What metrics and kpis should be tracked for marketing spend efficiency?

Answer QuestionsCategory: MarketingWhat metrics and kpis should be tracked for marketing spend efficiency?
asked 9 years ago
2 Answers
Aleksey Savkin Staff answered 9 years ago

Hi Ed,
 
It depends a lot on your marketing strategy, and the best practice is to understand and describe strategy first (on strategy maps), and then start looking for KPIs. If you are looking for some standard set you can have a look at these marketing KPIs.

Aleksey Savkin Staff answered 9 years ago

A short update: for more ideas and specific examples of marketing KPIs I do recommend for all readers to check out this guide here.


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Examples of KPIs

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