Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Was Your Internet Marketing Campaign a Success? How to Find out

By William Engle

You probably paid a lot of money for your past Internet marketing campaign, but you may not be sure whether or not it was a success. The company who helped you last time just called you up wondering if they should prepare another campaign for your business, and you're not sure how to respond. If you are wondering whether or not Internet marketing was a success or not, here are some ways to find out.

The first step is to evaluate your business records. If your files are in a mess, now is the crucial time to get them back into order, so that you can figure out where your company now stands. Remember, it may take a while for the campaign to get started, so look at the months following the start of any campaign in order to give it a fair shot. The results should be easy to see, if you remember to factor in the time it took to get started.

If your business records are too messy (or incomplete) and you can't tell whether or not your campaign was successful, you can use other ways to make a decision. Remember, that the success of an Internet marketing campaign isn't always the amount of profit during the month or quarter. Sure, profit is a huge factor in determining whether any advertising campaign was successful, but it isn't the only factor. A big factor that is often ignored is getting people to know about your business, so make sure to look at how many new visitors your Internet marketing firm brought you. If you had a successful campaign, you should probably see an increase in the number of visitors to your website in addition to your other goals.

A third way to determine if your campaign was a success is to see how many people signed up for your marketing email. If you still don't have an Email list of customers, now is the time to start one, because this is one Internet marketing tool that your business can't thrive without.

Your search engine results rankings before and after the campaign are going to also be able to tell you if your campaign was worth the money or not. A lot of times, you are going to gain a lot of ground on the results rankings when you have a professional firm help you out, because they are going to know what they are doing. If this isn't a goal that you cared about before, but now have realized that it is going to be important, make sure to talk to the company that you are working with and notify them of a change in your goals.

If you are still deciding if the last Internet marketing campaign that you did was worth it or not, remember that there are many factors to look at. When deciding whether or not you want the same company to continue to work for you, you need to be clear on whether or not what you paid was worth the money. If, after looking at all of the information, you find out that it wasn't worth it, you might want to reevaluate your goals to see whether they are realistic or hire a new company that is going to work better for you.

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