions for the at least one specific form of advertising;
determining at least one correlation variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
calculating at least one saturation curve variable for the at least one specific form of advertising;
correlating the at least one saturation curve variable with product sales;
determining a first regression coefficient for the at least one specific form of advertising;
determining a second regression coefficient;
averaging the first and second regression coefficients for each specific form of advertising to obtain an average coefficient for each specific form of advertising; and
calculating the product sales per impression using the average coefficient for each specific form of advertising. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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