How to measure online marketing

     Today, it is highly debated whether the old rules of measurement still apply to modern marketing. But there is no doubt about the importance of newly emerging metrics.

Challenge Old Metrics

     For a long time, David notes, measurement of marketing efforts has been around sales leads. “That is how I was measured,”David admits. But things have rapidly changed with the development of new technologies and especially with the growth of the Web. Are you taking notice of these emerging realities and incorporating them into your marketing reporting mix?

Focus on Exposure

     Marketers should develop new metrics that track exposure to ideas. Interestingly enough, this comes even prior to the actual sales cycle. A lot of the measurement happens higher up in the funnel.

     Where in search engines is your content appearing when people enter specific keywords? How can you get to the first listing? These are the types of questions that will help you focus on making your ideas and content more visible to the public.

What Should You Measure?

     It’s easy to get lost in different metrics that don’t help you improve your strategy but turn into a burden. Avoid making this mistake and focus on a few key elements to track. You can measure the number of people reading your blog posts. You can track your performance in search engines. You can see how many people are following you on Twitter. All these things demonstrate your reach and how it is growing (or decreasing). The larger the exposure, the more triggers to the sales process you are creating.

     Source: The ultimate how to marketing guide (HubSpot and David Meerman Scott) e-book