Google Analytics is a free application that provides website visit statistics, designed to help marketers track and optimize online advertising and search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns. If you are interested in analyzing where your website visitors came from, page navigation, how long they stayed on your site, and geographic location, Google Analytics can certainly help you.
There is no question that effective goal setting can improve the performance of your department. Top performing leaders in all fields use goals to increase confidence, extend vision, and stay motivated. Use Demand Metric's downloadable Department Goals & Individual Goals templates to break your high-level strategic plan into smaller, manageable chunks.
Examining your current situation, proposing a new situation, and evaluating the gaps between the two, is central to the strategic planning process. Use Demand Metric's GAP Analysis Tool to document gaps in areas that need to be core competencies.
Regulatory compliance, climate change awareness, and strong corporate governance have lead to a rapid increase in the number of organizations who choose to provide a Sustainability Report to their internal and external stakeholders. Good corporate citizenry has many business benefits including cost savings, increased staff recruitment and retention, and improved customer loyalty and brand preferences.
Successful branding, or re-branding, requires that key stakeholders are involved in a democratic process to agree on what the new brand will be. However, working with every stakeholder throughout the process is simply impossible. Read this Research Note to learn how you can achieve consensus on your brand.
Use Demand Metric's downloadable Branding Selection Tool to help you provide choices for your stakeholders that are equally satisfactory for the brand champion.
Lead Generation is the top priority for marketing directors in 2009. More importantly, marketers are being charged with defending their budgets and demonstrating real ROI for their marketing programs. Use this How-To Guide to learn how other world-class companies are developing lead generation infrastructures that automate key processes, measure results, and provide a steady flow of qualified leads their sales organizations.
Having a well qualified list of contacts is one of the most important factors in determining the success or failure of an email marketing campaign. Read the following summary to understand how you can build a rock-hard list.
Email marketing permission is defined as giving “formal consent” to receive email marketing messages. Permission can not be assumed and must be granted by a willing party.
