Which metrics do you prioritize to measure marketing effectiveness?
The answers split between brand-focused metrics, customer behavior indicators, and financial outcomes, reflecting varied priorities from awareness and engagement to ROI, revenue, and market growth.
8 answers
Answers


Peter Giorgi
SVP of Brand Marketing, Partnerships and Creative Excellence · Rocket
Awareness, Affinity, Action, Advocacy
Peter Giorgi says marketing for him is about awareness, affinity, action and advocacy—whether more people know the brand, feel differently, tell friends and take meaningful action—and says brand health measures matter.
The answer starts at 21:00.
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Jonathan (Jon) Moran
Head of MarTech Solutions Marketing · SAS
Repeat Contact Rate
Jonathan (Jon) Moran points to repeat contact rate as an example of a metric that should span teams, saying that if only one team is measured on it, there’s no incentive to fix things across the board.
The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX · The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX · Listen at 23:54

Jessica Apotheker
Managing Director & Senior Partner · Boston Consulting Group (Bcg)
ROI Uplift
Jessica Apotheker says proven ROI uplift is typically one metric she prioritizes for marketing campaigns, because she has skin in the game and holds herself accountable to at least 5x her fees.
The answer starts at 15:50.
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Vineet Mehra
(NASDAQ: CHYM) Chief Marketing Officer (IPO June’25) · Chime
LTV to CAC
Vineet Mehra says he focuses on LTV to CAC, fully loading customer acquisition costs, to ensure the right payback profile and unit economics on every dollar spent to drive growth.
The answer starts at 17:58.
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Louisa Frahm
SEO Director · ESPN
Clicks and Traffic
Louisa Frahm says clicks and accumulated traffic over time were the primary performance metrics, though she notes click-through rates are down and clicks alone can't evaluate search performance.
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Marc S. Pritchard
Chief Brand Officer · Procter & Gamble
Market Growth & Share
Marc S. Pritchard says he measures marketing effectiveness by whether the brand is growing the market, market share, users, sales and profit, calling it the "five fecta." He frames this as marketing driving growth and creating value.
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Amanda Cole
Chief Marketing Officer · Bloomreach
Revenue
Amanda Cole says she always goes back to revenue, calling it the most important number and the one marketing should care most about, since it comes from new and existing customers and keeping customers.
The Marketing Millennials · The Marketing Millennials · Listen at 31:38

Naomi West
Senior Product Marketing Manager · Customer.Io
Click‑Through Rate
Naomi West prioritizes click-through rate for emails with a call to action, saying it's great when you want the subscriber to take an action. She notes emails without a CTA can't measure that.
The Marketing Millennials · The Marketing Millennials · Listen at 37:54
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