TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the benefits of data‐driven services marketing and provide a conceptual framework for how to link traditional and new sources of customer data and their metrics. Linking data and metrics to strategic and tactical business insights and integrating a variety of metrics into a forward‐looking dashboard to measure marketing ROI and guide future marketing spend is explored.Design/methodology/approach– A detailed synthesis of the literature is conducted and contemporary sources of marketing data are categorized into traditional, digital and neurophysiological. The benefits and drawbacks of each data type are described and advantages of integrating different sources of data are proposed.Findings– The findings point to the importance and untapped potential of data in its ability to inform tactical and strategic marketing decisions. Future challenges, including top management support, ethical considerations and developing data and analytic capabilities, are discussed.Practical implications– The results demonstrate the need for executive service marketing dashboards that include key metrics that are service‐relevant, complementary and forward‐looking, with proven linkages to business outcomes.Originality/value– This paper provides a synthesis of data‐driven services marketing and the value of traditional and contemporary metrics. Since the true potential of data‐driven service management in a connected world is still largely unexplored, this paper also delineates fruitful avenues for future research. VL - 24 IS - 3 SN - 1757-5818 DO - 10.1108/09564231311327021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09564231311327021 AU - Kumar V. AU - Chattaraman Veena AU - Neghina Carmen AU - Skiera Bernd AU - Aksoy Lerzan AU - Buoye Alexander AU - Henseler Joerg ED - Lerzan Aksoy ED - Allard van Riel ED - Jay Kandampully PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/01/01 TI - Data‐driven services marketing in a connected world T2 - Journal of Service Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 330 EP - 352 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -