In Data Governance & Strategy

Rule #20: “Metrics are politics”

29 November 2016 1 minutes

Yes, your analytics will likely be subject to politics within your company. The presented numbers will potentially impact sales, marketing, and other departments as well. But the digital analyst who comes bearing good or bad news is only the messenger – he or she should not suffer the consequences of (or receive congratulations for) the performance results… Therefore, it’s vital for the digital analyst to find and maintain his or her independence.

I believe analytics are highly political, and analysts ignoring that aspect of their work compromise the chances of success of the whole Digital Marketing / Communications measurement function in their organisation.

Jacques Warren, digital analytics expert and CEO of Kwantyx

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Editorial Manager. Bernard was responsible for the content strategy of the AT Internet brand. He has almost 10 years’ experience in technical and marketing writing in the Software industry. A word specialist, Bernard’s job sees him working on many different mediums including blogs, white papers, interviews, business cases, press, infographics, videos etc. His specialist fields? Marketing and digital analytics content of course!