Is Your Organization Tracking Marketing Impact?

by Brendon Shelton on January 12, 2009

If your organization is then you are in the minority.   In a recent survey of 350 nonprofits, entitled “Getting Attention Nonprofit Marketing Survey” , indicate that only 37% of nonprofits track marketing impact.  So let me get this straight……over 60% have no idea how effective their programs are?

Gotta tell you, I was shocked and horrified at this number.  Organizations that aren’t quantifying how a specifc campaign motivates action are flying in the dark.  How can a marketing executive justify their marketing budget with without tracking marketing impact?

For more on this study including tips on how to defend your marketing budget, click here.

 

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