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Digital Marketing, Analytics & Attribution

Performance marketing and measurement concepts that connect media, intent, conversion, and reporting.

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Conversion Rate Optimisation

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Conversion Rate Optimisation, or CRO, is the discipline of improving how effectively a website turns attention into enquiries, leads, sales, or other desired actions.

Aliasesconversion rate optimizationCRO+1 more

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Attribution Model

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An attribution model is the framework a business uses to decide how conversion credit is distributed across the channels and touchpoints in a customer journey.

Aliasesmarketing attributionattribution+1 more

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Google Analytics 4

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Google Analytics 4, or GA4, is Google's analytics platform built around event-based measurement rather than the older session-and-pageview model alone.

AliasesGA4google analytics+1 more

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Google Tag Manager

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Google Tag Manager, or GTM, is a container-based system for managing analytics, pixels, and event tracking logic more efficiently.

AliasesGTMtag manager+1 more

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Analytics

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Analytics is the practice and tooling used to measure digital behavior, performance, and outcomes across a website, campaign, or customer journey.

Aliasesweb analyticsdigital analytics

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Google Ads

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Google Ads is Google's advertising platform used to run paid campaigns across search results, display inventory, YouTube, and other Google surfaces.

AliasesAdWordsgoogle adwords+1 more

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CTR

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CTR, or click-through rate, is the percentage of times users click after seeing a result, ad, or link.

Aliasesclick-through rate

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CPC

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CPC, or cost per click, is the price paid each time a user clicks on an ad.

Aliasescost per click

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CPA

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CPA, or cost per acquisition, is the amount spent to generate a specific conversion outcome.

Aliasescost per acquisitioncost per lead

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ROAS

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ROAS, or return on ad spend, measures how much revenue is produced relative to advertising cost.

Aliasesreturn on ad spend

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UTM Parameters

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UTM parameters are query-string tags added to URLs so analytics platforms can classify campaign traffic more accurately.

Aliasesutm tagscampaign parameters

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Assisted Conversions

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Assisted conversions are conversions in which a channel or touchpoint contributed to the outcome without receiving all of the final credit.

Aliasesconversion assists

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First-Party Data

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First-party data is data collected directly by a business from its own users, customers, and digital properties.

Aliasesowned data

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Consent Mode

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Consent Mode is a measurement approach that adjusts analytics and advertising tag behavior according to a user's consent state.

Aliasesgoogle consent mode

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Conversion API

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Conversion API is a server-side method of sending conversion and event data from a business system to an advertising or analytics platform.

Aliasesserver-side conversion tracking

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Retargeting

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Retargeting is an advertising tactic that re-engages people who previously visited, clicked, or interacted with the business.

Aliasesremarketingad retargeting