Full Stack Attribution Setup: Your marketing isn't siloed, so why is your measurement? Connect all your ad platforms, email, and analytics to Causality Engine for a single, unified view of your true incremental performance.
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The attribution problem
One sale. Four channels. 400% credit claimed.
Reported revenue: €400 · Actual revenue: €100 · Gap: €300
The Truth is in the Mix.
Your customers don't live in a single channel. They see your ad on Instagram, get a retargeting message on Google, receive an abandoned cart email, and finally click through from a TikTok video. To understand what's really working, you need to measure the entire stack, together. Measuring channels in isolation is the fast track to bad decisions.
Causality Engine is built for this full-stack reality. We offer a unified platform to connect all your marketing channels, from paid social and search to email and SMS. By integrating every data source, our causal models can build a complete, holistic picture of your marketing ecosystem. This is the only way to uncover the complex interactions, cannibalization, and halo effects between your channels.
One-Click Integrations for a 360-Degree View
Our platform features simple, one-click integrations for all the tools you already use:
Ad Platforms: Meta (Facebook, Instagram), Google, TikTok, Pinterest, and more.
Email & SMS: Klaviyo, Postscript, Attentive.
Analytics: Google Analytics (for traffic data).
Shopify: The core of your transactional data.
Connecting your full stack takes minutes. The result is a permanent upgrade in your strategic intelligence. You'll move from a channel-by-channel view to a portfolio management approach to marketing.
Unify Your Marketing Measurement
The Portfolio Effect: Managing Your Marketing Mix
Thinking like a portfolio manager means understanding not just the individual performance of each channel, but how they work together. The goal is to maximize the total incremental return of the entire portfolio. The formula is:
Total Incremental ROI = (Total Incremental Revenue from All Channels - Total Marketing Spend) / Total Marketing Spend
Our platform is the first to make this calculation not just possible, but simple. Our Causality Chain Visualization shows you exactly how customers flow between channels, and our Refinement Queue provides concrete, data-backed recommendations for reallocating your budget across the portfolio for maximum impact. This is the next evolution beyond basic marketing attribution. Learn more in our resources and see our pricing for the plan that fits your needs.
Related Resources
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Key Terms in This Article
Abandoned Cart Email
Abandoned Cart Email is an automated email sent to customers who added items to their cart but did not complete the purchase. It encourages them to return and finish their order.
Attribution
Attribution identifies user actions that contribute to a desired outcome and assigns value to each. It reveals which marketing touchpoints drive conversions.
Causal Model
A Causal Model is a mathematical representation describing the causal relationships between variables, used to reason about and estimate intervention effects.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.
Marketing Attribution
Marketing attribution assigns credit to marketing touchpoints that contribute to a conversion or sale. Causal inference enhances attribution models by identifying true cause-effect relationships.
Marketing Mix
The marketing mix is the set of actions a company uses to promote its brand or product. It traditionally includes product, price, place, and promotion.
Retargeting
Retargeting is online advertising that targets users who have previously interacted with your website or content. Attribution analysis shows the causal role of retargeting in driving conversions and improving ad spend.
TikTok Ads
TikTok Ads are advertisements on the TikTok platform. They allow brands to reach younger audiences through short-form video content.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What if we use a channel you don't have a direct integration for?
We have a flexible data ingestion API that allows us to incorporate spend and performance data from any marketing channel, including offline advertising, direct mail, or niche online platforms. Our team can assist with the setup.
How do you handle cross-channel cannibalization?
This is one of the core strengths of our full-stack approach. By analyzing all channels simultaneously, our Cannibalistic Channel Detection feature can precisely identify where one channel is stealing credit from another, for example, paid branded search stealing from SEO.
How often is the data updated?
Data from your connected channels is refreshed daily, and our causal models are updated on a continuous basis. Our Optimization Queue provides fresh recommendations every week based on the latest performance data.