Explanation of Touchpoint Positions and Generation Across BTs and BATs
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Generation of Touchpoint Positions & Flow Through the Buyers Journey
Understanding the Buyer Touchpoint positions and how they are triggered is crucial to successfully reporting with Marketo Measure data. You want to have a clear understanding of what your prospects did as they moved through the buyer’s journey and in turn what that will look like in the Touchpoint data. For more context on this topic, we recommend reviewing the Touchpoint Generation & Mapping article.
Marketo Measure has a variety of Touchpoint positions that are triggered by various steps in the buyer’s journey. When reporting on Marketo Measure data there are two sets of Touchpoint data, Buyer Touchpoints (BTs) and Buyer Attribution Touchpoints (BATs). You may notice that these sets of data have slightly different positions as they relate to different objects. For more context on this topic, we recommend reviewing the Difference Between Buyer Touchpoints (BTs) & Buyer Attribution Touchpoints (BATs) article.
Buyer Touchpoints (BTs): These are the touchpoints associated to an individual person and their journey and will be unique to that individual. The following out of the box reports are built off Buyer Touchpoint data.
- Marketo Measure 101: Leads By ID
- Marketo Measure 101: Leads By Channel
- Marketo Measure 101: Lead/Contact By ID
- Marketo Measure 101: Lead/Contact By Channel
The following outlines the Buyer Touchpoint positions which describe where an individual is in their journey and what actions they took to earn that position.
Buyer Touchpoint (BTs) Position | Touchpoint Type (action that can trigger touchpoint) | Description of Touchpoint |
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First Touch (FT) | Web Visit | The first marketing interaction that an individual has with your brand |
Lead Creation (LC) | Form Fill OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | The first form fills an individual has (typically a form submission but could also be a Campaign/Program inclusion) |
Post LC | Form Fill OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | Any form an individual completes after their LC (or a subsequent Campaign/Program inclusion) |
Buyer Attribution Touchpoints (BATS): These are the touchpoints that are associated to an Opportunity and its journey. These touchpoints are connected to revenue as they are connected to the Opportunity and its Contacts. The following out of the box reports are built off Buyer Attribution Touchpoint data.
- Marketo Measure 101: Opportunities By ID
- Marketo Measure 101: Opportunities By ID Channel
Buyer Attribution Touchpoint (BATs) Position | Touchpoint Type (action that can trigger touchpoint) | Description of Touchpoint |
---|---|---|
First Touch (FT) | Web Visit | The first marketing interaction that a contact had with your brand |
Lead Creation (LC) | Form Fill OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | The first form fill a contact had (typically a form submission but could also be a Campaign/Program inclusion) |
Opportunity Creation | Form Fill OR Web Visit OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | The marketing interaction closest to when the Opp is Created |
Closed Won/Lost | Form Fill OR Web Visit OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | The marketing interaction closest to when the Opp is Closed (Won or Lost) |
Middle Touches | Form Fill OR Campaign/Program Inclusion | When a contact fills out an online form and it doesn't coincide with milestone touchpoint |
Marketo Measure has these two sets of Touchpoint data to create a clear understanding of an individual person’s journey and the Opportunities. These two Touchpoint data sets give you a clear map of what happened from top of funnel to bottom of funnel.
The following example shows the flow of data from Buyer Touchpoints (BTs) to Buyer Attribution Touchpoints (BATs). In this example Person A and Person B are both a part of the same Opportunity which has a Created Date of 3/7/2020 and a Close Date of 5/6/2020.
Person A Buyer Touchpoint Data Set
- First Touch (FT) - Paid Search.AdWords - 9/1/2019
- Lead Creation (LC) - Organic Search.Google - 11/20/2019
- Post LC (form fill) - Webinar - 3/4/2020
Person B Buyer Touchpoint Data Set
- First Touch (FT) - Paid Social.Facebook - 8/26/2019
- Lead Creation (LC) - Organic Search.Yahoo - 2/20/2020
- Post LC (form fill) - Email - 5/1/2020
Opportunities Buyer Attribution Touchpoint data would read as follows…
- First Touch (FT) - Paid Social.Facebook - 8/26/2019
- (from Person B because they have the true First Touch for the Account/Opp)
- Lead Creation (LC) - Organic Search.Google - 11/20/2019
- (from Person A because they have the true Lead Creation for the Account/Opp)
- Opportunity Creation (OC) - Webinar - 3/4/2020
- (the Post LC touchpoint from Person A would be the OC Touchpoint because it was the most recent interaction we have to the Opportunity being created on 3/7/2020)
- Closed Won - Email - 5/1/2020
- (the Post LC touchpoint from Person B would be the Closed Won Touchpoint because it was the most recent interaction we have to the Opportunity being closed on 5/6/2020)
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