Howard J. SewellFebruary 24, 2015 The lack of an appropriate and complete tracking system is one of the most common errors, or omissions, that B2B marketers make in setting up a paid search program. It’s easy to see why. Google, for example, provides basic tracking services – impressions, clicks, cost per click – automatically and … Continue reading Failing at Paid Search? Maybe You’re Just Measuring It Wrong.
One of the great things about social media marketing is that it’s easy to measure the results of your efforts. But metrics in and of themselves are only numbers. They’re useful only when you employ them to measure progress toward your business goals. In recent interviews, I spoke with several marketers and asked what metrics … Continue reading 4 Key Metrics for Measuring Social Media Success
Andrew SheridanFebruary 7, 2015 B2B marketers are responsible for pushing as many qualified leads to sales as possible. Marketing that focuses on demand generation may create a high number of new leads, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they will convert into customers. The B2B buying process has evolved into the “customer journey,” and your marketing … Continue reading Measuring The Impact Of Your Email Nurture Campaigns
Angela Hausman, PhDJanuary 18, 2015 In the bad old days, digital marketing was a free-for-all where instant gurus touted their money-making formulas (usually little better than snake oil salesmen) and deluded followers into spending thousands for coaching programs that didn’t work. Of course, without metrics for measuring the ROI of digital marketing, these gurus continued … Continue reading Tips For Measuring The ROI Of Digital Marketing
Most video hosting services provide customers with data, but marketers shouldn’t stop there. Columnist Brian Massey explains how to combine this information with website analytics. Brian Massey on December 11, 2014 We recently completed a test for a company that sells a software application. Our test showed that we could increase demos of the software … Continue reading Marketing Power Processes: Measuring Video Effectiveness With Analytics
By Caroline Moore, Published November 13, 2014 Sometimes when evaluating your marketing campaign, you just need a quick way to tell if your ads are leading to and directly impacting the success of your business. The answer to this puzzle? A really cool KPI called ROI. Yeah, the marketing industry really likes acronyms. But this … Continue reading What Is ROI: A Simple Solution To Measuring Profitability
By Marcella Wigg, Published October 23, 2014 Measuring the success of your brand ambassador program is important. But what metrics should you use as indicators of success? Which measurements will allow you to see for yourself the success of your brand ambassador program? When analyzing what your ambassadors have contributed to your brand during … Continue reading 9 Metrics for Measuring the Success of Your Brand Ambassador Campaigns
By Anton Koekemoer Oct 06 2014 “How are we going to measure the effectiveness of our social media marketing campaign?”. This question is often asked when people are starting out with social media for marketing purposes. To cut the chase, social media isn’t a marketing method that delivers clear results and benefits – especially if … Continue reading 3 things you need to remember when measuring the success of your social campaign
When assessing the ROI of a publicity campaign, it’s standard practice to asses about high-level results, such as the number of reads a message has received and the number of times a message social networks: these metrics are good measures of how well a message resonated with the audience. But PR measurement shouldn’t stop there. … Continue reading Measuring the Business Impact of PR: Getting a Handle on Data
Metrics That Matter are financially oriented metrics that executives can use to make business decisions. As you look at building your 2015 plan, you should also build it as a business case. This will help you focus on the NUMBERS in terms or revenue impact on the business. As you consider what you can and … Continue reading Measuring Marketing Doesn’t Have To Hurt
