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Solving the Offline
Conversion Conundrum
for better digital marketing optimisation
Ed Brocklebank @edbrocklebank
BrightonSEO - April 2015
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You’retheOwnerofa
bicyclerepairBUSINESS
Imagine
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Cost per lead
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Feb Mar Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
PPC
SEO
Performance Report
TARGET
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TheOptions
What would you do?
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Mar Jul Sep Nov
PPC
SEO
TARGET
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TheOptions
A. Nothing
What would you do?
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Mar Jul Sep Nov
PPC
SEO
TARGET
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TheOptions
A. Nothing
B. Hire a new SEO team
What would you do?
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Mar Jul Sep Nov
PPC
SEO
TARGET
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TheOptions
A. Nothing
B. Hire a new SEO team
C. Hire a new PPC
team
What would you do?
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Mar Jul Sep Nov
PPC
SEO
TARGET
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TheOptions
A. Nothing
B. Hire a new SEO team
C. Hire a new PPC
team
D. Hire a new SEO and
PPC team
What would you do?
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Mar Jul Sep Nov
PPC
SEO
TARGET
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Edbrocklebank
Digital measurement strategy consultant
About
@edbrocklebank
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Edbrocklebank
Digital measurement strategy consultant
About
CAN DO
WANT

TO DO
@edbrocklebank
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Edbrocklebank
Digital measurement strategy consultant
About
CAN DO
WANT

TO DO
@edbrocklebank
S
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L
D
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Whatistheoffline
conversionconundrum?
WhyshouldIcare?
WhatcanIdoaboutit?
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TheProblem
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We look at risk/reward
ratiosto decide what can be
improved.
As digital marketers
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Risk
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Time
Money
Reputation
Risk
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Time
Money
Reputation
RewardRisk
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Time
Money
Reputation
Retweets, impressions, follows,
TV ad view
Clicks, visits
Registrations, email signup,
phone call, store visit, catalog
request
Customers, revenue, order value,
lifetime value, market share,
brand loyalty
RewardRisk
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Time
Money
Reputation
Small
Large
Retweets, impressions, follows,
TV ad view
Clicks, visits
Registrations, email signup,
phone call, store visit, catalog
request
Customers, revenue, order value,
lifetime value, market share,
brand loyalty
RewardRisk
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Risk
ROI
CPA
ROAS
CPC
CPM
Metric Reward
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Risk
ROI
CPA
ROAS
CPC
CPM
Metric
Money
Money
Money
Money
Money
Revenue
Signups/Registrations
Revenue
Clicks
Impressions
Reward
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BacktotheBIKEShop
Let’s go
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Cost per lead
PPC
SEO
Report A
Fire SEO team
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Cost per lead
£0
£8
£15
£23
£30
Jan Feb Mar Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
PPC
SEO
Report A
Fire SEO team
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Return on ad spend
0
0.7
1.4
2.1
2.8
Jan Feb Mar Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
PPC
SEO
Chart B
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Whathappened?
Analysis
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Cost per lead
Digital marketing team
optimising here
Whathappened?
Analysis
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Cost per lead
Digital marketing team
optimising here
Return on
ad spend
CEO judging
performance on revenue
Whathappened?
Analysis
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?
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Who’s most at risk
Understanding
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Who’s most at risk
Service/non-transactional websites
Understanding
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Who’s most at risk
Service/non-transactional websites
Finance/travel
Understanding
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Who’s most at risk
Service/non-transactional websites
Finance/travel
High value goods
Understanding
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Who’s most at risk
Service/non-transactional websites
Finance/travel
High value goods
Retailers with online and offline stores
Understanding
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ASOLUTION
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Howdowetrackthis?
A solution
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Howdowetrackthis?
• In-house system communicates with
analytics system when important event
happens.
A solution
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Howdowetrackthis?
• In-house system communicates with
analytics system when important event
happens.
• Google Analytics Measurement Protocol
(other systems have similar functionality)
A solution
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Howdowetrackthis?
• In-house system communicates with
analytics system when important event
happens.
• Google Analytics Measurement Protocol
(other systems have similar functionality)
• Must be one or more primary key to tie
everything together (UUID, GA cookie ID, Lead
ID, etc.)
A solution
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
Measurement
protocol API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
Measurement
protocol API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v1)
Google Analytics
Website
CRM
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678

Campaign Info: CPC
JavaScript API
Measurement
protocol API
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
GA Cookie:
12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
GA Cookie:
12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
Event list
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
GA Cookie:
12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
Event list
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
GA Cookie:
12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
Event list
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
FinanceEvent list
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Trackingthebikeshop(v2)
Google Analytics
CRM
Website
GA Cookie:
12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Submitted Lead

Lead ID: 001
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001
?
Event list
Event: Booking made

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
Event: Repair Performed

Lead ID: 001

GA Cookie: 12345678
FinanceEvent list
Call centre
Event list
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CASE STUDY: FINANCE
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Sequenceofevents
Case Study
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Sequenceofevents
Case Study
Website
visit
Enquiry
Phone call
Information
pack
Sale
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Old analysis focus
Sequenceofevents
Case Study
Website
visit
Enquiry
Phone call
Information
pack
Sale
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Old analysis focus
Sequenceofevents
Case Study
Website
visit
Enquiry
Phone call
Information
pack
Sale
Cost per enquiry
Cost per phone call
Cost per pack sent
Cost per pack
received
Cost per sale
Cost per visit
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SYSTEMSUsed
Call tracking and
analytics system for
data merging.

(not just for calls!)
Case Study
You all know this
one. The most widely
used analytics tool.
Client CRM system
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Subtitle
1
Offline events
2
Batch import whenever CRM/
finance data received
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Channelperformance
Sample analysis
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Channelperformance
Sample analysis
95%
84%
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Channelperformance
Sample analysis
17%
21%
95%
84%
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Campaignperformance
Sample analysis
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Campaignperformance
Sample analysis
£139
£92
£56
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Campaignperformance
Sample analysis
£139
£92
£56
£254
£1,903
£371
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Campaignperformance
Sample analysis
Action 1: Divert spend from campaign 1 to 2.
Action 2: Understand why campaign 7 claims are not completing.
£139
£92
£56
£254
£1,903
£371
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
/ppi-claims
MANY
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
/ppi-claims
MANY
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
STARS

(promote,buildsimilarpages)
/ppi-claims
MANY
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
STARS

(promote,buildsimilarpages)
/ppi-claims
Hiddengems
(promote)
MANY
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
STARS

(promote,buildsimilarpages)
DOGS
(Remove,optimise)
/ppi-claims
Hiddengems
(promote)
MANY
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Landingpageperformance
Sample analysis
/have-i-got-ppi
/endowment claims
/
/no-account-details
Hopefuls

(Surveycustomers)
STARS

(promote,buildsimilarpages)
DOGS
(Remove,optimise)
/ppi-claims
Hiddengems
(promote)
MANY
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IN SUMMARY…
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Business Owners care about big
rewards, which resideatthe end of
the funnel.
Measuring, reporting and
optimising for this will make the
bosses recognise yourvalue and
keep employing you.
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Appendix
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Event Trigger location Timeframe Method Collection
location
(GA cookie ID pickup) Website Realtime JavaScript Calltracks
Form Submitted Website Realtime JavaScript GA, CRM, Calltracks
Phonecall Made Calltracks Realtime MP GA
(CSV data sent) CRM, Finance Batch SSH Calltracks
Pack Sent Calltracks Batch MP GA
Pack Received Calltracks Batch MP GA
Closed (Pre Claim) Calltracks Batch MP GA
Claim Started Calltracks Batch MP GA
Invoiced Calltracks Batch MP GA
Paid Calltracks Batch MP GA
Closed (Post Claim) Calltracks Batch MP GA
EventsCollected
Each event had either a UUID and/or LEAD ID attribute for stitching events together later.
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Solving the Offline Conversion Conundrum for Better Digital Marketing Optimisation