How to use data to guide your 2019 planning
Your year-end strategy sessions won’t seem so daunting if you stay on top of data collection and measurement. These tools and tactics can help you analyze your effectiveness and set a course.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: annual planning.
It’s Q4, and everyone is scrambling to create their plans for 2019. Annual planning can feel like creating New Year’s resolutions. If you wait until January to start going to the gym, you’re missing out on 11 other months of opportunity to make a positive change.
It’s a great starting point, but it shouldn’t be the only time you stop and evaluate, and if that’s how you operate, you’re doing it wrong.
Planning is important, but end-of-year planning is especially important. PR pros tend to put so much pressure on this year-end work that it becomes overwhelming and time-consuming. Many executives are seeing the metrics for the first time and will probably have questions about performance.
You want to be ahead of the game, anticipate questions and have solutions.
Understand your goals
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