Metrics & Dashboards

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January 4, 2011

Predictions for Social Media Metrics: 2011

It’s clear that the media world has evolved. Here are a few predictions for some significant new elements and important evolutions in social media metrics in 2011...

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December 14, 2010

Elves Dashboard; Santa Suffers

Too many metrics drown out even the best Elfin magic...

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October 20, 2010

Metrics for your "Special Purpose"

Question:  What do Steve Martin in "The Jerk", "finding a special purpose" and the ANA’s Masters of Marketing have in common?  Read on for the answer...

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August 10, 2010

Dashboards - Huge Value or Big Expense?

Exploring the reasons why there are far fewer comprehensive dashboards in use by Global 1000 companies than thought. Is the view worth the climb?

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July 27, 2010

Metrics That Help Catch Lightning in a Bottle

What do these great marketing breakthroughs have in common?


•    MasterCard “priceless”
•    Energizer bunny
•    “Got Milk?”
•    Absolut ________ 

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March 30, 2010

Memo from CFO: Ad Metrics Not Good Enough

A sanitized version of an actual email from a CFO to a CMO in a global 1000 company on the effectiveness of marketing...

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March 23, 2010

Question of the Week: How do you determine what the right metrics are to give real insight into marketing performance?

Dear Dave,

We’re having some difficulties getting our marketing measurement process nailed down. There is enthusiasm across both our marketing and finance teams for getting to the right set of metrics, but a bit of a battle forming between two camps on which metrics we should be focusing on....

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December 22, 2009

Measuring What Matters Most

Since there are so many things to measure, marketers need to find a way to isolate the most critical metrics and direct all measurement efforts to the things that really matter...

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December 14, 2009

Question of the Week: How can I tell if my company would be better served by adopting a different set of metrics to assure profitability?

Dear Dave, My company manufactures and sells a high-tech product to hospitals and healthcare providers. We have a direct sales force that is responsible for 90% of our volume...
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October 13, 2009

The Lighter Side of Metrics Today

A bit of humor in the face of today's business environment - new metrics and measurement tools we've recently heard about.

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