Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER)
Overview
Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER) indicates how much revenue is generated relative to total marketing expenditure.
MER = (Ad Spend + Custom Ad Spend) / Order Revenue
The calculation is based on data from the Ads table, the Custom Spend table, and the Orders table.
Insights and Actions
Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER) measures revenue generation efficiency against marketing spend, critical for evaluating and optimizing marketing investment returns. Efficiently leveraging MER data can guide strategic business decisions:
- Assess Marketing Performance: A higher MER indicates more revenue generated per dollar spent on marketing, highlighting efficient ad spend.
- Optimize Marketing Spend: Use MER insights to reallocate budgets towards high-performing channels, maximizing revenue generation.
- Campaign Evaluation: Analyze MER by campaign to identify which marketing efforts offer the best return, refining future strategies.
- Strategic Planning: MER trends inform strategic decisions, helping adjust marketing approaches to improve overall efficiency and profitability.
- Budget Justification: MER can justify marketing budget adjustments by demonstrating the revenue impact of increased or optimized spend.
Example Use
Prompt
What's my MER for the last 7 days?
Response
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