Jacob Prinkey
SEO • PPC • Analytics

Measurement and reporting

Reporting, Dashboards & Attribution Services

I help teams make marketing reports easier to use by cleaning up KPI definitions, dashboard structure, source data, and attribution assumptions.

The useful pattern is not more charts. It is cleaner inputs, clearer definitions, and reports that show which pages, campaigns, and channels need action.

Quarterly Marketing Roadmap for Execution Focus

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Project description

Recent work was moving across SEO, paid media, social, and reporting, but the team needed a clearer quarter plan tied to business outcomes instead of channel activity.

Approach

Reviewed recent channel performance, repaired two analytics issues, and rebuilt the next-quarter roadmap around priority page traffic, qualified leads, and paid efficiency.

Results

20% more qualified leads quarter over quarter19% lower paid acquisition costs29% more organic traffic to priority pages quarter over quarter

Skills & deliverables: Cross-channel audit, Roadmap planning, PPC and SEO review, Analytics QA, Measurement repair

KPI and Reporting Cleanup

  • KPI-definition cleanup
  • Primary metrics and useful secondary actions separated clearly
  • Unneeded reports removed or de-emphasized
  • Readout design around decisions, not just visual completeness

Dashboard Cleanup

  • Dashboard structure cleaned up
  • Channel, page, and campaign views made more useful
  • Simplification of reporting that has become too cluttered
  • Dashboard views separated from deeper analysis docs

Source and Attribution Cleanup

  • Checks for source and medium consistency
  • Conversion actions connected to reporting correctly
  • Attribution assumptions made clearer
  • Measurement inputs fixed where they weaken the dashboard

Team Reporting Agreement

  • Shared reporting language created across teams
  • Recurring reporting cadence clarified
  • Clarification of which views are tactical versus executive
  • Reporting updated when marketing needs change

Where I Usually Start

I start with the decisions the report needs to help.

A dashboard is only useful if it helps someone decide what to fix, fund, pause, improve, or investigate next.

I clean up the inputs before polishing the output.

If GA4, GTM, Google Ads, forms, or attribution inputs are wrong, a prettier dashboard just makes bad numbers easier to believe.

I organize reporting around outcomes and page groups.

The case studies make more sense when rankings, traffic, spend, conversions, leads, purchases, or revenue are tied to the pages and campaigns that changed.

I separate signal from noise.

Good reporting should show the few numbers that matter most, plus enough context to explain movement without flooding the team.

I make reporting usable for leadership and operators.

Leadership needs a clear read on performance. The people doing the work need enough detail to know what should happen next.

What kinds of dashboards do you usually help with?

Usually marketing dashboards that need clearer KPI definitions, channel reporting, lead tracking, and attribution sanity checks so the numbers are easier for the team and leadership to use.

Do you build the dashboard or just recommend the structure?

That depends on the project. I can help shape the reporting logic, recommend the structure, and in many cases support the actual dashboard build or cleanup too.

Can reporting improve without fixing tracking first?

Sometimes partially, but the biggest gains usually come when the tracking and attribution inputs are cleaned up alongside the dashboard work.

How do you keep reporting from becoming too noisy?

By being clear about what the dashboard is for, which KPIs matter most, and which views belong in ongoing reporting versus deeper one-off analysis.

Request a marketing plan or review

Share the context, and I'll help identify where we should start first.

Good starting points
  • +SEO, PPC, or tracking setup
  • +Lead quality or conversion problems
  • +Reporting that is missing or hard to trust
  • +Landing pages, service pages, or follow-up