Return on Investment is realized in a variety of ways.

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Move your business prospects down the sales funnel.

top of the funnelTop of the Funnel (TOFU): your prospect's research/awareness phase.

middle of the funnel smallMiddle of the Funnel (MOFU): your prospect's evaluation/investigation phase. 

bottom of the funnelBottom of the Funnel (BOFU): your prosect's qualification/purchase phase.

 

Return on Investment from Online Marketing Activities

Real life measurements around return on investment from online activities.

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Activity
Application
Return on Investment (ROI)
  Inbound Marketing Deployment of a combined selection of linking, search, online, social and content marketing activities. Attracts qualified prospects to your web site and builds SEO value.
  Search engine optimization Craft text content that identifies the content of individual pages to search engines. Cumulatively, identifies your web site topic as well. Get found in search organically (without pay per click). Content that is valued by visitors gets picked up faster than irrelevant content.
  External linking Submission of quality links with relevant content to websites, blogs, directories and forums that come back to your web site. High quality links builds credibility and accuracy around your website in search results. The most important online marketing activity - closely connected to creating quality content. Poor quality links can destroy your website credibility and damage your reputation.
  On-page linking Link related content within web site. Enhances credibility for individual pages.
  Blogging Add timely content to your website. A source of easily shareable content for social media. Attract visitors, build thought leadership, share content, attract prospects.
  Social media engagement Online networking, micro publishing and historical activity archiving. Build audience and discover opportunities and prospects.
  Website design or redesign Craft or refine user experience to deliver key information. Quality design establishes credibility. Quality marketing content engages website visitors.
  Landing page deployment Deliver focused offers to your prospects. Obtain legal opt-in, identify website visitors. Provide valued information or spur interaction.
  Pay-per-click advertising Pay to appear next to organic search results on the top pages of search results. Be seen in search while you build organic traffic.
  Email marketing Deliver offers, communicate with leads who have opted in to your email communications. Prompt immediate response to a valued offer or deliver information to segmented email marketing lists.
  Marketing event deployment A combination of marketing activities, typically including: posting a blog article, promoting it with an email campaign and in social media, developing a valued offer, and delivering it via a targeted landing page(s). Creates BUZZ around your company, its website and your important event or offer. Initiates prospect identification.
  Lead nurturing Scheduled email message delivery. Automatically nurture prospects throughout sales processes.
  Analytics & Reporting Monitor website visitor traffic, form submission results, traffic-to-lead ratios, lead-to-customer ratios, website quality, SEO quality, etc... Refine and prioritize content, offers and activities to maximize results from your online presence.
  Call to Action Button Creation Create actionable website buttons. A-B testing, prompt click-throughs, attract attention.
  Persona development Define target audience(s). Allows creative to be developed with a focus on marketing content of interest to your audience - improves quality of responses.
  Envisioning workshop Set the overall tone and define marketing messaging, general target markets and guide branding positioning. Deliverable is the guiding document that unifies all marketing activities.
  Communication briefing Define marketing messaging, for a specific offer. Determines specifics of offer deployment.
  A/B Testing Measurement offer deployment component effectiveness. Measures response rates and allows refinement.

 

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