Understanding Period Costs understanding-period-costs
Overview overview
Period costs refer to the money you spend in a specific month on a program.
How Period Costs are Calculated how-period-costs-are-calculated
Imagine an event, like a webinar, that occurs in March. New people are acquired beforehand from advertising in January and February. New contacts are also acquired after the event, when people download the webinar in the months of April and May.
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With a single period cost attributed to March…
…contacts added in the months before and after will only count towards March.
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With period costs attributed to January, February, and March…
…contacts added only in the months after March will count towards March.
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With period costs attributed to January and April…
…contacts added in the months January through March will count towards January. Contacts added in the months April and May will count towards April.
note note NOTE In summary - months with no defined period costs will roll “backwards” to the last one that was defined. If there is no prior period cost, the months will be rolled “forward” to the next one that has been defined. If a period cost has not been defined for any months, reporting in RCE will not be available for the program. related-articles Related Articles