Effect of Complex Multimedia Advertising Campaigns: A New Automated Method for Big Data

Posted: 10 Nov 2016 Last revised: 15 Jul 2017

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Pengyuan Wang

University of Georgia

Guiyang Xiong

University of Georgia

Will Wei Sun

University of Miami Herbert Business School

Jian Yang

Yahoo!

Date Written: August 31, 2016

Abstract

The proliferation of online advertising not only brings new opportunities for advertisers to reach the consumers but also allows them to efficiently track large-scale individual-level data on ad exposures and conversions. Moreover, ad campaigns leveraging both online and offline media platforms are becoming an increasingly popular option. However, advertisers often question whether multimedia campaigns are actually effective and it remains unclear how to maximize their success. This study introduces a novel tree-structured causal inference model, which is nonparametric, flexible, computationally efficient, and suitable to analyze complicated nonlinear effects. Both the simulation and empirical studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the model to correct for selection bias and estimate the unbiased causal effects of complex multi-dimensional ad treatments. Furthermore, the model enables automatic segmentation of consumers, allowing advertisers to better optimize the allocation of ad resources via accurate targeting. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first automated framework that performs end-to-end causal estimation and segmentation analysis for multimedia marketing based on big data.

Keywords: Multimedia advertising, online advertising, causal effect, segmentation, tree model, big data

Suggested Citation

Wang, Pengyuan and Xiong, Guiyang and Sun, Will Wei and Yang, Jian, Effect of Complex Multimedia Advertising Campaigns: A New Automated Method for Big Data (August 31, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2867081 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2867081

Pengyuan Wang

University of Georgia ( email )

Guiyang Xiong (Contact Author)

University of Georgia ( email )

Department of Marketing and Distribution
148 Brooks Hall, Terry College of Business
Athens, GA Athens 30602-6254
United States

Will Wei Sun

University of Miami Herbert Business School ( email )

P.O. Box 248126
Florida
Coral Gables, FL 33124
United States

Jian Yang

Yahoo! ( email )

701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
United States

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