Condensed…
In May, Forrester teamed up with the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) and VisionEdge Marketing (VEM) to survey marketing leaders about how they demonstrate marketing’s impact on the business. About a week ago I (finally) published Forrester’s take on this important survey (subscription required).
Key among the findings: marketing leadership continues to use metrics to report on performance and justify budgets. But far fewer use data and analytics to analyze purchase patterns, fine tune the mix, and understand customer lifetime value – actions that can have a bigger impact on overall performance. The bottomline here is that marketing’s impact doesn’t matter if CMOs fail to link what they do to business goals.
To help CMOs shift their measurement perspective from outputs to outcomes and to put a sharper focus on business agility, I recommend four key actions to take:
1) Clarify which outcomes the business wants.
2) Go beyond ROMI to expose the full scope of marketing’s influence.
3) Model and monitor customer lifetime value.
4) Measure existing customer value as well.
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Kenneth Carnesi holds a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School and a Professional Certificate in International Banking from Harvard Law School. Kenneth Carnesi is the Director of Operations and Government Sales at Anaptyx LLC and sits on the Boards of The Lazarus Organization, Monkeetech LLC and MG Madison Phillips, Inc. Mr. Carnesi has also founded CICG - Carnesi International Consulting Group, a company specializing in strategy consulting to small to mid-size businesses.
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