Attributing revenues to marketing touchpoints is one of marketers’ most challenging yet vital tasks. Read on to learn how marketers are approaching the journey to holistic attribution.

Advertisers have never been under more pressure to prove ROI. Bob Ivins, chief strategy officer at cross-platform TV measurement firm TVSquared, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss the remaining deficits in linear TV ad measurement, why it's important to standardize metrics and definitions across traditional and digital TV and video, and why advertisers need to pay attention to the right metrics for their campaign objective.

Within digital media channels, probably the longest-standing gap in measurement information lies with the walled gardens—a group that includes Google, Facebook, a host of other walled social platforms, and Amazon. Some in the industry are also talking more of walled gardens—or attempts to build them—in the connected TV (CTV) or over-the-top (OTT) space.

The pandemic led to lower TV ad spend and increased connected TV viewing this year. The shift in TV viewing means TV audience measurement gaps must be addressed to keep pace with how, what, and where consumers are watching TV.

Most of the avian-themed Privacy Sandbox proposals to date have been about ad targeting, but measurement will also be affected by the planned deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome. Allyson Dietz, director of product marketing at Neustar, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss the measurement firm's PeLICAn proposal to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and explain what differential privacy means for ad measurement.

Measuring the effect of their messages is one of marketers' most vital tasks. Anne Hunter, vice president of product marketing at panel-based insights company DISQO, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to talk about some of marketers' longstanding challenges with measuring ad effectiveness and understanding consumer journeys—and how a consumer-first approach can help.

eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin and forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Eric Haggstrom discuss what they're paying attention to in 2021 and why: digital ad measurement, connected TV, and ecommerce channel advertising.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has been investigating how TV viewership is measured. CIMM CEO and managing director Jane Clarke joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss what the company has learned about using both set-top box and ACR-based measurement, why different attribution providers might show marketers different results, and how close marketers are to speaking the same language about traditional TV and digital video advertising.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom and principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin discuss what an advertising rebound will actually look like next year. They then talk about how to reach ad-free streamers, new podcast measurement guidelines, and whether WarnerMedia just killed the movies.

Having a strong understanding of an email program’s return on investment (ROI) remains a competitive advantage. It might be surprising that given how great an ROI email can provide, many brands don’t actually have a good handle on how to measure its success or lack thereof.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring DoubleVerify's CEO Mark Zagorski and GroupM’s Joe Barone, managing partner for brand safety, Americas. They discussed the constraints and opportunities of video impression measurement, and what needs to be done to complete the video picture.

In June, the Media Rating Council (MRC) announced it would be shifting its focus from ad delivery to outcomes in its standards development work. MRC senior vice president of digital research and standards Ron Pinelli joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to talk about what the MRC has learned so far about current measurement and attribution practices, why it's important to have a shared set of standards for measuring outcomes, and whether advertisers are ready for a shift away from user-level attribution.

With more viewers leaving traditional TV for digital streaming options, marketers are figuring out how to comprehensively measure their video audiences.

eMarketer is pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring LiveRamp's Ian Meyers, senior product manager, identity. Ian will clear the air and review the variety of identity solutions in play, revealing why some are better than others for reach, measurement, accuracy, privacy, and security.

The future of measurement lies in weaving the best of marketing mix modeling and multitouch attribution into a unified analytics solution.

To effectively understand and adapt to consumer shopping trends this holiday season, a measurement framework that prioritizes business outcomes is key.

eMarketer junior analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch discusses the options that marketers have to utilize Instagram Stories through paid advertising and influencer partnerships. He also talks about measurement metrics that marketers can utilize to determine whether their Instagram Stories strategy is effective.

eMarketer principal analysts Andrew Lipsman and Nicole Perrin and senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu discuss Amazon's impressive Q2. They then talk about Walmart delaying its loyalty program, closing stores on Thanksgiving, its new ad measurement tool and what to make of some corporate job cuts.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Nathan Barling, global vice president of product marketing and head of evangelism at Salesforce Datorama, and Bianca Best, MediaCom’s global managing director of Blink Consulting and strategic partnerships. They discussed how data and performance measurement are required to maintain strong business and customer relationships.

According to a September 2020 Advertiser Perceptions survey of more than 300 marketers and agencies, sales-lift research ranked as the measurement approach most likely to increase in importance in a cookieless world (44%). This favors walled gardens—including all major social platforms—because their measurement pixels enable cookieless attribution measurement.

Measurement across TV and video is an ongoing project for Numeris, Canada’s TV ratings agency. “The challenge for media buyers is essentially that what they're able to buy continues to shrink,” Phillips said. “Another challenge is measurement. Numeris is looking to expand the measurement universe, which now includes linear TV plus playback, to pick up on nonlinear video consumption more effectively.”.

Marketer Takeaway: This is hardly the first time that Facebook has experienced a measurement mishap: In 2016, for example, it mistakenly counted only videos that were seen for 3 seconds or more, resulting in increased average view times.