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Why is sales and marketing KPI important for your business ?


What do you mean by KPI in business ?

  • A Key Performance Indicator is a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives.

  • Organizations use KPIs at multiple levels to evaluate their success at reaching targets.

  • High-level KPIs may focus on the overall performance of the business, while low-level KPIs may focus on processes in departments such as sales, marketing, HR, support, and others.

How do we define its Importance of measuring it ?

  • What is your desired outcome?

  • Why does this outcome matter?

  • How are you going to measure progress?

  • How can you influence the outcome?

  • Who is responsible for the business outcome?

  • How will you know you’ve achieved your outcome?

  • How often will you review progress towards the outcome?

What is a SMART KPI ?

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound

In other words :

  • Is your objective Specific?

  • Can you Measure progress towards that goal?

  • Is the goal realistically Attainable?

  • How Relevant is the goal to your organization?

  • What is the Time-frame for achieving this goal?

  • What is a SMART KPI?

  • Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound.


Which KPI works best for Sales & Marketing

  • Cost per Lead (CPL) - cost-effectiveness of your marketing campaigns at generating new sales leads.

  • Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) - Identifying qualified leads readiness for sales, extracting the effective points in the marketing and sales pipeline.

  • Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs)- number of potential customers who become sales opportunities in the sales pipeline effectiveness

  • Opportunity-to-Win Ratio - Ratio provides you with an easy to comprehend value to determine your rate of success in converting qualified leads into closed sales.

  • Cost per Customer Acquisition - costs of each step involved in convincing a potential customer to close the sale.

  • Marketing ROI - generated by a specific marketing campaign, as compared to the costs of running the campaign.

  • Customer Retention - business’s effectiveness in retaining customers over the long term. The adage states that engaging new customers cost more than engaging current customers;

  • Sales Revenue - measure the progress of your business in generating sales revenue. With several points of data, you can determine your business’s growth trends and projections. top-level view

 

Prepared By -

Roshni Nag

Advisor


Date: 19-05-2021

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