HOW TO DESIGN
A GEOGRAPHIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
A DETAILED GUIDE TO “ROLLING THUNDER” AND OTHER TRANSPARENT, UNBIASED AND REPLICABLE TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING INCREMENTAL ADVERTISING IMPACT WITH EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Transform your advertising measurement with gold-standard experimental methods that deliver reliable evidence of true incremental sales impact.
Why This Guide Matters:
Complete Implementation Framework - 50+ pages of detailed, step-by-step instructions for designing, executing, and analyzing geographic experiments
Proven Statistical Techniques - Based on hundreds of successful experiments with Fortune 500 advertisers
Practical Code Examples - Ready-to-implement Python code for randomization, power analysis, and statistical testing
Innovative "Rolling Thunder" Design - Our multi-armed, stepped approach delivers superior statistical power and natural balance without complex adjustments
Key Benefits:
Higher Statistical Power - Detect smaller effects with greater confidence
Simpler Implementation - No need for user-level tracking, cookies, or clean rooms
Greater Accuracy - Avoid the systematic overstatement common in attribution, synthetic controls and observational methods
Cross-Channel Measurement - Works for all media: digital, TV, radio, OOH, and more
Privacy-Compliant - Uses only aggregated, non-PII data (ZIP codes)
Future-Proof - Independent of platform changes or tracking restrictions
Who Should Read This:
Advertisers seeking accurate return on ad spend (ROAS) measurement
Media companies looking to prove their true incremental value
Analytics teams implementing experimental measurement programs
Agencies advising clients on marketing effectiveness