Knowing KPI= $$
Are curious to know what happens when you don’t measure? HubSpot and Qualtrics recently published a report that was terrible for those who do not track their marketing performance. And unintentionally gives my theories of the significance of measurement! The study found among other things that 74% of companies that weren’t exceeding revenue goals did not know their visitor, lead, MQL, or sales opportunities. One could make the conclusion that not knowing your KPI makes it harder to hit revenue goals.
When you combine this with the fact that many CEOs do not trust their marketing team because we are not tracking, we should all be contacting IT to figure out where all of the data is located. It doesn’t have to be difficult; let’s look at that list: visitors, leads, qualified leads, and sales opportunities. We should all be able to get at this information pretty efficiently. But very few of us seem to be making it a priority. I know it is hard to look at the data because we are concerned we might be failing. But in reality, that’s a story we are imagining. If you’ve never looked before, it can’t be as much failure as it is a baseline from which you can begin measuring.
Where To Start
This information should be easy to get, easy to track, and easy to adjust tactics because of. And if you are not seeking this information regularly and planning your campaign tactics around your data, this is where failure is going to bound to occur. You will fail if you do not start measuring. In fact, according to the study, if you don’t know your KPI, you are likely failing to meet revenue objectives. And for the department credited most frequently with growth, we must start measuring the KPI of growth, traffic, lead volume, cost per lead, cost per acquisition, and sales. The rest is somewhat irrelevant.
Much of this data is available to us. You need to get into your Google Analytics (or similar) account today. If you don’t know where your data is, call someone right now and find out. Get access. Start looking. You need to set up goal conversions in your analytics account. I know this sounds silly to write, but I am guessing that many people do not have that set up yet. Again, need help? Ask. There are people all around you who probably know how to do this, and if you don’t know who can help you, ask your agency partner. You need to know this, and you need to know it right now. Your brand’s revenue goals are tied to it.
Now You’ll Need To Partner
This will at least get you the traffic and leads. As for qualified leads and sales, you need to work with your partners in sales to acquire this information. You need to be able to access this information within your systems, and you need to be tracking this over time so you can see what your efforts are generating regarding traffic, leads, MQL, and sales. Then you can simply do the math of what you spend on marketing to calculate the cost per lead and cost per sale. If you really want to shine, make a sweet little dashboard and share it with your boss so they can see the company’s month-over-month and quarter-over-quarter progress.
When you know these things, you are in a position to generate better results; you have information from people who consider and buy your product, and that is the only feedback your marketing strategies need. You need to know what works for people who consider and buy, and, until you know your KPI you’ll never grow the brand effectively.
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