The toolkit
Canvases, templates, checklists, worksheets and calculators to use today. Each one is built on a named framework, explained with its sources, and ready to fill in here, print or download. What you type stays in your browser.
Calculators2
The arithmetic behind a rule of thumb, with its source and its limits.
- The brand and activation split calculator: a starting point for the balanceEnter a budget and a context (consumer brands, B2B or financial services) to see the split between long-term brand building and short-term sales activation that the evidence suggests as a starting point: 60:40, 46:54 or 80:20.
- The excess share of voice calculator: are we spending like a brand that intends to grow?Enter share of voice and share of market to see excess share of voice (ESOV) and the share growth that Binet and Field's rule of thumb associates with it: about half a point a year for every ten points of ESOV. A sense check on ambition, not a forecast.