Different marketing tactics have different strategic uses based on their impact timing, such as coupons (short-term transaction driving) vs TV (long-term equity building).
What is Impact Time?
Impact Time
The impact time is a lag indicator of how long between activity date (i.e. impression) and action is taken (i.e. purchase) for decision variables.
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