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Marketing For Dummies, 5th Edition
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Marketing For Dummies, 5th Edition

by Jeanette McMurtry
June 2017
Beginner
408 pages
10h 55m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 18

Ten Ways to Measure Results (Beyond ROI)

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding what to measure to get the real results of your marketing campaigns

check Measuring the true impact on your bottom line and discovering key insights for future endeavors

Marketing and measurement are a science and an art, and it takes a commitment to learning how to do both aspects right to grow sustainable results and profits. This chapter presents ten methods to help you measure the real impact of your marketing campaigns and programs and gain insights on how to best execute future campaigns for boosting results and efficiencies.

Chuck McLeester, a pioneer in marketing metrics and popular contributor to Target Marketing magazine, shares the following steps to measuring what matters most for long‐term success. You can find out more about Chuck’s insights and measurement approaches at www.measuredmarketingllc.com.

Establish Clear Objectives

Like any investment or initiative, you need to define what you want to accomplish and what you want to measure. Too often, marketers don’t end up with the correct data points at the end of a campaign to effectively measure the outcomes. And this is most often the result of not defining upfront what you want or need to measure.

What are the most important results to ...

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