B2B Marketing Tip: Time for a Marketing Checkup
It’s 2025 and many people evaluating changes to be healthier. Expand that review to include our marketing program to ensure its fitness. Here’s a checklist to get you started:
Evaluate your marketing strategy
First, take a hard look at the marketing strategy you implemented last year to determine if you hit your goals, and have a pipeline of sales opportunities going into this year. If there are shortcomings, ask yourself:
- Are you setting realistic goals?
- Do you have the team in place to effectively carry out your marketing plan?
- Should you reallocate sales and marketing funds to better performing tactics?
- Do you need to promote your services to new markets?
Conduct a review of your brand
Your brand is the image and message you communicate to potential customers and must represent your company correctly. When reviewing your brand ask:
- Are your messages current? Did you add new services, receive more testimonials or case studies?
- Does your image seem outdated when compared competitors’ brands?
- Do you need to create messaging that targets new markets?
- Does your lead generation and sales material need to be updated?
Consider your marketing budget
While setting a marketing budget can be challenging, here some questions to help:
- Is your budget sufficient to meet goals?
- Do you need to shift allocation to align with new goals?
- Are lead generation tactics producing the results you need to reach goals?
- Should you test other channels to gauge effectiveness?