Forged in math and proven in practice, we now know broad reach media plans don’t enhance brand advertising — they undermine it. Stop splitting your media strategy. Brand and performance both improve by targeting audiences rich in Movable Middles. If interested, please contact me: joel@rubinsonpartners.com

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Jun
24
Why Broad Reach Media Plans Cause Brand Campaigns to Fail…and what to do about it
In: addressable marketing, advertising, brand marketing, MMA Global, Movable Middle, performance marketing
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May
16
Escape the Dead Zones…What’s Really Killing Your Ad Performance
In: ad waste, addressable marketing, advertising, Advertising ROI, brand marketing, Movable Middle
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Broad reach media plans don’t build brands — they bury them…in Dead Zones, where ad impressions are engineered to fail.
Jul
8
Stop chasing reach…evidence that Movable Middles are the real gold mine
In: ad waste, addressable marketing, advertising effectiveness, advertising long term effects, Ally Bank, MMA Global, Movable Middle, Multi Touch Attribution, statistics, TransUnion
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Marketing is not like slicing off a chunk from a loaf of bread where you get more in a bigger chunk. At some point, as you strive for more reach, you are moving ad impressions from high Movable Middle audiences to low Movable Middle audiences…not a good deal.
Feb
20
The case for rethinking broad reach paid media plans
In: ad waste, addressable marketing, advertising effectiveness, audiences, media planning, Movable Middle, Reach, ROAS
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Ehrenberg-Bass researchers readily admit that consumers are heterogeneous in their brand preferences. Yet, they ignore the possibility that consumers also vary in their expected responsiveness to advertising even though they are mathematically linked.
Oct
8
Retail Media…coming on like a freight train
In: A/B tests, addressabale advertising, addressable marketing, Amazon, Retail media
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What product marketers need to know about retailers becoming AdTech…a large and growing advertising channel.