In a brand new world where online ads, viral promotions, and smart-phone– enabled
marketing strategies are blending with traditional vehicles like print, TV, and radio,
it’s crucial to use the right metrics to ensure effective spending with your marketing
budget. If you want to track your results accurately and justify your spending across the
new digital playing field, it’s time to blow off your old-school ROI analytics and join
the age of Web 2.0.
Filled with accessible, practical guidance on utilizing the latest and most
accurate dashboards and tools, and illustrated with case studies and examples, Marketing
by the Numbers shows you how to:
• Predict, monitor, and measure the success of campaigns based in both
traditional and Internet media.
• Align marketing and business goals.
• Concentrate on the right metrics rather than drowning in a sea of
data.
• Turn your data into actionable recommendations.
Connecting your marketing spending to actual sales and revenue has always been a
convoluted path, but never have the outcomes been more urgent than they are today. With
helpful techniques, checklists, and case studies, Marketing by the Numbers reveals how you
can effectively use the data at your disposal, and take advantage of every marketing
opportunity.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 Introduction: How to Drive Successful Marketing ROI
Case Study 1: Ace Hardware: Supporting Brick and Mortar with Online Ordering
CHAPTER 2 Principles for Measuring Marketing ROI: What to Measure and How
to Measure It
Case Study 2: Ice.com: Using Tweets, Blogs, and YouTube to Sell Diamonds
CHAPTER 3 Measuring the Immeasurable: Branding, Buzz, and Social Media
CHAPTER 4 Mapping Marketing ROI to the Sales Funnel
Case Study 3: Nike Sees a Jump with Viral Video
CHAPTER 5 Best Practices: Budgeting and Projecting Marketing ROI
CHAPTER 6 Tools for Measuring Online Performance to Maximize ROI
Special Section A: Measuring with Marshall
CHAPTER 7 ROI in the Enterprise
Case Study 4: Epic Change: Small Change Is Fine for a Small Nonprofit
Special Section B: Marketing ROI Basics: A Refresher
Marketing ROI Glossary
Index
256 pages, Hardcover