Did you know that setting clear and achievable goals can help you with your success in your industry? Nurture Digital Marketing will guide you through the SMART goals framework, a powerful tool that can help you define and achieve your digital marketing goals, whether it's increasing website traffic, boosting social media engagement, or improving email marketing.
In this blog, we share with you one of our many favourite frameworks that is guaranteed to boost your business.
Smart Goals Framework is a tool we use with our clients at Nurture Digital Marketing, we are a digital marketing agency in Croydon, Surrey and this tool has guided the success of our clients. We find that when we implement this tool small business clients have achieved profitable goals, great rewards and benefits for Email Marketing goals, digital marketing, SEO or Social Media content.
Setting a SMART goal versus a non-SMART goal can be the difference between success and failure.
What are SMART goals?
Nurture Digital Marketing believes that any marketing strategy should be based on clearly defined corporate objectives, and any marketing plan especially digital marketing must be an integrated part of these objectives. As working within the industry for over 15 years we know first-hand that, the foundation of any effective marketing planning is clear, SMART objectives.
Essentially, SMART Objectives are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.
SMART is an acronym for that framework that will guide you to write goals that drive greater impact. We know that goals with each of these elements in mind, and you’ll be able to track and quantify improvements and how long along has to be achieved when considering SEO, Social Media Management, Email Marketing or Marketing Content Plans.
S – Specific:
What is the need, problem or opportunity to achieve?
What steps do you need to take to achieve it?
What target needs to be accomplished?
M – Measurable:
Can a quantitative or qualitative attribute be applied to create a metric?
Which measurable parameter are you giving this goal?
What is the numeric target?
A-Achievable:
What information can be used to attain this goal?
Which methods will you use to achieve this goal?
How will you achieve this goal?
R-Relevant:
How is it going to contribute to the company overall?
Why you're setting the goal?
T-Time-bound:
What is the timeline to accomplish this goal?
When will this goal be achieved?
Why are SMART goals essential?
SMART goals provide a plan of direction for the business owner and stakeholders
SMART goals contribute to tracking performance and refocus actions to achieve the business end goals
SMART goals are the foundation of any marketing plan or business plan
Working with businesses we identify different types of performance targets and measures, here are some key measures we use at Nurture Digital Marketing includes:
Vision
Goals
Objectives
Metrics and measures
Why are SMART Objectives important to your business?
Setting a timeline for meeting your goal. Without a timeline, you won't be able to determine whether the smaller changes you're making are keeping you on track toward achieving your ultimate goal.
How can you create SMART Objectives for your business, consider how you can make this goal Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and with a Timeline.
Using our SMART Goals framework gives clarity and focus to the tasks required to attain your aims and objectives.
This blog is created to support small businesses in attaining short or long-term goals.
Makaela, MSc, BA Hons, with 15 years of corporate marketing expertise and working with businesses and Colleges to educate on marketing. To work with Nurture Digital Marketing.
Would you like to incorporate any of these into your business? Book a consultation with Makaela the founder of Nurture Digital Marketing.
To find out more about how we can support you with SMART Marketing Planning for small businesses, please visit https://www.nurturedigitalmarketing.co.uk/contactus.
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