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attribution

attribution

4 6.7
Giving credit for a sale to the ads or channels that helped
  • noun
  • /ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : atribución
  • In digital marketing, accurate attribution ensures that each channel receives credit for its contributions to a sale.
  • attributions for failure
  • attributions for success
  • effort attribution

What they care about is CAC and LTV and last touch attribution and really just hacking math based marketing, which I'm a huge fan of.

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Examples

  • Furthermore, as you choose your media partners, be sure to share your attribution strategies and approaches.

    Blog text (1)
  • The first step is always to define your attribution goals and understand what attribution can do.

    Blog text (21)
  • In common parlance, attribution means who is responsible or assigning a cause to an action.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Only responses to cyber harm that accurately establish attribution present long-term, sustainable solutions.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The study concluded that attributions and affective responses were associated not only with performance but also with outcomes.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Effective attribution helps businesses understand which marketing efforts are driving customer engagement.

  • Many companies struggle with attribution as they attempt to measure the impact of various touchpoints on conversions.

Synonyms

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vsattribution
1 8.5

Saying that someone or something is the source of something

assigns credit across several marketing interactions rather than stating causes or qualities
adscription
vsattribution
  • Formal
9.9

Saying that something belongs to a particular person or source

divides credit among multiple marketing touchpoints rather than assigning to one source

Compounds

defensive attribution
  • Specialized
9.9

A way people blame victims to feel safer

global attribution
  • Specialized
9.1

A belief that one bad event means you will fail in many situations

stable attribution
  • Specialized
8.8

Someone thinks a person's actions come from a lasting trait

Surface Forms

attribution singular
attributions plural

Morphology

attribution = attribute (semi-transparent) = attribute + ion

Morphologically regular (verb + -ion), but the analytics meaning ('assigning credit among channels') is a specialized technical sense that may not be inferable to an average learner.

Etymology

The word attribution comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and tribuere 'give', the same idea you see in contribute meaning 'to give'. In marketing, attribution is the way you 'give' credit to the ads or channels that helped make a sale.