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- Abandoned Cart EmailAn Abandoned Cart Email is an email sent to people who started adding things to their shopping... Learn More >
- AnalyticsThe measurable statistics of a website or an ad campaign (such as impressions). Typically... Learn More >
- Analytics PlatformA provider of website analytics such as Google Analytics.
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- Behavioural SegmentationBehavioural Segmentation is the process of splitting people by their activity (or lack of... Learn More >
- BounceThe term bounce is used in digital marketing is used in both Websites Analytics and in Email... Learn More >
- Bounce RateThe term bounce is used in digital marketing is used in both Websites Analytics and in Email... Learn More >
- BulletinBulletin is Facebook/Meta's email newsletter product.
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- CAN-SPAMA national standard in the USA for sending emails, which legislates around SPAM emails and... Learn More >
- CASLLegislation around email marketing in Canada which requires express permission before emails are... Learn More >
- ClickWhat is a Click? When it comes to online advertising, a click refers to a user clicking on an... Learn More >
- Click-To-Open RateCTOR is the acronym for Click-To-Open Rate. It is used to calculate the percentage of people who... Learn More >
- Conditional ContentConditional Content is content on a webpage or email that only appears when certain criteria are... Learn More >
- ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- Conversion PixelWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- Conversion RateWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- Conversion RateThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- Conversion Rate OptimisationThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- Conversion Rate OptimisationThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- Conversion Rate OptimisationWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- ConvertedIn online advertising, a converted user is someone who has seen or clicked on an ad and... Learn More >
- CRThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- Creative AgencyA Creative Agency is a company that creates advertising on behalf of other companies. They... Learn More >
- Cross-Device ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- CTORCTOR is the acronym for Click-To-Open Rate. It is used to calculate the percentage of people who... Learn More >
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- DaypartingDayparting refers to optimising by the hour of the day (splitting a day into parts).
- Demand GenerationA type of marketing that focuses on increasing demand for a product or service, rather than... Learn More >
- Demographic SegmentationDemographic Segmentation refers to splitting up an audience by their demographics. This is... Learn More >
- Direct MailA type of marketing where a letter or piece of promotional material is sent through the post... Learn More >
- Double Opt-inAn Opt-In process where after a user has entered their details, they have to take a further... Learn More >
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- eCommerceeCommerce refers to buying or selling goods or services online, as well as online transactions.... Learn More >
- eCommerce ConversionAn online sale. A subset of conversion in general, which don't have to be sales or money related... Learn More >
- eCommerce ConversioneCommerce refers to buying or selling goods or services online, as well as online transactions.... Learn More >
- eCommerce ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- eCommerce Conversion RateAn online sale. A subset of conversion in general, which don't have to be sales or money related... Learn More >
- eCommerce Conversion RateThe conversion rate of online sales (as opposed to other types of conversions).
- eCommerce Conversion RateeCommerce refers to buying or selling goods or services online, as well as online transactions.... Learn More >
- eCommerce Conversion RateWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- ecommerce conversion rateThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- Email Bounce RateEmail Bounce Rate is the percentage of emails sent which weren't delivered. In general terms -... Learn More >
- Email Bounce RateThe term bounce is used in digital marketing is used in both Websites Analytics and in Email... Learn More >
- Email ListOften referred to as an Email Marketing List. A list of email addresses that a company gathers... Learn More >
- Email MarketingEmail Marketing is the process of sending out emails en masse with a marketing message. It is... Learn More >
- Email Service ProviderIn marketing, an Email Service Provider (or ESP) is a company that offers email marketing... Learn More >
- EmojiA standard set of small images that can be added to messages and posts that is used to express... Learn More >
- Enhanced Tracking ProtectionThe way in which Firefox blocks all third-party cookies automatically, making analytics and... Learn More >
- ESPIn marketing, an Email Service Provider (or ESP) is a company that offers email marketing... Learn More >
- ETPThe way in which Firefox blocks all third-party cookies automatically, making analytics and... Learn More >
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- FrequencyWhat does Frequency mean? In online advertising, frequency refers to how often an ad appears to... Learn More >
- frequency capWhat does Frequency mean? In online advertising, frequency refers to how often an ad appears to... Learn More >
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- GAGoogle Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and... Learn More >
- Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and... Learn More >
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- Hard-BounceHard bounces in email marketing refer to when you try to email someone, and their email address... Learn More >
- Hard-BounceThe term bounce is used in digital marketing is used in both Websites Analytics and in Email... Learn More >
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- Inactive SubscriberIn email marketing, the term ‘Inactive Subscriber’ refers to someone who has chosen to continue... Learn More >
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- Landing PageThe page where a person enters a website (ie the page they "land on"). In online advertising,... Learn More >
- Last ClickSometimes referred to as Last Touch, this is the most common type of attribution for conversions... Learn More >
- LeadA potential customer, or a way to get in touch with a potential customer (eg email address,... Learn More >
- Lead GenerationLead generation (or Lead Gen) is the gathering of potential customers' contact information and... Learn More >
- Lifetime ValueLTV (often called Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV) is an attempt at predicting the amount of... Learn More >
- LinkedIn NewsletterLinkedIn's built in email marketing platform. There are a lot of suprisingly good ones on there... Learn More >
- LTVLTV (often called Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV) is an attempt at predicting the amount of... Learn More >
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- MetricsMetrics are measurable statistics that are used in digital marketing to improve performance such... Learn More >
- MonetizedIf something is monetized that means that it has been set up so that money is earned from it.... Learn More >
- Multi-Touch AttributionSometimes referred to as multi-channel attribution, this is a way of attributing conversions... Learn More >
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- Open RateOpen Rate is the percentage of people who were sent an email who opened it. It is one of the... Learn More >
- Opt-In‘Opt-in’ or ‘Opting in’ means requiring a user to make an active, positive choice to increase... Learn More >
- Opt-OutIn email marketing, an opt-out means unticking a pre-ticked box that says "I would like to... Learn More >
- OptimisingWhat does optimising mean? Optimising means making changes to improve performance. It is a... Learn More >
- Owned MediaOwned Media refers to advertising using channels an advertiser controls. This includes your own... Learn More >
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- PhishingPhishing is a type of scam through digital communication in order to obtain personal information... Learn More >
- Post-Click ConversionA Post-Click Conversion, or PC Conversion is when a user converts after a click. This click can... Learn More >
- Post-Click ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- Post-Click WindowThe Post Click Window, or PC Window, is the amount of time after a user has clicked on an ad and... Learn More >
- Post-Impression ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
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- Return On InvestmentWhat is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back... Learn More >
- RevueRevue was launched in 2015 and bought by Twitter in 2021. It is essentially Twitter's version of... Learn More >
- ROIWhat is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back... Learn More >
- Role-Based AddressA role-based address is an email address that uses a job title rather than the name of an... Learn More >
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- SaaSA business model where users are charged a subscription fee for using software as opposed to a... Learn More >
- SegmentationSegmentation can take place in any form of digital marketing, and simply involves breaking... Learn More >
- Single Opt-inAn Opt-In which only has one step. For example, entering an email address into a box and then... Learn More >
- Soft BounceThe term bounce is used in digital marketing is used in both Websites Analytics and in Email... Learn More >
- Soft-BounceIn Email Marketing, Soft-Bounces refer to what are usually temporary issues – the recipient... Learn More >
- Software as a ServiceA business model where users are charged a subscription fee for using software as opposed to a... Learn More >
- SpamSpam refers to unsolicited emails but also can be used to describe emails that use deceptive... Learn More >
- SubscriberThis is the name for a person or group of people who have voluntarily decided to become notified... Learn More >
- SubstackA subscription newsletter platform.
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- Third-Party CookiesCookies that are dropped onto a person's computer when visiting a website that are not from the... Learn More >
- TrafficTraffic in online advertising is a catch-all term for visitors to a site (the online equivalent... Learn More >
- TroubleshootingThe process of systematically testing for, finding and fixing problems (such as broken ads,... Learn More >
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- Uniform Resource LocatorThe web address of a website or webpage. For example, the address of this website is... Learn More >
- UnmonetizedIf something is unmonetized that means that it has not been set up so that money is earned from... Learn More >
- UnsubscribeWhen someone unsubscribes from something, it means they have decided they no longer want to... Learn More >
- Unsubscribe LinkAll email marketing is required to have a working Unsubscribe link contained within it. An... Learn More >
- Unsubscribe RateIn email marketing, the unsubscribe rate means the percentage of your users who are choosing to... Learn More >
- Urchin Tracking ModuleUTM parameters are 5 tracking parameters you can add to the end of a URL which can be read by... Learn More >
- URLThe web address of a website or webpage. For example, the address of this website is... Learn More >
- UTMUTM parameters are 5 tracking parameters you can add to the end of a URL which can be read by... Learn More >
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- View-Through ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- view-through conversion rateThe Conversion Rate (CR) of a campaign is the number of conversions achieved per click. It is... Learn More >
- View-Through Conversion RateWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
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- Welcome EmailAn initial email to someone who has joined any type of email list (eg because they've signed up... Learn More >
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- ZapierA company with a set of tools which link different platforms to make them easier to use (for... Learn More >
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