AdExchanger.com: ClearSaleing CIO Goldberg Reviews Attribution Across Digital Advertising

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Adam Goldberg is Chief Innovation Officer of ClearSaleing. AdExchanger.com asked Goldberg about the latest advancements and traction with effective attribution modeling in digital advertising.

AdExchanger.com: How does ClearSaleing approach attribution across channels and what are the coming milestones in cross channel attribution? Attribution modeling for an SEM direct response campaign seems pretty straightforward.

AG: Today, we have the ability to perform attribution across any online channel.  We are able to account for the value of a click, a view-thru, an interact-thru, and video on a conversion.  If we can track that an ad, a video, a direct visit, organic visit, etc., was involved in a conversion, we can attribute credit (profit, revenue, sales, engagement) across those activities in a statistically sound manner…

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SES Chicago Attendees Get Knowledge ROI via ClearSaleing Attribution Insights

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

ClearSaleing’s Adam Goldberg to Show Benefits of Attribution in B2B and Multi-Channel Marketing

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 19, 2010

Applying attribution management to improving B2B lead generation, and using attribution to increase ROI in cross-channel marketing, are on ClearSaleing’s agenda at the Search Engine Strategies Chicago conference, October 18-22. ClearSaleing, a leader in attribution management and advertising analytics, will explore the benefits of using attribution management in both B2B and B2C marketing at two panel workshops.

“ClearSaleing continues to prove the benefits of attribution in cross-channel marketing in the consumer marketplace. I am excited about the opportunity to also explore how attribution management can be highly effective in B2B marketing. Attribution helps increase marketing spend ROI, whether B2B or B2C, by showing marketers where their ad spend is bringing in desired results, and where they can be more effective,” says Adam Goldberg, Chief Innovation Officer and co-founder, ClearSaleing.

Goldberg will be a featured speaker at the SES panel, “B2B Lead Generation Management & CRM Integration,” Wednesday, October 20th from 5 to 6 PM. Joining Goldberg are moderator Patricia Hursh President, SmartSearch Marketing, and Scott Brinker, President and Chief Technology Officer, ion interactive. The session will focus on “post-click” best practices — specific to B2B search marketers and/or companies with a complex sales cycle. During the presentation, attendees will learn about conversion improvement tips, landing page and microsite testing, lead scoring, nurturing and management, integration with CRM systems and how to follow search leads through to offline sales.

ClearSaleing’s attribution technology enables marketers to track the Purchase Path from online activity to offline sales, easily integrating with CRM, ERP and other corporate systems, including tracking phone and in-store orders.

Channel Surfing
Goldberg is also a featured speaker at “Channel Surfing: Measuring Profit and ROI Across Channels,” Thursday, October 21, from 12 to 1 PM. Joining Goldberg are moderator and author Bryan Eisenberg, and Mikel Chertudi, Sr. Director, Online & Demand Marketing, Adobe. This session will cover attribution, with panelists exploring how proper attribution models give marketers scientifically valid ways to determine how particular channels have an influence on purchase or conversion. During this session, the panelists will identify various methods for determining attribution, pin-point common attribution misconceptions and highlight questions that marketers need to ask, like, “Which types of ads or combination of ads are the most likely to lead to conversion—my display ads, Facebook ads, branded PPC ads or something else? And which ads result in the highest profit and ROI?”

Proven ROI
ClearSaleing’s attribution technology has been proven to deliver extraordinary ROI. Recently, Forrester Consulting issued a study detailing the value ClearSaleing provides to its clients. The study, titled The Total Economic Impact™ of ClearSaleing, indicates a 605 percent adjusted return-on-investment for companies engaging in ClearSaleing’s attribution management offering, along with additional benefits of time savings, eliminating waste and more.

The Forrester Consulting study, which was commissioned by ClearSaleing and is available at http://landing.clearsaleing.com/tei, looked at the experience of four ClearSaleing clients, including a national financial services organization, an online retail organization, the online retail arm of a multinational automotive products and services company, and a full-service digital advertising agency. Forrester Consulting found that, by using ClearSaleing, these companies experienced a net present value of more than $2.3 million, in addition to improving efficiencies in decision making and media buying and increasing productivity in automation and reporting.

About Adam Goldberg
Adam Goldberg serves as Chief Innovation Officer at ClearSaleing, a company he co-founded to help online marketers understand how customers travel a “purchase path.” ClearSaleing, recognized by Forrester Research as a leader in attribution management, employs attribution management to help brands like American Greetings develop and manage their online marketing spend at an optimum level.

Mr. Goldberg’s career has focused on building sales organizations and helping major brands achieve marketing success through strategic campaign execution. He developed Google’s first inside sales team and grew it to an annual $500M organization. He also developed sales organizations for Actuate Software and for Oracle, where he managed major accounts such as Nike, Wal-Mart and Frito Lay.

About ClearSaleing
ClearSaleing has been named “Technology Platform Search Marketers Can’t Live Without” at the SES (Search Engine Strategies) Awards. ClearSaleing’s advertising portfolio management platform helps marketers identify ways to more effectively and profitably allocate ad spend across a complex mix of online advertising investments.

ClearSaleing is a thought leader in the growing scientific field of attribution management and publishes http://www.AttributionManagement.com that provides a rich repository of ClearSaleing and externally published articles, white papers and other material focused exclusively on attribution management.

ClearSaleing’s unique ability to give marketers telescopic insight into their online ad investment is attracting major brand customers such as American Greetings and Nationwide Insurance. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, please visit http://www.ClearSaleing.com.

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Independent Research Firm Names ClearSaleing A Leader in Attribution Management

Monday, October 26th, 2009

ClearSaleing Earns Highest Score in Both Current Offering and Strategy Categories among Interactive Attribution Vendors

Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) October 26, 2009 — ClearSaleing, a technology and thought leader in attribution management, today announced that the company has been recognized by Forrester Research, Inc. as an Interactive Attribution “Leader” in an independent report: “The Forrester WaveTM: Interactive Attribution, Q4 2009″ (October 2009)”. ClearSaleing received the highest scores in both the “Current Offering” and “Strategy” categories. It also garnered a 5.0 out of a possible 5.0 score for its strength of management team.

Forrester described ClearSaleing’s attribution offering as “a standalone attribution tool with rich modeling,” saying it “comes closest to offering a complete solution…” The report also says ClearSaleing’s technology is “easy to use, sophisticated, and relevant for a wide variety of interactive marketers” and notes that “ClearSaleing is an easy-to-install standalone product rather than a feature of a larger offering, but it is still relatively affordable and scalable for a range of clients…. Through a partnership with Vetra Analytics, ClearSaleing offers the best of both rich custom modeling and easy-to-use reporting.”

“ClearSaleing is delighted to be recognized by Forrester,” says ClearSaleing co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Adam Goldberg. “Since we began, ClearSaleing has been working steadily to develop and deliver technology that marketers can put to use immediately to optimize campaigns and realize the greatest ROI. We believe attribution management is the linchpin of any successful marketing strategy, combining customer insight with smart campaign management.”

The Forrester report also stated that “All of the clients we spoke with were fiercely loyal to ClearSaleing, citing its high level of service and its commitment to high-quality insights.”

Based on the increasing recognition among marketing executives as to the importance of attribution management and ClearSaleing’s position as a leader in advertising analytics technology, the Company has also been successful in forming partnerships with large interactive agencies to offer its attribution management platform to their customers.

“We did an exhaustive search and review of a wide range of attribution management solutions that we could use to optimize the performance of complex, cross-media campaigns that we manage for our customers,” said Dustin Engel, Vice President, Strategy and Media, Range Online Media. “And we found that ClearSaleing had by far the most robust advertising analytics platform, built from the mindset of attribution management,” Engel said. “The ClearSaleing Attribution Management platform has received enormous interest from our customer base and has already been implemented for a few of our clients, with many other customers lining up to implement our attribution strategies utilizing the platform.”

“We knew from the beginning that to optimize the ROI of a company’s online advertising portfolio required the ability to do cross-media profit tracking and true attribution management,” said ClearSaleing President and co-founder, Randy Smith. “We have built our advertising analytics platform from the beginning on these cornerstones and our customers and our agency partners all recognize our position as a leader.”

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About ClearSaleing

Named “Technology Platform Search Marketers Can’t Live Without” at the SES Awards, ClearSaleing’s advertising portfolio management platform helps marketers identify ways to more effectively and profitably allocate ad spend across a complex mix of online advertising investments.

ClearSaleing is a thought leader in the growing scientific field of attribution management and publishes www.AttributionManagement.com that provides a rich repository of ClearSaleing and externally published articles, white papers and other material focused exclusively on attribution management.

ClearSaleing’s unique ability to give marketers telescopic insight into their online ad investment is attracting major brand customers such as American Greetings and Nationwide Insurance. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.ClearSaleing.com.

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ClearSaleing and Vetra Analytics Launch Attribution Management Index (AAI) for the Internet Retail Industry at Shop.org 2009 Annual Summit

Monday, September 14th, 2009

ClearSaleing, a technology and thought leader in attribution management, and Vetra Analytics, a marketing analytics provider, today announced the launch of the Internet Retail version of their American Attribution Index (AAI). The Internet Retail AAI measures the relative influence power that different online marketing vehicles have on consumer conversions, leading to ROI and profit.

Las Vegas, NV, Shop.Org Annual Summit (PRWEB) September 14, 2009 — ClearSaleing, a technology and thought leader in attribution management, and Vetra Analytics, a marketing analytics provider, today announced the launch of the Internet Retail version of their American Attribution Index (AAI). The Internet Retail AAI measures the relative influence power that different online marketing vehicles have on consumer conversions, leading to ROI and profit.

The Internet Retail AAI measures the relative influence of branded paid search, non-branded paid search, branded display advertising, non-branded display advertising, affiliate marketing, branded SEO, non-branded SEO and comparison shopping engine advertising.

At Shop.org, ClearSaleing co-founder Adam Goldberg will delve into the results and findings from the initial quarterly publication of the Internet Retail AAI and what it means for marketers planning their holiday campaign budgets. Attendees can visit ClearSaleing at Booth # 346, September 21-23, at the Shop.Org conference, held at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

“The American Attribution Index will serve as a valuable benchmark for retail CMO’s and marketing executives. It will help them to make the most effective media selection and budget allocation decisions by revealing which media sources are exhibiting the most influence in the online retailing market,” says Goldberg.

Earlier this year, ClearSaleing announced the AAI and its intent to publish a series of indices focused on specific vertical markets. The initial publication of the Internet Retail index is the first in the series to be published quarterly by ClearSaleing and Vetra Analytics. Retailers attending Shop.org can become members of the AAI group at special charter rates. For more information click on http://www.attributionmanagement.com/americanattributionindex/

ClearSaleing Attribution Management Platform
The AAI is based on ClearSaleing’s attribution management platform technology which allows marketers to design and input their own attribution management model to fit their industry’s needs, precisely mapping the Purchase PathTM from a customer’s first action to their conversion and attributing a relative value to each marketing element along the way that contributed to that conversion.

About Vetra Analytics
Vetra Analytics is a marketing analytics consulting firm that specializes in analytics R&D, dashboards and customer data-based models. Created by Dr. Purush Papatla, Ph.D., the Vetra team brings years of global consulting and publishing experience to its clients. With this leadership,

Vetra has the ability to dig deep into your data repositories and locate key insights that can optimize your marketing decisions, enhance your customer satisfaction and increase ROI on marketing efforts. For more information, please visit www.VetraAnalytics.com.

About ClearSaleing
Named “Technology Platform Search Marketers Can’t Live Without” at the SES Awards, ClearSaleing’s advertising portfolio management platform helps marketers identify ways to more effectively and profitably allocate ad spend across a complex mix of online advertising investments.

ClearSaleing is a thought leader in the growing scientific field of attribution management and publishes www.AttributionManagement.com that provides a rich repository of ClearSaleing and externally published articles, white papers and other material focused exclusively on attribution management.

ClearSaleing’s unique ability to give marketers telescopic insight into their online ad investment is attracting major brand customers such as American Greetings and Nationwide Insurance. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.ClearSaleing.com.

Attribution Management Forum 2.0 Builds on Best Online Advertising Practices and Methodologies

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

The second Forum webcast explored and defined rules for online advertising latency, unrelated sales and social media

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 – Leading online advertisers and marketers participated in the Attribution Management Forum 2.0 webcast, which was sponsored by ClearSaleing and hosted by Search Marketing Now. The goal of the second Attribution Management Forum webcast was to bring together the most influential minds in the online advertising community to continue to better identify, define and ultimately recommend improved valuation practices and methodologies for measuring an ad’s true value.

The Attribution Management Forum (AMF) webcast was attended by over 150 leaders in Internet marketing, ranging from some of the largest online advertisers to leading advertising agencies to respected industry press and bloggers. Some of the active online advertisers in attendance included: Forrester Research, iProspect, Rosetta, Best Buy, Sherwin Williams, Fifth Third Bank, Google, Yahoo! and Channel Advisor.

“The second Forum webcast really helped to build on some of the earlier attribution scenarios we proposed, while introducing some completely new scenarios to the audience as well,” said Adam Goldberg, who was the presenter during AMF 2.0 and is ClearSaleing’s co-found and Chief Innovation Officer. “There are so many advertising sources and scenarios to discuss to properly value online ads, and this Forum continued to help define the best practices and rules that began with the first Forum.”

One of the more interesting results from AMF 2.0 came from a scenario about latency. Over 60% of the attendees polled through all industries believe that even attribution is the proper method when a team of ads works over a 30-day period to provide a purchase. The attendees also concluded that even if the product sold is unrelated to the team of ads in the path, even attribution is still the best attribution role. AMF 2.0 also began to explore the value of Social Media advertising, including polling that concluded that Twitter is a useful ad source when users follow links in ‘tweets’ that lead to sales. These conclusions, along with new scenarios, will continue to be dissected in the next Attribution Management Forum webcast, scheduled for late April.

If you would like to view and participate in the polling for the Attribution Management Webcast, you can do so at http://searchmarketingnow.com/on-demand. To learn more about attribution management and discover related content, visit www.AttributionManagement.com.

About ClearSaleing:
ClearSaleing is a leading technology provider to the online advertising market. Based on a strategic, portfolio management approach to online advertising investment, the ClearSaleing solution represents the next generation in advertising analytics technology. ClearSaleing’s portfolio management software delivers an improved, more profitable allocation of a company’s spend across a complex mix of online advertising options. At the foundation of the ClearSaleing solution is its patent-pending Purchase Path technology that accurately attributes profit (ROI) across the multiple ads that contribute to and influence the ultimate purchase.

Attribution Management Forum 2.0 Looks To Answer More Online Advertising Questions

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Forum of online advertisers further investigates how to properly attribute ad conversion credit across the entire team of online advertisements.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) January 12, 2009 — After establishing some basic guidelines and rules for attribution management across various online advertising sources, a second Attribution Management Forum (AMF) will be held on January 29, 2009. The purpose of the second Attribution Management Forum webcast, sponsored by ClearSaleing and hosted by Search Marketing Now, is to build upon the concepts and guidelines that were established during the initial Forum webcast in October 2008, while introducing new scenarios and categories to the respective audiences of leading online advertisers and marketers.

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The first Forum taught us that the ‘last click’ model is no longer an option, and marketers are trying to give fair, and more accurate credit to the multiple ads that help a user to convert on their site. For the second Forum webcast, we want to dig deeper into these scenarios to define credit rules for each of the various scenarios and sources, while introducing new topics for thought.

“In the first Forum, we were really starting with a clean slate and trying to understand which basic rules could be established when attributing credit to an online ad conversion that was the result of a team of ads,” said Adam Goldberg, co-found and Chief Innovation Officer of ClearSaleing. “The first Forum taught us that the ‘last click’ model is no longer an option, and marketers are trying to give fair, and more accurate credit to the multiple ads that help a user to convert on their site. For the second Forum webcast, we want to dig deeper into these scenarios to define credit rules for each of the various scenarios and sources, while introducing new topics for thought.”

Online advertising topics that will be discussed during the Attribution Management Forum 2.0 include:

  • how the length of time between searches affects how the ad(s) are credited
  • how to properly credit ads that contribute to the sale of a non-related purchase
  • how to give accurate conversion credit for purchase path’s that include offline touches

Creative minds in the Internet marketing and online advertising fields are encouraged to become active members of the Attribution Management Forum. The second webcast will take place on January 29 at 1:00 PM EST. If you are interested in attending the Attribution Management Forum 2.0, you can register here.

About ClearSaleing

ClearSaleing, Inc. is an advertising technology company that enables Internet retailers and direct marketers to generate more profit (ROI) from their online marketing investments. Our technology tracks and values clicks and impressions throughout the entire purchase path for a specific sale or conversion. As a result, ClearSaleing’s proprietary advertising analytics technology provides Internet retailers and direct marketers with the only accurate way to measure, compare and optimize profit (ROI) across their online advertising portfolio. For more information, visit www.ClearSaleing.com.

Attribution Management Forum Gets Online Marketers Thinking and Talking

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

The initial Forum webcast, co-sponsored by ClearSaleing and Search Marketing Now, began the process of defining attribution management practices and methodologies.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) November 19, 2008 — Leading online advertisers and marketers participated in the first Attribution Management Forum webcast, which was co-sponsored by ClearSaleing and Search Marketing Now. The goal of the first Attribution Management webcast was to bring together the most influential minds in the online advertising community to better identify, define and ultimately recommend improved valuation practices and methodologies for measuring an ad’s value.

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Attribution Management Forum
With that said, over 85 percent of the participants are still unable to go beyond last click attribution accurately today, which proves there is still a long way to go for many companies to improve the performance of their online advertising.

The Attribution Management Forum webcast was attended by over 150 leaders in Internet marketing, ranging from some of the largest online advertisers to leading advertising agencies to respected industry press and bloggers. Some of the active online advertisers in attendance included: American Greetings, YellowPages.com, eBay, FTD, Starcom, Google, Orbitz, Yahoo!, Nationwide Insurance and General Motors.

Many attribution management scenarios across a wide range of online advertising sources were explored during the webcast. While only intended to start the thought process and not to draw specific conclusions , the initial Forum webcast did produce one especially important theme. The attendees reached a virtual unanimous consensus that the often-used last click method of attribution, which gives sole credit of a conversion to the last ad clicked by a consumer prior to purchase, is not a reasonable means for properly valuing an ad’s true contribution. And while no specific conclusion was reached on exactly how, virtually all attendees agreed that credit should be shared between all ads that contributed to a conversion.

“It was very interesting to see that no matter what the experience level of the marketer in attribution management, there was consensus that an even attribution model is more accurate than a last click model,” said Adam Goldberg, ClearSaleing’s Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer. “With that said, over 85 percent of the participants are still unable to go beyond last click attribution accurately today, which proves there is still a long way to go for many companies to improve the performance of their online advertising.”

If you would like to view and participate in the polling for the Attribution Management Webcast, you can do so at http://searchmarketingnow.com/on-demand. To learn more about attribution management and discover related content, visit www.attributionmanagement.com.

About ClearSaleing:
ClearSaleing is a leading technology provider to the online advertising market. Based on a strategic, portfolio management approach to online advertising investment, the ClearSaleing solution represents the next generation in advertising analytics technology. ClearSaleing’s portfolio management software delivers an improved, more profitable allocation of a company’s spend across a complex mix of online advertising options. At the foundation of the ClearSaleing solution is its patent-pending Purchase Path technology that accurately attributes profit (ROI) across the multiple ads that contribute to and influence the ultimate purchase.

About Search Marketing Now:
Search Marketing Now webcasts combine the most authoritative and actionable education about search engine marketing issues with the convenience of attending online. Register today for one of our free webcasts covering topics about search engine optimization, paid search advertising and search marketing in general. Continue your professional development without leaving the office.

Attribution Management Forum Draws Leaders in Online Advertising as Kickoff Webcast Approaches

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The mission of the Forum, sponsored by ClearSaleing and Search Marketing Now, is to define attribution management practices and methodologies.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) October 22, 2008 – With the Kickoff Webcast for the Attribution Management Forum rapidly approaching, ClearSaleing has announced the Forum will have many influential names from the Internet marketing community in attendance. The goal of the Attribution Management Forum is to bring together the leading minds in the online advertising community in order to better identify, define and ultimately recommend better valuation practices and methodologies for measuring an ad’s value.

ClearSaleing has announced that, among other influencers who will be in attendance, the Attribution Management Forum Kickoff Webcast will feature many of the most influential authors in the online advertising industry, including: David Rodnitzky, Vice President of Strategy for PPCAdBuying in San Francisco; Kevin Ryan, CEO of strategic consulting firm Motivity Marketing and chairman of the Search Engine Strategies Advisory Board; and David Szetela, founder and CEO of Clix Marketing.

“We are extremely pleased with the turnout thus far,” said Adam Goldberg, ClearSaleing’s co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer. “We expected to see strong interest across the online advertising community, and it is safe to say that our expectations were exceeded. I think the reason that we were able to generate such a positive response is largely due to the gravity of the issues that the Attribution Management Forum seeks to investigate.”

Besides the list of influential writers in the industry, the Forum has also attracted several major online advertisers, including American Greetings, General Motors, and Nationwide Insurance. There are also several interactive agencies who will be in attendance, including Rosetta (formerly Brulant) and The Booyah Agency.

“Those who attend the webcast will benefit from the experience and knowledge of all the influencers in attendance because of our Forum’s unique presentation style,” Goldberg continued. “We will make use of interactive polling questions to generate a ‘town hall’ style debate, ensuring that every angle of attribution management is covered.”

The Attribution Management Kickoff Webcast will take place on October 28th at 1:00 PM EST. Those interested can learn more about the Forum and register for the webcast at the following link: http://www.clearsaleing.com/attributionforum.

About ClearSaleing

ClearSaleing is a leading technology provider to the online advertising market. Based on a strategic, portfolio management approach to online advertising investment, the ClearSaleing solution represents the next generation in advertising analytics technology. ClearSaleing’s portfolio management software delivers an improved, more profitable allocation of a company’s spend across a complex mix of online advertising options. At the foundation of the ClearSaleing solution is its patent-pending Purchase Path technology that accurately attributes profit (ROI) across the multiple ads that contribute to and influence the ultimate purchase.

Kickoff Webcast for Attribution Management Forum: ClearSaleing Teams With Search Marketing Now

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Forum hopes to connect with leading online advertising companies to help collectively define the best attribution valuation practices and methodologies.

We are very excited to have ClearSaleing sponsor a webcast on Attribution Management

This webcast will present an opportunity for marketers and the online advertising community to come together and help collectively identify, evaluate, vet and ultimately recommend the best attribution valuation practices and methodologies.

Now that we have a robust advertising analytics platform in place that allows us to do cross-media profit tracking and identify and assemble all participating ads that contributed to a sale or conversion, the remaining challenge is to properly assign the value of the sale or conversion across the team of ads that contributed to it

I am very excited to participate in the Attribution Management Forum. I look forward to sharing some of our insights on attribution management and learning what other leading online advertisers are doing in this critical area

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) October 9, 2008 — ClearSaleing Inc., an online advertising analytics and technology company, has announced that, together with Search Marketing Now, they are co-hosting an initial webcast of the Attribution Management Forum, on Tuesday, October 28 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

“We are very excited to have ClearSaleing sponsor a webcast on Attribution Management,” said Claire Schoen, Director of Search Marketing Now. “This webcast will present an opportunity for marketers and the online advertising community to come together and help collectively identify, evaluate, vet and ultimately recommend the best attribution valuation practices and methodologies.”

The Attribution Management Forum has been created to bring together leading online marketing and advertising minds to help address the fundamental problem faced by all advertisers – how to properly assign value across the team of ads that contributed to a sale or conversion. The following topics will be addressed at The Attribution Management Forum Webcast:

  • Description of the tracking technology required to determine the actual team of ads and their sequence that lead to the conversion (the Purchase Path

Advertising Technology Company to Launch Attribution Management Forum

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Attribution Management webcast aims to pique online marketing minds in order to identify a uniform methodology for online advertising attribution

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) September 18, 2008 — Leaders in the online marketing and online advertising fields will converge in a forum to help collectively identify, evaluate, and ultimately recommend the best practices and metrics for attribution management. ClearSaleing, a leading advertising technology company in Columbus, OH, has invited recognized leaders in the internet marketing industry to discuss this issue during an October 28th webcast. ClearSaleing hopes the forum will serve as a platform to get creative minds in the internet advertising industry talking about the “last click fallacy”.

“When tracking the performance of online ads after a sale, too much credit is given to the last ad that was clicked,” noted Adam Goldberg, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of ClearSaleing. “This ‘last click fallacy’ needs to be corrected in order to obtain a method for proper attribution management. After a sale, it is necessary to look at the team of ads that led to the conversion.”

This “team of ads” refers to all of the advertisements that a consumer is exposed to which ultimately leads to a sale or conversion. These ads are spelled out through ClearSaleing’s patented Purchase Path™ technology. The Purchase Path™ is all of the steps that a consumer takes before making a selection: problem recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decisions, and the final purchase. The consumer is affected by a myriad of different ads at each of these different stages, each of which deserves a percentage of credit for the sale. This is the initial framework for the attribution management discussion.

Mr. Goldberg and ClearSaleing hope to gain perspective as to how this framework can be applied to the problem at hand.

“Attribution management remains a complicated problem,” he continued, “and no perfect solution exists. We need to establish benchmarks that correlate a percentage of the sale to each ad in the Purchase Path™. Establishing a methodology for attribution management will allow online marketing companies to work with businesses to better budget their online advertising campaigns.”

Creative minds in the internet marketing and online advertising fields are encouraged to become inaugural members of the Attribution Management Forum. The kickoff webcast will take place on October 28th at 1:00 PM EST. Those interested can learn more about the forum and register for the webcast at the following link: http://www.clearsaleing.com/attributionforum.

About ClearSaleing:

ClearSaleing is a leading technology provider to the online advertising market. Based on a strategic, portfolio management approach to online advertising investment, the ClearSaleing solution represents the next generation in advertising analytics technology. ClearSaleing’s portfolio management software delivers an improved, more profitable allocation of a company’s spend across a complex mix of online advertising options. At the foundation of the ClearSaleing solution is its patent-pending Purchase Path™ technology that accurately attributes profit (ROI) across the multiple ads that contribute to and influence the ultimate purchase.

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