This document provides an overview of marketing analytics and how they can help businesses determine which marketing channels are most effective. It discusses various paid marketing drivers like SEO, PPC, social media and print marketing. It also covers capturing online and in-store conversions through Google Analytics and point of sale systems. The presentation emphasizes tracking ROI for each channel and gathering customer insights through surveying to continuously learn and improve marketing strategies.
8. Pain Point
• Which marketing communication channels are most
effective for your business?
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9. How Big is the Problem?
• Direct Mail - $500 to reach 500 consumers
• Sales Calls - $10k to reach 500 consumers
• Online Ads - $1000 to reach 2000 consumers
• Your Time & Money (many years & $100k!)
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20. Search Engine Optimization
• Metrics that matter:
• Keyword rankings
• Keywords that refer traffic
• Average cost per click
• Number of conversions
• Click to call
• Purchase
• Sign-ups
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21. PPC (Pay Per Click) Ads
• What are pay per click ads?
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22. PPC Analytics
• Metrics that matter:
• Clicks to your site
• Rate at which users click
• Average cost per click
• Number of conversions
• Click to call
• Purchase
• Sign-ups
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30. Public Relations
• Metrics that matter:
• Reach
• Print pieces handed out
• Referral program invitations handed out or sent
• Redemption rate
• Referrals redeemed
• Offers redeemed
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31. Paid Marketing Drivers
Paid Marketing Drivers
• Online
• SEO (Search Engine
Optimization)
• PPC (Pay Per Click)
• Social Networks (Referral
traffic)
• Traditional
• Print
• PR
• Referral Programs
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32. Referral Programs
• What is a referral program?
• Customers are incentivized to become referrers of new
customers.
• Referrers receive the gift or credit after a new customer
redeems and makes a payment
• While monetary incentives are most often used, if you
choose to use a gift incentive for your business, be creative,
choose something that is memorable
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33. Referral Programs
• Metrics that matter:
• Referral program invitations
handed out or sent
• Referrals redeemed
• Redemption rate
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34. ROI Tracking
• When data is collected, businesses are able to conduct
analytical analysis and gain insight
• Encourages further testing and refinement of
marketing channels and offers
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35. ROI Tracking
• At this point you know the metrics to measure success of
each marketing channel and the associated costs
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JanuaryFebruaryMarch April May June July August September October
Store Front -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$
Referral Program 400$ 400$ 400$ 400$ 400$ 400$ 400$ 400$
Postcards 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$ 3,500$
Pay Per Click 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500$
Val Pak 450$ 450$ 450$ 450$ 450$ 450$
Max Value 350$ 350$ -$ -$ -$ -$
Newspaper Flyer 750$ 750$ 750$ 750$ 1$ -$ -$ -$
Billboard 850$ 850$ 850$ -$
Total Costs 4,650$ 7,150$ 7,950$ 8,800$ 7,701$ 7,700$ 6,850$ 6,850$
Strategy&Tracking
Implemented
46. Point Of Sale Tracking
• In Store
• Capture Data
• Point of Sale
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Customer Data
Date
Purchase
Amount
Referral
Source
ZIPcode
11/1/2014 54 PR 48098
11/2/2014 62 AD 48654
11/3/2014 39 Web 48329
Customers Perception
Business Reality
47. Point Of Sale
• When customers come to the store to shop or make a
purchase, data needs to be collected.
• Example variables which should be collected:
• ZIP code
• Purchase Price
• Ad type/offer referenced as stimulus
• Date
• When possible leverage your point of sale system to
collect and store information
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51. Call Tracking Numbers
• Assigning call tracking numbers to the different marketing
pieces allows for easy tracking of effectiveness to generate
potential customers
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53. ROI Tracking
• Now after collecting the data from each marketing
channel, you are able to measure the impact.
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JanuaryFebruaryMarch April May June July August September October
Store Front 2 3 1 - - 4 2
Referral Program 2 12 6 6 12 23 8 11
Postcards 6 2 8 10 9 7 14 16
Pay Per Click 5 2 5 9 9 3 12
Val Pak 4 3 - 5 7 19$
Max Value 2 3 - - - -
Newspaper Flyer 8 5 7 3 5 - - -
Billboard - - 1 1
Total Transactions 18 27 29 31 35 45 36 52Strategy&Tracking
Implemented
Jan Feb March April May June July August September October
Store Front 242$ 1,390$ 441$
Referral Program 400$ 900$ 1,922$ 1,497$ 15,654$ 12,716$ 4,405$ 1,996$
Postcards 1,188$ 304$ 5,524$ 8,036$ 4,987$ 749$ 11,078$ 17,544$
Pay Per Click 1,671$ 5,277$ 920$ 4,303$ 2,600$ 1,900$ 2,700$
Val Pak 303$ 79$ 544$ 114$ 5,054$
Max Value 79$ 220$
Newspaper Flyer 6,000$ 3,078$ 4,455$ 8,038$
Billboard -$ 362$ -$
Total Revenue 7,830$ 7,343$ 17,560$ 18,790$ 24,944$ 16,971$ 17,938$ 27,294$
Strategy&Tracking
Implemented
Referring
Transactions
Referring
Revenue
54. ROI Tracking
• And more importantly the returns on your investments
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JanuaryFebruaryMarch April May June July August September October Avg ROI
Store Front
Referral Program 100% 225% 481% 374% 3914% 3179% 1101% 499% 1234%#DIV/0!
Postcards 34% 9% 158% 230% 142% 21% 317% 501% 176%#DIV/0!
Pay Per Click 67% 211% 37% 172% 104% 76% 108% 111%#DIV/0!
Val Pak 67% 18% 0% 121% 25% 1123% 226%#DIV/0!
Max Value 23% 63% 43%#DIV/0!
Newspaper Flyer 800% 410% 594% 1072% 719%#DIV/0!
Billboard 0% 0% 43% 14%
Return On Investment 168% 103% 221% 214% 324% 220% 262% 398% 239%
Strategy&Tracking
Implemented
57. Surveying
Capturing Info From Customers
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• Sample based surveying
• Website (Survey Monkey)
• In-Person (Written)
• Components:
• How they found you
• Were they satisfied
• What they remember most
• Would they recommend
• Why
59. Surveying
Funnel Insights Back into Marketing
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Components:
• How they found you
• Were they satisfied
• What they remember most
• Would they recommend
• Why
Further reason to justify the decisions to change marketing channels
Optimize the transaction/purchase experience
Use the feedback to make your marketing message more impactful
Confirm the quality of experience
Use the feedback to improve your referral program value