A Nonlinear Optimization Model of Advertising Budget Allocation across Multiple Digital Media Channels

Abstract

The goal of advertisers in the digital marketing industry is to optimize their advertising budgets. Such a budget allocation problem plays a key role in maximizing advertising performance from different marketing channels under planned advertising investment. This study aimed to design a budget-performance-based nonlinear programming model to find an optimized solution for the advertising budget allocation problem. The empirical analysis results of a leading e-business company’s advertising performance data show that the proposed non-LP model generates an optimized solution. The proposed model allows marketers to simulate expected advertising returns, such as conversions or revenues from different channels within their budget constraints.