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What does a marketing analyst do?

09/01/2023 | by Patrick Fischer, M.Sc., Founder & Data Scientist: FDS

A marketing analyst is a marketing professional responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to develop, optimize, and inform marketing strategies. The exact duties of a marketing analyst can vary by company and industry, but generally include the following:

Data collection:

Marketing analysts collect data from a variety of sources, including customer surveys, sales data, online user behavior, social media and more.

Data analysis: they use statistical and analytical methods to process the collected data and identify patterns, trends, and correlations.

Market segmentation: analysts divide the target audience into different segments to better understand customers' needs, preferences and behaviors.

Competitive analysis: they study the competition and analyze their marketing strategies to identify opportunities and threats to their own business.

ROI Calculations: Marketing analysts evaluate the profitability of marketing campaigns and initiatives by calculating return on investment (ROI)

Reporting: They prepare reports and presentations to communicate the results of their analyses and recommendations to management or other departments.

Forecasts: Based on their analyses, marketing analysts can make forecasts for future market trends and sales.

Strategy development: based on the insights from their analyses, they work closely with the marketing team to develop, adapt and optimize marketing strategies.

A/B testing: they conduct experiments to test and compare the effectiveness of different marketing approaches.

Marketing automation: marketing analysts can also use marketing automation platforms to optimize campaigns and deliver personalized content to customers.

Overall, marketing analysts help make data-driven marketing decisions and improve the efficiency of marketing activities. This can help increase customer satisfaction, boost sales, and strengthen a company's market position.

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