The KALM retrospective for marketing
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The KALM retrospective for marketing
Marketing Powerups #61: Use this retrospective framework inspired by agile sprints after the completion of a marketing campaign.
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⭐️ The KALM retrospective for marketing
Appcues (the company I work for) sponsored Hotjar’s HOTSAUCE conference two weeks ago. So, like any good marketing team, we did a retrospective meeting.
But instead of going through a typical set of questions of what went well and what didn’t, we used a process called the KALM retrospective that agile teams use after a sprint.
The KALM retro has four main components:
Keep: Things that went well that you want to continue doing.
Add: New ideas or experiments you want to try for the next campaign.
Less: Things you can do less of or stop that didn’t add value to the campaign.
More: Things that, if you do more, will bring more value to the campaign.
To run a KALM retrospective of a marketing campaign, you first introduce a shared board or document like the image below:
Give each person 10 to 15 minutes to fill out the board on their own using sticky notes. As an introvert, I love having time to think through ideas and feedback before sharing it openly with the group.
The next step is to categorize similar feedback into groups. Then, together, you can discuss each feedback and decide what you’d keep, add, do less of, and do more for the next campaign.
After all the topics have been discussed, it’s time to wrap up and set expectations for the next steps. Once you have your next steps, thank everyone for their participation and wrap up.
It’s a simple but effective way to improve marketing campaigns continuously.
What do you think? Do you do something similar for your marketing campaigns?
I would love to hear more in the comments section (or feel free to hit reply).
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