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Tools built to out-think.

Media Lab is where we build the tools behind our thinking. Some are built to spec for a single engagement. Some are customizable tools every client gets access to.

Distinctiveness Dividend ^TM

[ START WITH DISTINCTIVENESS ]

Media tools built to create distinctive strategies, plans, and outcomes.

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Distinctiveness Dividend^TM

Go beyond a traditional media audit.

The first and only planning tool that scores any media plan on its distinctiveness across a variety of internal and external measures, then provides a clear actionable roadmap to improve outcomes.

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Advertiser distinctiveness — your plan on its own terms, and what drives the score.

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Competitive lineup — where you index against the brands you name.

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Conversion dividend — what the difference is worth in outcomes.

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DISCOVER

Understand the brand, market, and opportunity

Signal Map

DISCOVER · 02

Signal Map

Looks at all the signals that a brand creates, outside of spend volume, then maps the activity and whitespaces.

Brief Synthesizer

DISCOVER · 03

Brief Synthesizer

Turns scattered notes, emails, and call logs into one structured media brief, plus a list of what's still missing.

Growth Audiences

DISCOVER · 04

Growth Audiences

Finds the audiences with the most room to grow your business and defines them precisely enough to target.

MODEL

Size the goal and predict the outcome

Funnel Math

Model · 05

Funnel Math

Works backward from your revenue goal to the number of people you need at every stage of the funnel.

Impact Forecast

Model · 06

Impact Forecast

Shows what your media plan will deliver at each stage, from awareness to conversion, before you spend a dollar.

Demand Pipeline

Model · 07

Demand Pipeline

Projects how upper-funnel brand media drives leads
and sales further down the funnel.

PLAN

Decide where the money goes

Flight Control

Plan · 08

Flight Control

Maps the entire airspace around your brand and plans media activity based on all of the variables in play, not just internal priorities.

Budget Blueprint

Plan · 09

Budget Blueprint

Splits a budget across channels and flights it week by week, with the reasoning attached.

Brand Balancer

Plan · 10

Brand Balancer

Sets the right mix of brand and performance spend for the outcome you want, because neither works alone.

OPTIMIZE

Keep it working and prove what worked

Fatigue Radar

optimize · 11

Fatigue Radar

Monitors all campaign assets and flags creative wearing out before the numbers do, and names the signal that gave it away.

Lift Ledger

optimize · 12

Lift Ledger

Separates the revenue a bid change actually caused from the revenue that was coming anyway.

Media distinctiveness quantified in a way that traditional audits can't.

The first media planning tool that quantifies the impact of Media Distinctiveness. We assess your media plan for it's distinctiveness across channels, how it lines up against your competitors, and what our Distinctiveness Roadmap means for your full-funnel performance metrics.

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SAMPLE · YOUR BRANDS

OUTDOOR APPAREL · US

Q2 2026

ADVERTISER SCORE

62

/100

EMERGING ANOMALY

Above the category mean of 48, held back by execution: 71% of impressions run in three formats every rival also buys.

COMPONENT BREAKDOWN

Channel mix

71

Vehicle selection

71

Vehicle selection

44

Category mean

48

PERIOD HISTORY

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

Q2 25

SAMPLE · YOUR BRANDS

OUTDOOR APPAREL · US

Q2 2026

COMPARATIVE INDEX

118

100 means as distinctive as the average of the brands you named. You sit 18 points clear of a set that buys almost identically to one another.

WHITESPACE

Audio and creator-led retail media are untouched by all four rivals.

COMPETITOR SCORES

Your Brand

64

Brand B

59

Brand C

57

Brand D

49

SET AVERAGE

54.3

CHANNEL OVERLAP

81%

UNCONTESTED TACTICS

2

SAMPLE · YOUR BRANDS

OUTDOOR APPAREL · US

Q2 2026

CONVERSION DIVIDEND

+14.2

%

Incremental conversion lift attributable to the distinctive share of the plan, measured against a market-share baseline.

RANKED MOVES

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Shift 12% of display into audio

+7 SCORE

+4 INDEX

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Retire the two shared social formats

+5 SCORE

+6 INDEX

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Own one creator retail network outright

+4 SCORE

+9 INDEX

INCREMENTAL ROAS

3.2x

COST PER INCREMENTAL

$18.40

SPEND AT RISK

$1.1M

[ WHY IT MATTERS ]

Media competitive tells you what was spent. Distinctiveness tells you what it's worth.

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Put a number on standing out

Distinctive brands get remembered, and memorable brands grow. We score how distinct your channel and vehicle choices are. We then project the awareness lift a more distinct plan could deliver, with lift associated to clear, distinct media choices, rather than broad ideas.

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See where you blend in

Your plan is scored against your category's norms and individual competitors, so you can see which choices make you invisible and which moves would set you apart, ranked by impact.

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A KPI you can plan for

You re-score every quarter on the same model. That makes distinctiveness a number you can plan by season, phase or campaign, and one you can defend when budgets get challenged.

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A clear roadmap, not just an interesting report

That's right, the first competitive audit that includes clear, data-backed media adjustment choices. Every assessment ends with ranked moves. Each one is judged on what it does to your your standing against competitors and the impact on metrics across the funnel.

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