This document discusses Google's multi-channel attribution tool. It notes that marketing teams need a holistic view of how customers engage across different channels over time. Google's tool uses advanced statistical modeling to attribute conversions to the appropriate channels based on each customer's ad exposure history. This allows teams to better understand and optimize the performance of their multi-channel campaigns.
7. We Live in an Increasingly Complex,
Multi-Channel Ecosystem
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8. Optimizing Multi-Channel Marketing
Programs can be a Major Challenge
Teams on islands with isolated data often achieve sub-optimal
results
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9. Teams Need a Holistic View of How their
Customers Engage with Media
Campaigns
We need to understand all of the campaign touch points in the
customer lifecycle and how much they contribute to helping us
reach our goals
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10. Siloed Teams and Data Forces Use of
“Last Ad” Standard
But campaigns are made up of overlapping ads that reach consumers multiple t
across multiple channels, over extended periods of time
Banner Rich Media & Banner Banner Search
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11. Without a Holistic View of Where
Customers Engage, Teams Enter a
Vicious Cycle
Optimizing media without understanding what’s really driving
towards business goals will degrade efficiency and performance
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12. Evaluating Every Touch Point Helps
Teams Have a More Holistic View of the
Customer
Using advanced attribution modeling, Yahoo drove 15% more
conversions than it did with the last ad model
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13. SO WHAT CAN I DO TODAY?
Google Multi-channel conversions
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14. First Interaction
Banner
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Banner
CNet
Banner
Sky Sports
Search
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15. WHAT IS A CONVERSION?
ANY Transaction or Goal
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23. CHANNEL DESCRIPTIONS
display, cpm, AdWords “content” through ad
Display
distribution
Paid Search AdWords and/or “cpc”, “ppc”
Organic unpaid search engines or “organic”
Social ~400 social networks (no tag)
Referral any other site not listed
Email “email”
Direct Through URL, Bookmark or “(not set)”
Other Anything else (custom medium / source)
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24. SO WHAT CAN I DO TODAY?
Google Multi-channel conversions
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25. Advanced Attribution Allows Teams to
Weight KPI Contributions to all Ads Seen
For the campaign lifetime, many ads will have a role in driving
conversion
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26. A Customized Statistical Model will
Attribute Each Conversion to the
Appropriate Channel
Probability to convert as a function of ad exposure
ln ( = b + m1x1 + m2x2 + m3x3 + … + mixi
• The ad history is defined by variables xi which define ad characteristics
(e.g., display vs. search) or behavior (e.g., click vs view).
• The coefficients (mi) define the weightings associated with each ad
characteristic/behavior
• The model will incorporate the coefficients for each ad to determine
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27. A 360 Degree Marketing Intelligence
Platform can Help with Holistic Customer
Insights
The platform integrate data from online, customer data, third
parties, and offline media channels
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