The New Performance Metric: Curiosity by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, February 20, 2026 While the media buy of a Super Bowl ad typically starts at $8 million, a full campaign could cost anywhere between $16 million and $29 million to create. Ads tell consumers so much about a brand, but analyzing Google search data … Continue reading Consumer Curiosity Becomes Performance Metric
ROI Alone – No Longer A Sufficient Measurement Metric by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 27, 2026 Return on investment (ROI) alone cannot provide adequate support to guide media investment decisions. Marketers need more as artificial intelligence gets complicated, and analyzing data happens in real time, according to data released today. Cassandra’s global study … Continue reading ROI Alone – No Longer A Sufficient Measurement Metric
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October 07, 2025 The next big business metric? Your AI footprint Artificial intelligence is changing everything: how we work, build, create, and grow. It’s unlocking opportunities daily. At Grove Collaborative, we’ve seen it firsthand. AI helps us move faster, make smarter decisions, and, most importantly, serve our customers better. But here’s the part not enough … Continue reading The next big business metric? Your AI footprint.
Customer lifetime value can’t be gamed with lock-ins or campaigns. Sustainable growth depends on delivering real customer experiences. Shiv Gupta on September 26, 2025 In recent years, companies have turned to marketing as a shortcut to growth, pouring millions into campaigns, cultural plays, and acquisition tactics. But this focus often comes at the expense … Continue reading CLV is the growth metric that marketing can’t fake
We keep optimizing based on attribution, not impact. It’s time martech tools let us test what really drives incremental results. Mike Maynard on April 21, 2025 The web is filled with content explaining why incremental sales matter and why attribution can be misleading. Many marketers have turned to incrementality expert Avinash Kaushik for guidance … Continue reading Why don’t martech vendors provide a tool for the metric that matters?
Conversion rate is an under-utilized marketing metric. Here’s how you can use it to understand and optimize list growth, engagement and bottom-line performance. Jeanne Jennings on November 18, 2024 Many marketing teams are missing out because they think that conversion rate is just one metric. It’s not. Conversion rate (CR) is the Swiss army knife … Continue reading Use conversion rate as your key email marketing metric
A fast website isn’t the only thing that matters to customers. Learn a more holistic approach to improving digital experiences. Steve Petersen on January 4, 2024 Website speed is often seen as the main factor impacting customer conversions. However, speed is just one element that contributes to broader digital friction. Here’s why taking a more … Continue reading Optimizing digital experiences: Don’t focus on just one metric
Customer lifetime value is a simple concept with profound implications. It is a critical success factor if you’re looking for long-term profitability. Scott Hornstein on October 13, 2023 Marketing departments have near-term and long-term responsibilities to the corporation. Near term is entirely driven by the needs and maturity of marketing operations. Long term, marketing is … Continue reading CLV: The metric that means money
New Metric Measures How Videos Perform Based On When They Were Uploaded by Colin Kirkland , March 23, 2023 Global social video analytics firm Tubular Labs has announced a new measurement capability for how videos perform according to the hour of day they were uploaded. Customers will now be able to determine what time of … Continue reading New Metric Measures How Videos Perform Based On When They Were Uploaded
