Brand lift
DefinitionPaid Media
Brand lift
The measured change in brand metrics - awareness, ad recall, consideration, intent - caused by a campaign, usually via a survey comparing exposed and unexposed groups. The short-term readout for work whose sales effect arrives later.
Evidence from the library
2:1Brand Memory Lift weighs brand-awareness gains twice as heavily as ad-recall gains, replacing impressions as the creator success metric.PrincipleJudge brand creative on short-term lift in mental availability, not immediate salesPrinciple+0.6% long, +0.4% shortRaising brand awareness lifts short-term sales as well as long-term onesStat2-15% over 3 monthsThe same exposure that builds the brand also moves sales in the next three monthsStatr=0.52, +15% / yearAds wear in, not out: longer-lived campaigns build recognition fasterStat
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Marketing Definitions
standard ad-platform and brand research practice
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