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How to Measure the Success of Your Online Marketing

by Roger Bryan | March 4, 2015|Inbound Marketing

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Roger is the Founder at Enfusen. He was #40 on Entrepreneur Magazines Most Influential Digital Marketers in 2016. His past companies have made INC Magazines Fastest Growing Companies in 2011, 2012, & 2013.

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Measuring the Success of Your Online Marketing Campaigns

When you’re creating content for your business’ website it should always be with a sense of purpose. You’re not just dispensing information; you also want to motivate the reader to do something for you. It doesn’t matter what your product or service is. In order for your business to thrive and grow, there has to be some type of return on your investment. But how do you determine what your marketing ROI is and how do you know if your content has actually hit its mark?

What Is Marketing ROI?

online marketing campaigns The ROI marketing efforts can generate is simply a way to measure the amount of profit you gain from your marketing investment. It is determined by a simple formula that can help you see if your investment is paying off.
(Return – Investment)/Investment

While the formula appears to be very simple, you must keep in mind that depending on your particular enterprise, your business will have a number of variables that could impact each factor in the equation, but understanding how the formula works is essential in measuring your return on marketing investment.

First Determine Your Goal

Your primary reason for your marketing efforts will be the first place to start. It will be the key factor in deciding if your marketing ROI has hit its mark. This factor will be the one thing that is unique to your business. While other businesses may offer a similar product they will each have a different goal that they are trying to attain. Knowing which direction you want to take your business to should be decided long before you write your first piece of content.

Determine How to Measure Success

How you go about measuring marketing ROI also needs to be determined before you can decide which strategy you will use for your inbound marketing efforts. This is a crucial step if you want to get the most out of your marketing campaign by keeping track of how much your are getting back from what you are putting in. It will help you to determine the path of your inbound marketing campaign. For example, if you choose to measure your returns by the number of conversions you receive then your campaign should concentrate heavily on a quality landing page and the results you get from your call-to-action message. On the other hand, if your measurement will be the number of people who sign up for your newsletter, then you might use another strategy to measure your success. Whatever your decision, your return on investment needs to be gauged by some measurable standard.

The more you recognize how important your return on investment is, the more effective your strategies will be in the long term. While the basic formula is determining possible long term investment, in order to measure accurate results carefully, you may need to make use of a marketing ROI calculator to get more accurate numbers. The more precise the information you collect, the better it will be in helping you to support your marketing efforts. Keep in mind that when it comes to marketing ROI, there must be a way to measure it in order to get readable results from it.

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