TagMan proves that non-brand SEO (AND affiliates) are worth their weight in marketing spend

Chatting with a TagMan client (who I can’t name) about the attribution data we provide them, I was really impressed with the approach they have taken in assessing the quality (and ROI) of campaigns and how they use this data in their media planning.

The digital currency of awarding credit is still on the last click that generated the sale, and this is what they use for awarding their affiliates and other CPA channels commission for the business they generate. However, they use the attribution analysis of the campaigns to work out if a CPA channel is producing a positive ROI – and therefore if they should continue to invest in it. Continue reading

Marketing attribution – making it work

Paul Cook, TagMan CEO, has written a detailed blog post on marketing attribution on Econsultancy, explaining exactly how advertisers can attribute proportionate amounts of both credit and commissions to different marketing ‘events’ based on the role they played in delivering a website customer. Continue reading

Marketing attribution goes up the agenda for Shop.org

Great to see that Shop.org, a collective for online retailers, is putting real effort into getting heads around the problem of marketing attribution.

It’s launched a campaign to build a team of people to investigate marketing attribution so that all channels in the online conversion process (including natural search!) get fair credit for the work they do in delivering a customer, even if they’re not ‘the last click’. Continue reading

TagMan Introduction

As we get this blog up and running I just wanted to introduce you to the concept of TagMan.  TagMan is a universal tagging system that enables Web site administrators, advertising and marketing teams and media agencies to manage, track and control all of their tagging needs with the use of one single tag.  Continue reading