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MMM Briefing

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May 2026

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Contents

The customer
Meet Sarah02
Her week across platforms03
The gaps
Attribution07
Diagnosis09
The shift
Methodology10
Industry quotes11
Mintveo
Who we are13
Built for your team14
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01 · The customer Ipsos logo
Persona

Meet Sarah, the modern shopper.

Sarah, 29, skincare buyer
NameSarah Age29 ProfileSkincare buyer
ShopsSkincare, wellness, beauty Buys2–3 products / month DecidesEvenings & weekends
Digital habits · always on
Phone Work laptop Personal laptop Tablet
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01 · The customer / Day 1 Ipsos logo
1 Mon · Instagram 2 Wed · YouTube 3 Thu AM · TikTok 4 Thu PM · Google
Day 1 · Monday

She sees an ad on Instagram, clicks through, browses, leaves.

No purchase. The pixel records a view, a click, a session of 47 seconds.

Sarah on the subway, looking at a GlowSkin Instagram ad
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01 · The customer / Day 2 Ipsos logo
Mon · Instagram 2 Wed · YouTube 3 Thu AM · TikTok 4 Thu PM · Google
Day 2 · Wednesday

A skip ad runs on YouTube. She watches 15 seconds, then skips.

Brand exposure recorded. No click. No site visit. No conversion attached.

Sarah at her desk, watching a YouTube pre-roll ad
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01 · The customer / Day 3 AM Ipsos logo
Mon · Instagram Wed · YouTube 3 Thu AM · TikTok 4 Thu PM · Google
Day 3 morning · Thursday

TikTok serves an in—feed ad. 4 seconds in, she scrolls past.

No click. No site visit. The platform records an impression and a scroll—away event.

Sarah scrolling past a TikTok in-feed ad
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01 · The customer / Day 3 PM Ipsos logo
Mon · Instagram Wed · YouTube Thu AM · TikTok 4 Thu PM · Google
Day 3 afternoon · the conversion

She types "GlowSkin" into Google, and buys for $120.

Branded search, last click. The receipt lands in inbox. The purchase is recorded.

Sarah at her desk, clicking the GlowSkin branded result on Google
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02 · The gaps / Attribution Ipsos logo
One purchase · four claims

The same $120 sale, attributed four times.

SARAH 1 customer ONE SALE $120 Instagram claims $120 YouTube claims $120 TikTok claims $120 Google claims $120 Total reported · $480 · 4× over—counting
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02 · The gaps / Aggregate Ipsos logo
Aggregate level · the same problem at scale

Same data, different stories.

Platform—reported

Each silo reports 100% credit

What every dashboard shows on its own.
Meta
$0.88M
YouTube
$0.82M
TikTok
$0.74M
Google
$0.85M

Reported total · $3.29M · ROAS inflated

What should be reported

One number, distributed across channels

What the truth looks like in aggregate.
Meta
$0.32M
YouTube
$0.18M
TikTok
$0.14M
Google
$0.36M

Actual total · $1.0M · one truthful number

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02 · The gaps / Diagnosis Ipsos logo
Diagnosis

Three gaps in today's measurement.

Gap 01

The picture is incomplete

Today's tools miss what still drives outcomes: offline activity, cross—channel synergy, brand health, and competitor pressure.

What's broken
  • Offline blind spot
  • Cross—channel halo uncaptured
  • Brand equity untied to media
  • Competitor data isolated
Gap 02

Each platform tells a different story

The data exists, but no two systems agree, and stitching them together is a manual project rather than a tool feature.

What's broken
  • No single source of truth
  • Blended ROAS invisible
  • Dollar profitability unclear
  • Market share manual
Gap 03

Marketing doesn't speak finance

Connecting marketing effort to finance and leadership decisions stays a manual translation exercise, not a model output.

What's broken
  • Budget defense
  • Forecast & spend defense
  • Sell—in vs sell—out lag
  • Reports in marketing dialect
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03 · The shift / Methodology Ipsos logo
What is needed

Four steps from raw revenue to a defendable spend plan.

01 · Decompose

Pull revenue apart

REVENUE BASELINE DIST OFFLINE DIGITAL
02 · Rank ROI

True return per channel

Search4.2×
TV3.6×
Meta2.9×
OOH2.4×
TikTok1.8×
03 · Halo

Convert vs amplify

SOCIAL OTHER CHANNELS REVENUE AWARENESS
04 · Reallocate

Same budget, better mix

CURRENT → OPTIMAL Current Optimal +18% SEARCH +$10K TV +$30K META −$8K OOH +$8K TIKTOK −$40K
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03 · The shift Ipsos logo
The shift from tracking to modeling

Don't take our word for it.

Siloed measurement leads to siloed optimization. Our data shows that channels work in synergy—Social amplifies Search, TV amplifies Digital. MMM is the only methodology that captures this 'halo effect' that transactional data misses.

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Cross‑media, holistic measurement is the only approach that captures the total contribution of advertising.

WFA · Cross—Media Measurement Principles

We had to stop optimizing what was easy to track and start measuring what actually drove the business.

Marc Pritchard · Chief Brand Officer, P&G

Performance marketing made us short‑termist. We had to go back to measuring brand and base.

Keith Weed · former CMO, Unilever
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Introducing

Mintveo.

Marketing analytics and automation that turns campaign data silos into the four things you actually want: insights, reporting, smarter budgets, and recommendations.

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04 · Mintveo / Team Ipsos logo
Mintveo

Make Fortune 500 modeling customized for you.

Our founder spent years at Kantar developing advanced modeling for the largest companies in the United States, and before that worked with companies that ran on the very same models.

Now we are building a team so your business has the same models, the same rigor, and the same edge.

Models we have built for
Reddit Snap Mazda Bosch Bank of America Capital One Credit One Albertsons Smart & Final KitchenAid Mastercard AT&T
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04 · Mintveo / Solution Ipsos logo
How we solve it for each role

Built for your key decision makers.

For marketing

The picture, finally complete.

  • Offline made visible
  • Cross‑channel halo captured
  • Brand equity tied to media
  • Competitor pressure modeled
For finance

Marketing, in finance language.

  • Budget defense in dollars
  • Forecasts with confidence intervals
  • Sell‑in to sell‑out connection
  • Boardroom‑ready reports
For leadership

One number. One source of truth.

  • Blended ROAS, visible at the top
  • Dollar profitability per channel
  • Market share, automated
  • No manual stitching
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Live

Demo.

A live walkthrough using GlowSkin, a fictional beauty brand.

Open Mintveo →
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Mintveo

Thank
you.

Questions, follow—ups and bespoke cuts of the model are welcome at any time.

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