Marketing Analytics & Reporting
Stratum’s marketing performance analytics provide the insight you need to …
- Target the right prospects and customers
- Use your promotional monies more effectively
- Select the best channels for your marketing campaign initiatives
- Better identify opportunities to increase sales and growth
- Achieve your category management objectives
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The Definitive Guide to Defining & Delivering Effective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
If you're looking to gain more knowledge about the meaning of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), the value they can offer to your business, how to plan and collaborate around them and so much more, download our recently published guide to KPIs.
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