Marketing Communication ‘This Data Is Useless – Or Is It?’

Marketing Communication ‘This Data Is Useless – Or Is It?’ Please respond to the following: Give your opinion on whether or not you believe sales figures are important when evaluating integrated marketing communications (IMC). How should hard data such as redemption rates and store traffic be used in the evaluation of marketing communications? In terms of accountability, how important are behavioral measures of IMC effectiveness? ***This is a discussion, NOT a paper. Need 2 strong paragraphs and references.***