Objective-led budgeting
Budget built from the outcome you need rather than last year's figure.
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Budget Allocation & ROI Forecasting
A scientific approach to distributing your budget across media, markets and months, with forecasts you can defend in the boardroom.
Objective-led budgetingAllocation by mediumMarket weightingAnnual phasing
Overview
Budget Allocation & ROI Forecasting with OmG Media Maxim
A scientific approach to distributing your budget across media, markets and months, with forecasts you can defend in the boardroom.
Budget conversations often start with last year's number plus or minus a percentage. Media Maxim starts from what the business needs the advertising to achieve and works backwards to the budget, the split by medium and market, and the phasing through the year.
We build forecasts that make assumptions visible: expected reach, likely response and the return each scenario implies. That lets marketing and finance discuss the same model instead of debating gut feel. Once a budget is agreed, the allocation becomes the backbone of the media plan, and we track actual performance against the forecast so the next budget cycle starts with evidence.
What's included
What you get
The scope is tailored to your brief. These are the parts most Budget Allocation & ROI Forecasting engagements include.
Allocation by medium
A justified split across Print, TV, Radio, OTT, Digital and OOH.
Market weighting
More weight where the opportunity is larger or competition is fiercer.
Annual phasing
Spend timed around seasons, launches and festive peaks.
ROI scenarios
Forecasts for different budget levels with assumptions spelled out.
Forecast vs actual tracking
Performance measured against the plan to improve the next one.
How it works
Our process
Set the goal
We translate business targets into what advertising must deliver.
Model scenarios
Several budget levels and splits are forecast side by side.
Agree the allocation
One scenario is chosen and phased across the year.
Track the return
Actuals are compared with forecasts as campaigns run.
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FAQs
Questions about Budget Allocation & ROI Forecasting
Can you help us decide how much to spend, not just how to split it?
Yes. Budget scenarios show what different spend levels are likely to deliver, which helps you settle the total as well as the split.
How reliable are ROI forecasts?
They are estimates built on stated assumptions and available data. We make the assumptions explicit and update them with real campaign results.
Is this useful for a single campaign?
Yes. The same approach works for one launch campaign or for an annual media budget across several brands.
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