A paper in the Journal of Advertising Research proposes sales and advertising build benchmarks which can be used to estimate long-term performance. The author notes that these methods are not meant to replace comprehensive marketing mix modeling, but they can serve as simpler, faster way of gauging whether a product is on-track to meet its full-year target.
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