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Get Your Operational Marketing Index Score

Today, there are numerous metrics used to track the marketing performance of activities and channels but nothing to assess the operational effectiveness of the plan and budget. The Operational Marketing Index (OMI) gives you a score for your marketing plan and budget.

Get Your Operational Marketing Index Score

How it Works

The Planful OMI asks a series of questions to provide a benchmark on your approach to building and managing a plan and allocating and tracking your budget.

After completion, you will get a score for your marketing plan and budget, as well as an overall OMI score.

A detailed report of your score and best practices for improvement is downloadable from the results page.

Get Your Operational Marketing Index Score

Today, there are numerous metrics used to track the marketing performance of activities and channels but nothing to assess the operational effectiveness of the plan and budget. The Operational Marketing Index (OMI) gives you a score for your marketing plan and budget.

Our marketing plan is based on a set of measurable goals that align with company objectives
We create comprehensive campaigns (thematic, integrated, etc.) to execute our strategies and achieve our goals
We build best and worst case scenarios into our plan to quickly react to external and internal business factors
Our marketing plan is accessible to the team at all times for visibility, collaboration, and execution
Marketing campaign plans are visible for team collaboration and execution progress is reviewed weekly
We have a process in place to adapt our plan in response to strategy changes or market dynamics
We regularly measure return on investment on both campaigns and the overall marketing plan
We can accurately forecast the likelihood of goal achievement throughout the year
We divide up our marketing budget into segments or by function with clear owners for accountability
We allocate 60% or more of our budget to campaigns that support our goals
We accurately assign and track all expenses by campaign
We have a system for easily identifying and reallocating unused budget
We can always see what has been spent and what marketing budget is available
We can accurately report expenses by both marketing campaign and finance budget structure/GL code
We can accurately and efficiently transfer funds across marketing functions as needed
We accurately and quickly reconcile our marketing expenses with finance on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis

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