What Is Attribution?

Attribution Defined

Attribution is the analytical practice of determining which marketing tactics such as channels and messages, are contributing to business sales or conversions. This analytical practice is undertaken by evaluating the marketing touchpoints a consumer encounters on the customer journey resulting in a purchase.

The attribution model is the rule, or set of rules that determines how conversion credit is assigned to different touchpoints.

Attribution is typically applied to more digital campaigns compared to offline campaigns due to the feasibility of conversion measurement.

Attribution models can be either single-touch or multi-touch.

Within single touch attribution the models include:

• Last Touch Attribution
• First Touch Attribution

Within multi-touch attribution the models include:

• Linear attribution
• Time decay attribution
• U-shaped attribution

Attribution models are beneficial to businesses as they:

• Optimize Marketing Spend
• Increase ROI
• Improve Product Development
• Optimize Creative

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