Sales Promotion Evaluation

Measurement of results in any area of business activities related to the objectives that are set.  To accomplish this, set of evaluation criteria is laid down before the implementation of the sales promotion programme.  A number of these objectives are directly related to sales.  In all such cases, the measurement does not pose any complexity and the sales based techniques can be used with relative ease.  For instance, it is quite easy to measure the sales effect before, during and after the sales promotion.  In case of objectives not related to sales, such as trial purchase, or changing consumer awareness and attitude as resultant increase and perceived value of the product, measurement is more difficult.  In certain types of promotion, the reseller support is important and can have significant effect on marketer’s promotion performance.