Incrementality & MMM
Geo-lift experiments with synthetic-control calibration and a ridge marketing-mix model with adstock and saturation.
Updated 2026-09-02
Geo-lift experiments#
- Under Experiments → New, pick the metric (installs, conversions, revenue), the treatment regions (countries or regions) and the pre-period (≥ 4 weeks).
- WhichClick builds a synthetic control from the remaining regions (weighted to match the treatment's pre-period trend) and reports the calibration fit.
- Run the campaign change in the treatment regions for the test window.
- The result page shows observed vs. counterfactual, incremental lift with a confidence interval (block bootstrap), incremental CPI / ROAS and a recommendation.
Experiments read from the daily rollups, so any metric available in reports can be tested; spend from cost sync is used for iCPI.
Marketing-mix model#
MMM fits a ridge regression of the target metric on channel spend with:
- Adstock (geometric carry-over, decay per channel searched on a grid),
- Saturation (Hill transform),
- controls for seasonality (weekly / yearly Fourier terms), holidays and TV airings.
Outputs: contribution per channel over time, response curves, marginal ROAS, and a budget-reallocation suggestion under a fixed total. Runs are stored (MmmRun) with parameters and fit statistics so they can be compared.
Note
MMM needs at least 26 weeks of daily spend across ≥ 2 channels to produce stable estimates; the run page warns when data is thin.