Building a Marketing Analytics Dashboard for Your SMB: What to Track
6 January 2025·Updated May 2026·9 min read·GuideIntermediate
Key Takeaways
Most SMBs track vanity metrics like impressions and follower counts while their actual revenue data sits untouched in a POS system. A proper marketing analytics dashboard connects your ad spend directly to sales outcomes — and the setup is simpler than you think.
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Key Takeaways
- Most SMBs track vanity metrics like impressions and follower counts while their actual revenue data sits untouched in a POS system.
- A proper marketing analytics dashboard connects your ad spend directly to sales outcomes — and the setup is simpler than you think.
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