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Perspectives on Data, Decisions, and Control

Analysis and perspectives for CMOs and CFOs — based on real campaign data and market research, not theory.

Implementing Marketing Controlling — and Still Not Being Able to Make Decisions
Many companies have marketing controlling. Reports, dashboards, budget tracking. And yet, at the end of the quarter, the CFO still can't say which campaign delivered which result. The reason isn't the tool.
Measuring Marketing ROI — Why Most Companies Are Solving the Wrong Problem
45 percent of marketing teams say proving ROI is their biggest challenge. Most invest in better measurement tools. That's the wrong problem.
Breaking Down Data Silos — Why Technical Answers Don't Fix a Structural Problem
The standard answer to data silos: build a central system. That solves the technical problem. But not the real one — because silos don't come from bad systems.
Campaign Naming Conventions — Why This Overlooked Foundation Determines Your Ability to Make Decisions
A naming convention sounds like an operational detail. In reality, it determines whether a CMO can answer a management question at the end of the quarter — or not.

Data basis for these articles: All analyses are based on 4,096 real campaign data records from an international corporation (HVAC industry, anonymized) and the Supermetrics Marketing Data Report 2026 (n=435).