{"id":13227,"date":"2022-08-18T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jboitnott.com\/?p=13227"},"modified":"2022-08-18T19:02:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T19:02:24","slug":"3-questions-to-answer-before-investing-more-into-your-marketing-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboitnott.com\/zh\/3-questions-to-answer-before-investing-more-into-your-marketing-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Questions to Answer Before Investing More Into Your Marketing Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"graf graf--p\">It\u2019s tempting to sink large amounts of money into your <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/marketing\">marketing<\/a> budget when <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/sales\">sales<\/a> lag or the <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/economy\">economy<\/a> drags and revenues drop. However, you may be throwing your money away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Before you jump on that new marketing fad or sign the pricey contract with the trendy boutique agency, take a few days to formulate crystal-clear answers to each of the following three questions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\">1. Do you actually need more customers?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">This might seem like a no-brainer. The impulse is to think \u201cof course we need new customers!\u201d However, that\u2019s not necessarily always true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Here\u2019s an example to illustrate: Consider a subscription-based SaaS <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/business\">business<\/a> that\u2019s currently experiencing increasing levels of churn\u200a\u2014\u200athat is, customers who sign up but then cancel the subscription. At first, it might seem that adding more customers is the proper solution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">However, simply pouring more customers into an emptying funnel like that won\u2019t do your company\u2019s financial health much good. At some point, you\u2019re simply going to run out of potential new customers, especially if the fleeing customers are talking about their experience with your brand on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">In this case, you\u2019d be far better off working to understand why your churn rate is so high and addressing that problem first. Then you can revamp your marketing based on your response to that problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">First, you might begin conducting quick exit interviews when customers cancel to find out why they\u2019re leaving. Maybe you learn that the issue is poor <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/customer-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/customer-service\">customer service<\/a>. You might want to follow up with some of the departing customers so you can dive deeper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Next, based on that information, you fix the actual problem\u200a\u2014\u200athat is, the poor customer service experience. That might involve a combination of staffing changes, procedural revisions and enhanced training or other tactics. Then you can then present your new, improved customer service experience as the centerpiece of future marketing efforts. You may or may not get the old customers back, but you\u2019ll be adding new customers who aren\u2019t as likely to slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\">2. Can you squeeze more juice out of your current marketing channels?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Before you increase marketing spending in a new tactic or channel, make sure that you\u2019re not wasting the money you\u2019re already spending. You might be surprised how much you can optimize and improve your current systems and efforts. Small, incremental optimization can yield significant results, all while avoiding the learning curve you\u2019d have to master with a new channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Let\u2019s say your company spent a few thousand dollars on freelance designers and conversion copywriters to create a new landing page for your current campaign. The landing page\u2019s call to action asks viewers to sign up for a trial membership. Despite that <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/investment\">investment<\/a>, only about 2% of all visitors to the landing page sign up for the free trial membership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">You could start over and create an entirely new landing page, create new ads to drive traffic to the new page, and run those ads on entirely new channels. These are all fairly significant financial investments for an uncertain payoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Alternatively, you can look for ways to optimize the performance of the landing page you\u2019re already working with. Can you tweak the ad\u2019s creative to drive a little more traffic? Is there a tight alignment between the ad\u2019s headline and the landing page\u2019s copy? Did you split-test the call to action, or can you do so now? Can you bring back that conversion copywriter to help you optimize the page\u2019s copy or the color and text of the call to action button based on those test results?<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Optimization requires gathering some relevant data points and knowing how to interpret that information to make small tweaks or incremental revisions to a marketing asset to boost performance. You could double or even triple that 2% conversion rate for a much smaller additional investment. That\u2019s a strong ROI that\u2019ll help bring in more trial users, which should trickle down the funnel to more paying customers and higher revenue.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\">3. What happens when your planned new investment goes\u00a0well?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Think about the long run \u201cwhat happens if this goes well\u201d story. You want to build marketing channels that can grow over time so that you can continue to hit marketing metrics as your company grows, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">If you are capped out in a certain tactic or channel, then is that the right area to invest additional time, money and resources? The law of diminishing returns will dictate a change in strategy at some point. For example, there are only so many area youth <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/soccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/soccer\">soccer<\/a> league teams you can sponsor. If you\u2019ve explored that option as much as possible, there\u2019s no real percentage in trying to find another team in a neighborhood a little farther out of town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">On the other hand, let\u2019s say you reasonably think additional attention to <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/seo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/seo\">SEO<\/a> with a local marketing focus will help improve your marketing results. You believe that there are thousands of local searchers looking for the same services you provide every month. In that case, investing more money into SEO could have a significant, ongoing impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Companies that don\u2019t invest in marketing at all are dancing on the edge of a perilous cliff. However, pouring even more money into an underperforming <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/marketing-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/topic\/marketing-strategy\">marketing strategy<\/a> without carefully examining all the circumstances at play can be a bad investment. Take some time to get clarity on these three questions, then make your decisions accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Thanks for reading! Do you want to create thought leadership articles like the one above? 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