Better Planning or Better Measurement for Marketing Effectiveness

February 10, 2010

Facing pressure for heightened accountability, many marketers are putting much more emphasis on measuring actual performance of their programs.

Having helped many clients build state-of-the-art direct marketing strategies, I have compiled five typical mistakes companies make in designing their marketing strategies. Hoping we can all learn from the mistakes of others to build better and more effective campaigns, I suggest these mistakes as five ways of increasing marketing effectiveness through better planning — rather than better measurement after launching a plan.

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