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Why starting small with AI pilots before scaling is a mistake

Martech

Identify key metrics for success To know if your AI initiatives are working, set measurable objectives like key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs). This boosted productivity by over 30%, increased lead generation by 50% and made their marketing efforts ROI-positive.

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How I Built a $75M Newsletter: My Top Tips to Make Yours Impactful in 2025

Hubspot Marketing

Let demand drive growth before spending on marketing. A lot of people assume that growth is all about marketing dollars, but the reality is, product-market fit comes first. So, as your audience grows, evolve your key performance indicators (KPIs) to match your stage of growth.

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Moneyball for Marketers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Before Moneyball, baseball scouts relied on popular but flawed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like RBIs (Runs Batted In) and a player’s appearance (aka “the gut”). Prospect to Pipeline : What’s the typical prospect-to-pipeline conversion rate of each of your company’s product-market fits, channels, and campaigns?

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Your Enterprise’s (Almost) Unfair Competitive Advantage

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Shyna Zhang As an enterprise product marketer at Marketo, I spend a lot of time talking to enterprise executives about marketing automation. This sort of proactive air cover establishes a common definition of marketing success defined by key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Pitching a home run social media marketing campaign or idea for 2021

Sprout Social

Measurable: Select the key performance indicators that support your goals and set up reporting plans. Round out your pitch by demonstrating how your idea will have a broad impact on your greater marketing and business efforts. Achievable: Is the goal achievable with the resources you have?

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Interns Don’t Manage 24% of the Marketing Budget

Hootsuite

Right now, the average salary for a senior social media manager is only $81,000 USD —compared to $142,000 USD for senior email marketing managers and $146,000 USD for senior product marketing managers, according to Glassdoor. This ensures the content they create laser-targets each key business goal you’re trying to achieve.

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18 Best Free Microsoft Excel Templates for Marketing & Sales

Hubspot Marketing

If you want to avoid a mess at the end of the month or quarter, take a look at this collection of 8 marketing budget templates designed to help you better organize your marketing spend. The essential KPI tracker, shown above, takes the metrics your marketing team has agreed to track and describes them in more detail.