Reporting digital and content marketing results doesn't need to be complicated. By following a few simple rules, your team will be able to report the efforts and the results your marketing team put in to generate the results.
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2. What does “report” mean?
Report as a Noun
“I am going to create a report to share
data with the team”
Report as a Verb
“I am going to report back to the team
with the status of creating the report”
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3. What does “report” mean?
Report as a Noun
“I am going to create a report to share
data with the team”
Report as a Verb
“I am going to report back to the team
with the status of creating the report”
Which is correct? The noun or verb?
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4. What does “report” mean?
Report as a Noun
“I am going to create a report to share
data with the team”
Report as a Verb
“I am going to report back to the team
with the status of creating the report”
Which is correct? The noun or verb?
BOTH ARE!
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5. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
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6. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
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7. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
3. Motivate the team
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8. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
3. Motivate the team
4. Learn from past efforts
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9. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
3. Motivate the team
4. Learn from past efforts
And most importantly….
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10. Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
3. Motivate the team
4. Learn from past efforts
And most importantly….
It’s the path to an upsell
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11. How Do You Report (Verb)?
1. Automatic PDF exports of analytics
dashboards
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12. How Do You Report?
1. Automatic PDF exports of analytics
dashboards
WRONG
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13. How Do You Report?
1. Tell a story
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14. How Do You Report?
1. Tell a story
a. Traffic - Blogs were
published, landing pages
optimized, social media, ppc,
etc.
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15. How Do You Report?
1. Tell a story
a. Traffic - Blogs were
published, landing pages
optimized, social media, ppc,
etc.
b. Conversions - landing pages,
calls-to-action, lead captures,
etc.
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16. How Do You Report?
1. Tell a story
a. Traffic - Blogs were
published, landing pages
optimized, social media, ppc,
etc.
b. Conversions - landing pages,
calls-to-action, lead captures,
etc.
Connect these to their goals
traffic and conversions to tell
your story
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17. How Do You Report?
2. Follow a Schedule
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18. How Do You Report?
2. Follow a Schedule
a. Meet frequently to increase
transparency with marketing
efforts
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19. How Do You Report?
2. Follow a Schedule
a. Meet frequently to increase
transparency with marketing
efforts
b. Participate in their internal
meetings
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20. How Do You Report?
2. Follow a Schedule
a. Meet frequently to increase
transparency with marketing
efforts
b. Participate in their internal
meetings
c. Invite all stakeholders
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21. How Do You Report?
3. Be prepared
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22. How Do You Report?
3. Be prepared
a. Provide handouts
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23. How Do You Report?
3. Be prepared
a. Provide handouts
b. Plan your presentation
i. Start with highlights
ii. Explain challenges
iii. Explain results
iv. Explain next steps
v. Ask for buy-in/approval
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24. How Do You Report?
3. Be prepared
a. Provide handouts
b. Plan your presentation
i. Start with highlights
ii. Explain challenges
iii. Explain results
iv. Explain next steps
v. Ask for buy-in/approval
c. Leave time for questions
and/or feedback at the end
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25. What Metrics Do You Put In Your Report (Noun)?
1. Number of Users from efforts
a. Sources of users
b. Pages viewed by users
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26. What Metrics Do You Put In Your Report (Noun)?
1. Number of Users from efforts
a. Sources of users
b. Pages viewed by users
2. Number of Conversion from efforts
a. Passthrough conversions
b. Entrance conversions
c. On page conversions
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27. What Metrics Do You Put In Your Report (Noun)?
1. Number of Users from efforts
a. Sources of users
b. Pages viewed by users
2. Number of Conversion from efforts
a. Passthrough conversions
b. Entrance conversions
c. On page conversions
3. Marketing Efforts to generate
results
a. Hours towards X effort
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29. But Why Only Website Metrics?
Yes, isn’t your website is the hub of your marketing
efforts?
The goal of each is to drive more users to the website to learn more about the product/service
and convert, report the metrics that tell that story.
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30. In Summary
Why Do You Report?
1. Maintain a client relationship
2. Show and discuss results
3. Motivate the team
4. Learn from past efforts
And most importantly….
It’s the path to an upsell
How Do You Report?
1. Tell a story
2. Follow a schedule
3. Be prepared
What Metrics Do You Put in Your
Report?
1. Users
2. Conversions
3. Efforts
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