8 Performance Goals For Marketing Managers
How to Establish SMART Marketing Goals
- Specific: Goals should be clearly outlined and specific. There should be no room for misinterpretation. An example of a marketing objective would be “growing website visitors by 25%” instead of “increasing website visibility.”
- Measurable: Marketers should be able to track their progress toward goals. In other words, you need to quantify goals. “We have grown our Instagram followers by 15%” is a better metric than “Our Instagram presence is growing.”
- Achievable: Marketing manager goals can be challenging but achievable. Easy goals won’t inspire teams and unrealistic goals will demotivate employees. What you need is a fine balance between the two.
- Relevant: A relevant marketing goal will get support from the business leadership. It will also be in alignment with the larger business objectives. Moreover, relevant goals can make a tangible difference to an organization’s bottom line.
- Time-Bound: With a timeline, you can organize your goal into subtasks and monitor their progress. You can easily know if any task is facing delays and take appropriate measures. This helps avoid project delays.
8 Best Marketing Manager Goals Examples
1. Enhance Brand Awareness
2. Create High-Quality Leads
3. Increase Brand Engagement
4. Determine Your Marketing Targets By Channel
5. Boost Customer Value
6. Increase Traffic
7. Stabilize and Improve Brand Authority
8. Increase Revenue
How to Measure Marketing Goals
- Lead Generation: This includes the total number of leads, leads from specific channels, cost per lead, and the increase in leads.
- Website Metrics: New website visitors, time spent on specific landing pages, page views per visit, and bounce rate are some website metrics you can use.
- Market Share: This is your brand’s share of the total market or specific markets that you define by certain parameters.
- New Customers: This metric includes the number of new customers, percentage increase in new customers, conversion rate, and cost per customer.
- Lifetime Value of a Customer: This shows you how much someone spends on your product or service over the lifetime of their relationship with your company.
- SEO Performance: Track your total organic traffic, the number of keywords your website ranks for, and your search engine results page position with this KPI.
- Conversion Rate: Know how many users perform the desired action with this metric, from signing up for your emails to buying from your online store.
- Growth in Sales: Discover the growth of your customers and revenue with this KPI.
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