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In Defense of Experimental Advertising

Why It's the Only Way Marketers Can Determine What Half of Their Campaign Is Wasted

By: Duncan J. Watts
Published: June 23, 2009

Versions of marketing's measurement problem arise in science as well as in advertising, but in science there is a standard solution: Run an experiment. ...

Full Article Word count: 935

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