Savvy Business Tips for Budgeting Your Marketing Campaigns

One of the most common questions we get pertains to cost—and we get it, because allocating your marketing budget effectively is one of the most surefire ways to steadily grow your revenue and ensure the future success of your business.

So this month, we thought we’d save you a little time and share a few of the time-honored tips that guide budgeting decisions (informed by data and confirmed by our earned wisdom over 30+ years in business).

Here are a few insights that might help you shape your strategy:

• Planning matters: In 2022, CoSchedule reported that those who took the time to map out their marketing strategy—including timeline, goals, and budget—were four to seven times more successful.

• The Small Business Association recommends spending about 8% of your revenue on your marketing campaigns.

• A common rule of thumb is to spend 80% of your budget on tried-and-tested techniques and 20% on new and experimental campaigns.

• It's crucial to diversify your investments across digital channels, traditional advertising, and emerging platforms to reach your target audience effectively.

• Content marketing costs 62% less than traditional marketing methods and generates approximately three times as many leads, according to DemandMetric.

• Similar to the data cited above, email marketing remains a powerhouse for today’s marketers, boasting an average ROI of $42 for every $1 spent, as reported by the Data & Marketing Association.

Regardless of how you allocate your marketing budget, it simply won’t matter very much if you overlook the importance of analytics. Utilizing tools to track the performance of your marketing activities ensures that you're not only spending wisely but also optimizing in real-time based on data-driven insights. Adjusting your spending according to what the numbers show can significantly improve your marketing efficiency and effectiveness over time. A great mantra to remember to ensure you budget properly is one we often use ourselves: "Track, Measure, Manage."

For help setting up your marketing strategy, designing dashboards to easily track your spending, and then making the most effective tweaks in response to those metrics, give us a call anytime.

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