Too many marketing teams spend 80% of their time tracking tactical indicators (CTR, downloads, MQLs...) and only 5% analyzing business impact. The result: they optimize... in a vacuum.
👉 To really speak the same language as your CEO and your CFO, you need to structure your metrics around 5 principles:
1 ️ 609 Mapping the metric pyramid (Gartner)
2 ️ Create dashboards by audience
3 ️ ※ Highlighting connections
4 ️ Setting relevant benchmarks
5 ️ Organize your meetings accordingly
⚡ Metric-business alignment is key: first define what your CEO considers to be success, then build your KPIs in cascade.
In short: your metrics should be a common language between marketing, finance, and management, not a series of isolated numbers.