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What We Learned From a Multi-Channel Campaign

Channel orchestration fails at the seams. Six observations on sequencing, frequency management and the cost of internal handovers.

Priya Raghunathan9 April 20267 min read

Cross-channel underperformance is almost always an operating problem presented as a media problem.

Where budget owners differ by channel, frequency management degrades within three weeks without a single accountable planner.

Our position: capability without an operating model produces expensive noise.

Shard & Co · Strategy Practice

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