MNTN Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2023Learn More
It’s precise, it’s accountable, and it’s easy to understand. Now we’re sharing how we cracked the code on performance TV attribution.
Let's TalkIt’s built on the four key principles of proper Connected TV performance attribution.
1. Verified Viewable Ads
2. Customizable Visit Windows
3. Cross-Device Events
4. Source Validation
We validate the veracity of every Verified Visit. If another media source other than MNTN prompted the visit, we don’t take credit.
No murky explanations here, it really is this simple.
Our non-skippable CTV ads are only served on premium streaming networks.
You have complete control over the length of your visit window to ensure MNTN’s attribution aligns with your definitions.
Verified Visits™ are counted only if the user visits your site organically or directly. If another media source other than MNTN prompted the visit, we do not take credit for that visit.
If the visit meets our strict parameters, MNTN is credited for the site visit.
Why not get a second opinion? You can track conversions that result from Verified Visits™ alongside your other performance channels in Google Analytics.
MNTN’s engineer-CEO Mark Douglas took to the main stage at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O to discuss how attribution changes the TV landscape.
Here are the most common questions we’ve heard about MNTN’s TV attribution.
Read Full FAQOur system automatically analyzes the UTM tags associated with each user’s site visit to understand the referral source that ultimately delivered that visit. If a non-MNTN referral source is detected—either from a paid marketing channel, such as paid search, or an organic marketing channel, such as a CTA button in a marketing email—then MNTN does not take credit for that site visit.
MNTN will only take attributable credit for a site visit if a user has seen an advertiser’s MNTN ad and then organically or directly visited the advertiser’s site on a device within the same household—all within an attribution window of time that the advertiser defines (aka their Verified Visit Window).
Yes. We use source validation to measure and attribute every Verified Visit delivered by your MNTN campaign. The Verified Visits attributed to your MNTN campaigns in Google Analytics have gone through the same source-validation process as the Verified Visits in your MNTN dashboard.
You can then use your preferred methodology and logic in Google Analytics to measure conversions that result from a MNTN Verified Visit.
No. First-touch attribution enables a campaign to take credit for all site traffic and resulting conversions that occur within a set period of time after a connected TV ad has been served to a household. First-touch attribution does not use source-validation to ensure credit is only delivered when it is due. By not using source validation, first-touch attribution allows Connected TV campaigns to take credit for site traffic that was clearly delivered by other paid and organic referring sources, from paid search and paid social to email marketing and beyond.
Comparatively, Verified Visits uses automated source validation to ensure Connected TV does not take credit for site traffic that was delivered by other referring sources.
We recommend asking them if you can customize your visit window and how they take into account the impact of other marketing channels. You should be able to decide how long or short your attribution window for site traffic should be. You should also be aware of exactly how they take into account the impact of other marketing channels—otherwise, your Connected TV campaigns may be taking credit for site traffic and subsequent outcomes that were actually delivered by other channels.
Inaccurate attribution is an industry-wide issue that has only gotten more complex as platforms continue to rebrand their own versions of first-touch / view-through attribution with unique naming conventions. That’s why we at MNTN are committed to transparency in our measurement and suggest that advertisers demand that same transparency from all of their technology providers.
Have a question on how MNTN handles attribution that we didn’t cover here?
Email it straight to our product team for an answer.