
Performance Marketing vs Brand Marketing: Differences, Metrics & When to Use Each
Performance marketing and brand marketing serve different but complementary purposes. Performance marketing focuses on measurable actions such as leads, sales, sign-ups or app installs and is typically optimized using metrics such as CPA, CAC, conversion rate and ROAS. Brand marketing focuses on building awareness, memory, preference and trust over a longer period, using metrics such as brand awareness, consideration, branded search, share of voice and brand lift. The key difference is therefore not simply the channel being used, but the







