Percentage of total annual marketing budget that is not related to personnel (compensation and benefits)

This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing budget that is not related to personnel (e.g., compensation and benefits). It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional variables not covered elsewhere for the "establish marketing budgets" process.

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Measure Category:
Supplemental Information
Measure ID:
105826
Total Sample Size:
556 All Companies
Performers:
25th
- Median
- 75th
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Key Performance
Indicator:
No

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Percentage of marketing budget allocated to non-personnel

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Supplemental Information

Supplemental information is data that APQC determines is relevant to decision support for a specific process, but does not fit into the other measure categories such as cost effectiveness, cycle time, or staff productivity.

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Cross Industry (7.3.0)

  • 3.3.2.1 - Confirm marketing alignment to business strategy (10155) - Ensuring corroboration of the marketing strategy and the organizational strategy. Ensure the organization's marketing strategy/plan aligns with the overall business strategy. Fine-tune the marketing plan according to the organizational strategy.
  • 3.3.2.2 - Determine costs of marketing (10156) - Calculating the total cost of marketing the organization's portfolio of products/services. Calculate the total outlay needed for promoting, selling, and delivering the organization's products/services to customers. Account for all costs to acquire customers and sustain a relationship with them. Include the expenses needed for promotional actives, warehousing, transactional costs, and distribution of the organization's offering.
  • 3.3.2.3 - Create marketing budget (10157) - Estimating the outlay required for promoting, selling, and distributing the products/services of the organization. Add up the expenses of all activities necessitated in marketing, such as promotional campaigns, advertising, marketing communications, PR campaigns, employing skilled personnel, and office space.
  • 3.3.2.4 - Determine projected ROI for marketing investment (17683) - Estimating how much profit the company would generate for its expenses on marketing . Forecasted return on investment, used as a metric to gauge the efficiency of marketing, is beneficial in revising marketing budgets and adjusting costs to improve the overall yield.