Here’s how to prove marketing’s pipeline value & revenue impact to your CFO

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Here’s how to prove marketing’s pipeline value & revenue impact to your CFO

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Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are wired to want proof, not promises. While we marketers light up at impressions, and engagement — excuse the stars in my eyes — CFOs focus on revenue, risk, and return.
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This clash of professional love languages can create friction in budget conversations, performance reviews, and board meetings.

I’ve experienced this tension too many times to count, over the years. My teams knew that sales nepal telemarketing database couldn’t have closed without our marketing, but with so many touchpoints and an evolving data climate, it became increasingly difficult to prove.

Thankfully, we’ve found our ways. In this guide, you'll learn how to use automated attribution reporting to show finance the metrics they want, bridge the communication gap between departments, and ultimately win the budget you deserve.


Why does pipeline influence reporting matter?

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Track leads.
Measure CVR.
Track channel performance.

Why does pipeline influence reporting matter?
Simply put, pipeline value attribution matters because it shows why you’re worth the investment. I mean, if a business is spending more than it’s making with any effort, it isn’t financially wise, right? That’s why CFOs need to see the numbers.

But why is it especially important for marketing to prove its value?

Unfortunately for us marketers, Marketing is often seen as a money pit. Small businesses often assign marketing tasks to existing team members, or worse, they’re the first to be ignored when faced with a tight budget.

In fact, Marketing Week’s Career & Salary Survey last year found that close to half of brands view marketing as a “cost” rather than an “investment.”

I’d argue this is because many marketing mediums can’t be tracked accurately. For instance, if someone sees a paid ad for one of your in-person events, attends, and then follows your blog for a month before contacting sales, what channel gets the credit?

With so many different, intersecting touchpoints, it’s notoriously difficult to attribute credit where it belongs.
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