Growth in Valuation Since the Previous Raise measures how much a company’s value has grown since the previous round of capital funding.

Specific to Google Analytics, a Hit counts common interactions, such as page tracking, event tracking, and e-commerce tracking. Hits allow marketers to extend beyond Pageviews and define their own rules.

Hype Factor is an efficiency metric that shows how efficiently a company converts capital raised into ARR. SaaS companies convert venture capital into two things: annual recurring revenue (ARR) and hype. ARR has direct value as every year it turns into GAAP revenue. Hype has value to the extent it creates halo effects that drive interest in the company that ultimately increase ARR.

Influencer retention is an influencer marketing metric that refers to the proportion of influencers that posted about a brand in a given period, who continue to post about the brand in the subsequent period. High influencer retention indicates that a brand has assembled a loyal influencer fanbase, and is a key predictor of long-term growth in a brand’s earned media footprint.

Inline Link Clicks is the count of the number of times links posted in the contents of your ad are clicked on.

Inline Post Engagement counts the number of times a user engages with your post within the attribution window. Types of engagement include likes, shares, comments, and clicks on links within your post.

Inventory Quantity is the currently available stock for each product variant a retail location or e-commerce store has available. Keeping track of inventory quantity is important to ensure that there are enough goods in stock to meet customer demand. Businesses should identify the optimal stock level for each product variant and adjust accordingly. If inventory levels are too low, customers may not be able to purchase a desired item or find an alternative solution elsewhere. On the other hand, if levels are too high, it can lead to an overstocking of products and wasted resources.

Inventory Turnover measures how often, in a given time-period, your organization is able to sell its entire inventory. Inventory Turnover is an important efficiency metric and is helpful in analyzing pricing, product demand, and, of course, inventory purchase and costs. It is also a critical tool when selling perishable goods, where the potential for waste is high.

The Invoices metric counts the number of invoices you have sent to your customers. It is helpful to track Invoices to keep a tab on what is owed to you.

The Lead Conversion Rate is the percentage of visitors who come to your website and are captured as leads. This is one of the most important top-of-the-funnel conversion metrics. It’s an indicator of your ability to attract the right target audience and the efficiency at which your website is turns them into leads.

A Lead is an individual who has shown an interest in your product or service. Leads do not have to be qualified, meaning there is no consideration yet of need, timeline, budget, or decision-making ability. The acquisition of Leads is generally categorized as either being inbound (considered warm) or outbound (considered cold).

The Lifetime Value to Cost of Acquisition (LTV/CAC) Ratio tells you if the theoretical lifetime revenue you get from a customer is higher or lower than the sales and marketing costs needed to acquire that customer.