Jul 7, 2025
Bryan McClatchie
Data That Drives Decisions: How We Measure What Matters
Data Is the Language of Growth
Performance marketing lives and dies by the data. But numbers alone don’t create clarity — context does.
At FLNT, we measure the entire journey: awareness, engagement, conversion, and retention.
That means we track the early indicators — impressions and reach — right alongside the performance metrics that show what happens next.
Visibility tells us how far the message travels. Engagement and conversion tell us what sticks.
Our Measurement Philosophy
We look at metrics through a hierarchy of impact — each level informing the next:
Reach & Impressions → The foundation of scale. How many qualified eyes are we reaching, and how effectively are campaigns delivering across audiences?
Engagement Quality → Are people interacting? Are they clicking, saving, watching through, or taking meaningful action?
Conversion Efficiency → Which messages and audiences actually drive business results — and at what cost?
Growth Velocity → How performance trends evolve over time across all these layers.
Each step builds a story — from how people first see you to how they eventually buy.
From Numbers to Narrative
We don’t drown clients in dashboards. We deliver insights that explain why performance shifts.
Using real-time analytics and behavioral tracking, we interpret data as feedback.
If reach is high but engagement dips, it’s a creative signal.
If engagement spikes but conversions flatten, it’s a funnel signal.
Every data point tells us where to look next — and where to improve.
Turning Analytics Into Action
For us, data isn’t the report at the end of a campaign — it’s the engine that drives every decision during it.
We use analytics to inform creative testing, audience expansion, and message refinement. It’s a feedback loop that keeps campaigns evolving — and keeps clients ahead of the curve.
The Takeaway
Impressions and reach matter. They’re the pulse of visibility.
But the real power comes from connecting awareness to action — seeing how exposure turns into engagement, and engagement turns into growth.
At FLNT Digital, we measure what matters because we build for what lasts.
Bryan McClatchie
Chief Digital Officer
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