To Attribution and BeyondLewis Lenssen – Commercial Director of DC Storm
Lewis Lenssen• 5 years leading and building a search agency.• 1 year consulting on social media and online PR for fashion
brands (focusing on measurement and valuation).
DC Storm – Optimising Digital Marketing• Delivering attribution for over 5 years.• Over 1,000 tracked websites with configured attribution.
• What is attribution?
• One attribution model does not fit all.
• Attributed sales - Just one valuable data view.
• Summary and Beyond.
What is Attribution?
PurchaseConfirmationResearch Suppliers Choice
Sale
‘LHR to JFK’
Sale Attribution
• Actions are rarely driven by a single website visit.• Actions are frequently driven by multiple marketing channels.• The journey to action often takes days or weeks.
‘flight to New York’
‘Cheap flight NYC
‘Brand’
IMP IMP IMP
One attribution model does not fit all• Flexible allocation of sales across all or a subset of the visits.
• Configurable rules for defining attribution period:-• Fixed length of time.• Period defined by visit gaps.
• Configurable rules for weighting:-• Control of channel weighting.• Control of brand weighting.• Control of chain position weighting.
• Allocation of multiple sale related values (e.g. margin).
Attributed Sales - Just one valuable data view
Questions answered by good sale attribution analysis:-
• Marketing budget allocation.
• Calculating channel and keyword ROI.
• Calculating the real value of brand.
Attributed sales - Just one valuable data view
Unanswered questions:-
• How long is the path to conversion?
• How many sales did a channel or keyword contribute to?
• Where in the path to conversion does a channel contribute (first, middle or last)?
• When does a channel or keyword contribute in the path to conversion?
• What are the channel and keyword combinations that work?
• Where are performance partners contributing?
• How could I improve my performance partners commercials terms?
• How does display and remarketing impact the path to conversion?
Summary
• Huge value in developing the right attribution model for your business.
• Combination of technology and expertise required to get the model right.
• Sale attribution is just one valuable view of the data. You need the full picture.
Beyond
• Engagement modelling and scoring will enable optimisation of all website visits, not just sale related visits.
Q & A
Lewis [email protected]
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SEO and Social don’t get the credit they deserve
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Can it really be true?
How does TagMan measure campaigns– Last click– Any click– All clicks
What is attribution really all about?
The proof we have been waiting for
Click to edit Master title styleGoing beyond the last click……TagMan tracks over £1bn in conversions every month
So who gets the credit for this sale?
PPC: “Valentine flowers”Day 4
SEO: ‘Interflora’Day 6
www.findmeagift.co.ukDay 2
www.interflora.co.ukDay 1 Direct to site
£125
Date Campaign Event Detail Site Pages visited
Click on a friend’s link;Day 1
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£125
£125£125
Any Click Last ClickFlat Attribution
Day 1
Day 4
Day 6
Day 2
Day 1 Direct to site
£25
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£25
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£25
Deduplicating in real time
Click to edit Master title styleLooking at some real numbers
A major retailer that generates over £20million a monthDigital spend across all digital touch points:– Email– Display– Affiliates– PPC– SEO– Direct to site
Tracking split campaigns by acquisition (generic terms) and retention (brand terms) across all channels
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Assisted conversion – every click in the path to conversion gets the full credit of a sale
Last click conversion – only the last channel the user clicked before buying gets the credit
Attributed conversion – sharing the credit equally between all channels involved
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Inbound clicks Assisted conversion
Last click conversion
Attributed conversion
SEO Generic 735,268 78,129 1,663 23,929 (+ 15x)
Affiliate 395,780 38,758 29,829 13,414 (-2x)
Social media 27,692 2,433 100 795 (+ 8x)
Total across all channels
16,419,500 1,333,538 586,420 586,420
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Don’t just analyse the data, consider how you technically award channels– particularly performance channels!
Speak to your agency and all stakeholders about how you change the rules
Don’t just rely on the last click!
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Identify persuasion assets
Create a wish-list of persuasive assets you need to acquire
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List the highly persuasive elements your prospects never saw
Proof investment
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Achievements
Expert reviews
Customer testimonials
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