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# OKRs — Growth Marketing Team, Q3 2024 **Planning Period:** July 1 – September 30, 2024 **Team:** Growth Marketing (6 people: 2 performance marketers, 1 content marketer, 1 designer, 1 analyst, 1 manager) **Context:** Strong Q2 (hit 4/5 KRs), but CAC is rising and organic channel underperforming. --- ## Objective 1: Make organic search our most reliable acquisition channel *Rationale: Paid CAC increased 34% YoY. We need to reduce dependency on paid channels by building a sustainable organic engine.* ### Key Results | # | Key Result | Baseline | Target | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | KR 1.1 | Increase monthly organic signups from 2,400 to 4,200 | 2,400 | 4,200 | 60% 🌙 | | KR 1.2 | Increase indexed pages ranking in top 10 from 45 to 120 | 45 | 120 | 80% | | KR 1.3 | Increase organic traffic from 89,000 to 145,000 monthly sessions | 89,000 | 145,000 | 70% | | KR 1.4 | Decrease average time-to-rank for new content from 47 days to 28 days | 47 days | 28 days | 75% | ### Supporting Initiatives - Publish 24 new SEO-optimized articles targeting mid-funnel keywords (8/month) - Rebuild top 15 landing pages with updated schema markup and internal linking - Launch link-building partnership program with 10 industry blogs ### Weekly Leading Indicators - New pages indexed this week - Average position change for target keyword cluster - Organic signup conversion rate --- ## Objective 2: Reduce customer acquisition cost while maintaining volume *Rationale: Blended CAC hit $127 in June (up from $95 in January). Board expects us to get below $100 while growing signups 20%.* ### Key Results | # | Key Result | Baseline | Target | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | KR 2.1 | Decrease blended CAC from $127 to $94 | $127 | $94 | 65% 🌙 | | KR 2.2 | Increase paid channel ROAS from 3.2x to 4.5x | 3.2x | 4.5x | 70% | | KR 2.3 | Increase signup-to-paid conversion rate from 8.3% to 11.0% | 8.3% | 11.0% | 75% | | KR 2.4 | Decrease cost per qualified lead on LinkedIn from $89 to $62 | $89 | $62 | 70% | ### Supporting Initiatives - A/B test 6 new landing page variants (focus on social proof and urgency) - Implement predictive lead scoring model with data team to focus spend on high-intent segments - Shift 20% of LinkedIn budget to experiment with TikTok B2B campaigns ### Weekly Leading Indicators - Daily CAC by channel - Landing page conversion rate by variant - Lead quality score distribution **⚠️ Potential Conflict:** KR 2.1 (lower CAC) may tension with Objective 1's KR 1.1 (more organic signups) if organic leads have lower conversion rates. Monitor organic vs. paid lead quality weekly. --- ## Objective 3: Build a referral engine that turns customers into our best acquisition channel *Rationale: NPS is 62 but referral program only drives 4% of signups. Huge untapped potential.* ### Key Results | # | Key Result | Baseline | Target | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | KR 3.1 | Increase referral-driven signups from 340/month to 1,200/month | 340 | 1,200 | 55% 🌙 | | KR 3.2 | Increase referral program participation rate from 6% to 18% of active users | 6% | 18% | 70% | | KR 3.3 | Achieve referral-to-signup conversion rate of 25% (currently 14%) | 14% | 25% | 75% | ### Supporting Initiatives - Redesign referral flow: embed sharing prompts at 3 key "aha moments" in the product - Launch tiered rewards: free month for 1 referral, annual discount for 5 referrals - Create shareable "results cards" that users can post on LinkedIn/Twitter with their metrics ### Weekly Leading Indicators - Referral links generated this week - Referral invite-to-signup funnel conversion - Reward redemption rate --- ## Cross-Objective Notes - **Resource tension:** Objective 1 needs heavy content investment, Objective 3 needs engineering support for referral flow. Prioritize Obj 1 in July–August, Obj 3 in August–September. - **Shared dependency:** All three objectives benefit from improved signup conversion (KR 2.3). Consider making this the single most important metric for the quarter. - **Scoring:** Use 0.0–1.0 scale. 0.7+ is success. Score at midpoint (Aug 15) and end of quarter.