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Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models

Occam's Razor

than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. As Facebook is a very young channel, it is not surprising that everyone's struggling with the answer. Lesson 1: Correlations don't imply causality.

Metrics 165
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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent. YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other. Notably I said: You have to have owned & operated websites (O&O) to drive traffic to. You should be able to convert at least 5-15% of your audience.

SEM 150
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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. Luckily, we also discovered that certain other metrics, like LTV and CPA were much better than we initially projected. So far, so good.

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UTM Parameters: A Complete Guide for Traffic Attribution

ConversionXL

results) to the correct traffic source to compare the performance of marketing activities across various channels. If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? How are they arriving at our website? utm_medium.

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Be Real-World Smart: A Beginner's Advanced Google Analytics Guide

Occam's Razor

The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Hence, start by looking at the Assisted Conversions report (Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels)… Then metric you want to get your company used to first, to get them ready for savvier attribution anything, is the metric Assisted Conversions.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? A successful startup strives for this latter case.

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