Brand vs performance budget conflict: allocation model

Brand awareness and sales campaigns fight in one budget pool — performance wins short term, brand long term. Without allocation model you get brand starvation or ROAS pressure. Media plan balances two KPIs.

Role split

Brand: reach, video views, brand search lift, recall. Performance: CPA, ROAS, lead volume.

YouTube and Display mostly brand; Search non-brand and Shopping performance.

• Brand KPI set
• Performance KPI set
• Channel-role map
• Separate budget codes

Budget ratio

Typical B2C: 70% performance, 30% brand. New brand: 50-50 year one. Mature e-commerce: 80-20.

Antalya tourism brand bump pre-season in May.

Brand measurement

Brand lift study costly but valuable. Proxies: brand search impressions, direct traffic, social mentions.

Separate upper-funnel attribution report.

Organisational conflict

CMO wants brand, performance manager wants ROAS — shared QBR and blended goals. Don't panic on ROAS dip from brand week.

Agency should present both layers in one report.

Season dynamics

Winter brand, summer performance scale — Antalya may invert (summer destination brand).

Season plan sets ratio.

Integration

Brand creative message consistent with performance landing. SEO supports brand search organically.

Seamless journey: video → search → landing.

Brand and performance are partners not rivals — budget share must be written.

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