Marketing
Essential Awareness Metric
Brand Awareness = Ability to recall a product or services
Awareness —> Evaluation —> Trial —> Awareness
Evaluation Marketing
- Designed to drive customer purchase intent.
- It enables customers to compare products and prices.
- There is a time delay between evaluation and purchase.
- It is hard to link it back to the customer’s purchase
- A metric is a good predictor of future sales
Loyalty Marketing
Churn = % of existing customers who stop purchasing your product or services. Often measured in a year timeline
Customer Satisfaction
It is measured by asking “ Would you recommend this product or service to a friend or colleague”
The golden metric that bridges loyalty and brand awareness
Marketing Operating Metric
Take Rate = % of Customers accepting a marketing offer.
It applies to any activity that has a call to action
Demand Marketing
- Profit = Revenue - Cost
- NPV = Net present value
- IRR = Internal Rate of Return
- Payback = The period for a marketing investment to pay back the cost of the initiative
Estimate the 4 metrics prior to and after undertaking a marketing activity
Essential Customer Value Metric
CLTV = Future Value of a Customer
Classification
Strategic - Future Looking Metric
Measures Include:
- Brand Awareness
- CAST
- CLTV
- Test Drive
Tactical - Backward Looking Metric
- Tactic effectiveness
- Sales
- Lead Conversion
Operational - Inward Looking Metric
- Execution efficiency
- Take Rate
- Budget Spent
Score Card
The goal of a scorecard needs to be
- It needs to be different for different customer segments The key focus is to help executive-level people make proper decisions
- It needs a clearly defined vision
Key Insight
It is of key importance to define success metrics for a campaign. It needs to define a metric that enables everyone to its effectiveness
For a more detailed understanding refer to my note on marketing strategy