Can marketers ‘prove’ ROI? It depends on who’s asking
Possibly one of the most frequently, and most frustrating, demands of marketers these days is to ‘prove’ return on investment (ROI). But, is it even possible to do so?
Possibly one of the most frequently, and most frustrating, demands of marketers these days is to ‘prove’ return on investment (ROI). But, is it even possible to do so?
The transition from traditional to digital marketing has proved to be a mixed blessing for marketers.
From one angle, digital has been great for marketers. The digital metrics we get from digital platforms help us optimize our campaigns and improve outcomes to a great extent.
Digital transformation is one of those programmes that doesn’t, at first, sound like a marketing initiative.
In some ways, it seems like IT should own it – it is ‘digital’ after all.
The world of digital marketing is so vast that marketers find it difficult to prioritise.
There are so many channels, platforms, and ways to engage customers that it can be tough to know where they should be spending their time.
Are you missing a critical social media KPI?
‘Social media disconnects’, or when consumers unfriend/unlike or unfollow as a result of a social media marketing initiative or campaign, isn’t a term in many marketers’ vocabulary.
Perhaps it’s time for that to change.
Consumers expect to be able to access video content as part of their online experience, but websites have to make sure the content fulfils some sort of objective.
It’s no good creating video content for your site without first coming up with a strategy and measuring its performance over time.
Our Online Video Best Practice Guide covers all you need to know about what’s happening in online video, including best practice tips, platforms and techniques.
Here we summarise the section that looks at four key performance indicators that make for decent overall objectives…
Throughout an SEO project there are many different ways to measure performance, but which is the most important?
Is it your keyword rankings? Is it your traffic? What about conversions? Or does revenue come in to it? Maybe it’s all about the links?
This post shortlists the top five key performance indicators (KPIs) that you might already be looking at or should really consider using, with explanations of their pros and cons.
After reading this post you should have a good insight in to what you need to look at in order to achieve your goals for a website.