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The 7 Marketing Metrics Every B2B Leader Should Report On


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#235: Strategy |In this episode, Matt sits down with Aditya Vempaty, VP of Marketing at MoEngage, to talk about a topic every marketing leader has wrestled with: reporting on the right metrics. Aditya has led marketing at companies like Nutanix, Amplitude, and Synthego - and he’s learned how to build dashboards and reporting frameworks that actually communicate marketing’s impact across leadership, sales, and finance.

Matt and Aditya cover:

  • Why marketing metrics should translate performance into a common language the business understands
  • The four buckets of metrics every B2B team should track
  • How often you should be reporting on metrics
  • The exact 7 metrics Aditya uses to report up, down, and across the org

Timestamps

  • (00:00) - – Intro to Aditya
  • (03:36) - – Why communicating marketing’s impact is a challenge for many teams
  • (06:12) - – The importance of using a common language when reporting to leadership
  • (08:50) - – Breaking marketing metrics into four key buckets
  • (12:05) - – How pipeline coverage connects marketing to revenue
  • (14:34) - – Reporting on efficiency: CAC, cost per opportunity, and more
  • (17:49) - – The role of awareness metrics and how to contextualize them
  • (21:56) - – How marketing and sales alignment can be measured effectively
  • (24:25) - – The 7 core marketing metrics Aditya reports on regularly
  • (28:08) - – How often should marketing be reporting metrics?
  • (30:52) - – Dashboards, recurring meetings, and what execs actually care about
  • (33:44) - – Advice for first-time marketing leaders on building reporting habits
  • (35:58) - – Why clarity beats complexity when it comes to data
  • (38:40) - – Final thoughts

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