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Brandon Olander
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Turning Campaign Reporting into Decision-Ready Growth Insight

Campaign data existed. Decisions did not. Reporting was descriptive but not actionable, which left interpretation work to the audience.

Context

Performance scorecards covered the right surface metrics but did not connect to a recommendation. Leadership read the numbers and then had to do the interpretation themselves, which slowed decisions.

My role

Translated campaign scorecards and funnel metrics into structured recommendations and decision points for multiple audiences.

Constraints

  • ·Existing reporting tools and definitions.
  • ·Limited time per readout.
  • ·Multiple audiences with different appetites for detail.

Approach

  • 01Separated descriptive reporting from interpretive reporting.
  • 02Defined the small set of decision points that recurring readouts had to answer.
  • 03Wrote interpretive layers that ended in a recommendation, not a chart.
  • 04Tiered each readout so executives could read the top and operators could read the detail.

System built

  • ·Recommendation-first reporting template.
  • ·Standard interpretation patterns for common funnel anomalies.
  • ·Tiered readout structure for different audiences.

Result

Readouts moved from describing what happened to recommending what to do. Decision turnaround improved because the recommendation was already on the page.

What made it hard

Reporting that ends in a recommendation is harder to write than reporting that ends in a chart. The discipline is forcing a point of view.

What I would do next

Add a backtest of past recommendations against actual outcomes so the reporting layer earns its own feedback loop.

Contact

Get in touch

Currently open to selected conversations with B2B marketing leaders, founders, and recruiters working on demand systems and PLG motions.