Why, what, and how of marketing measurement

Most marketing folks are creative types. You know, the kind of folks who see spreadsheets and break out in hives because…numbers.

I get it. I do. Because any day of the week, I’d rather see pretty pictures that summarize data than see strings of numbers and I’m a geekozoid.

And yet.

If marketing departments want to improve their effectiveness and show their business relevance, then marketing measurement is a must.

The slide preso below (or after the jump) tells you the why, what, and how of it all. Go. See.

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The Makings of a Great Business Intelligence Analyst

My gal pal and I got into a deep discussion on aptitudes the other day. According to smarty pants Johnson O'Connor folks,

Aptitudes are natural talents, special abilities for doing, or learning to do, certain kinds of things. Manual dexterity, musical ability, spatial visualization, and memory for numbers are examples of such aptitudes. 

Anyhoo, Gal Pal wondered what makes for a great BI analyst. And being me, I couldn't resist making a slide preso 'cause I thought other penetrating minds would want to know too.

The slide preso is after the jump..

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