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By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Sep 5, 2024 11:32:18 AM

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Update Note: In an era where iOS updates and cookie depreciation have caused massive signal loss for marketers, relying solely on platform-specific ROAS is dangerous. This is why shifting to MER (Marketing Efficiency Ratio) is the most reliable North Star Metric for 2025 and beyond.

Not enough marketing teams spend the time to get aligned with the boss on a north star metric and it wreaks havoc and causes stress...and nobody wants that!

Topics: Wicked Reports Data Driven Strategy Wicked Scott Framework ROAS vs MER Marketing Efficiency Ratio