| Dec 31, 2008
eMarketing ROI
Interestingly, senior decision makers look at eMarketing ROI based on their roles.
CEOs tend to focus on downstream metrics such as aggregate ROI i.e. if we invested $x into an eMarketing program, what revenue, $y, did we get from it. How many fold is $y of $x.
On the other hand, Marketing Directors tend to focus on upstream metrics comprising of details like visitors, cost-per-click, cost-per-acquisition, etc.
As eMarketing service providers, we measure both upstream and downstream metrics. We measure upstream metrics for diagnosing problems and upstream metrics for justifying our services.