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Passing UTM parameters without form fill

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We are running several display campaigns that are showing impact on inbound traffic and demo requests. However, we are not able to directly attribute those conversions to the original display campaigns, since most of the leads convert on a different landing page and the Original UTM Source doesn't not get saved by Marketo after the lead visited the landing page with the UTM code.

I'd be curious to see how what other people have built within Marketo (without using external attribution platforms).

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Franco

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Darrell Alfonso

Jun 6, 2017 4:36 PM

Franco, this might be able to help you: Solution to using UTM parameters & cookies to capture lead source information

Courtesy of Evan Vega and additional info by Sanford Whiteman

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Kim Allen Jun 9, 2017 11:54 AM

Hi Franco,

Unfortunately this is something that is difficult to perfect without an external platform (if you do decide to go that route, Bizible is a good one to demo). You can get to this at a certain level - if your main concern around attribution is conversions, that's a little easier. You can track clicks easy enough but this would apply to known leads.

Your best bet is to include an external platform. But in the meantime, I'd try to at least start collecting data in different programs (based on the cadence of your reporting - ex: PPC Q2) and tracking what you can of clicks and also tracking conversions. It's also helpful to setup additional lead source fields for the different touches - so this is another thing you may want to consider.

Kim

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Sanford Whiteman Jun 9, 2017 2:23 PM

I recommend you check out ConversionPath (http://conversionpath.io). It's an all-Marketo solution -- powered by a client-side JS library of course, since otherwise you can't expand data gathered beyond the default, but doesn't involve any 3rd-party servers.

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Yanir Calisar Oct 4, 2017 4:25 PM

Franco Caporale

See this Javascript that captures both first touch and last touch UTM params and storing them in the top level domain ( .yourdomain.com):

UTM-Tracking

https://github.com/yanirclsr/MarTech/tree/master/UTM-Tracking

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Darrell Alfonso Jun 6, 2017 4:36 PM
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Franco, this might be able to help you: Solution to using UTM parameters & cookies to capture lead source information

Courtesy of Evan Vega and additional info by Sanford Whiteman
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Kim Allen Jun 9, 2017 11:54 AM
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Hi Franco,

Unfortunately this is something that is difficult to perfect without an external platform (if you do decide to go that route, Bizible is a good one to demo). You can get to this at a certain level - if your main concern around attribution is conversions, that's a little easier. You can track clicks easy enough but this would apply to known leads.

Your best bet is to include an external platform. But in the meantime, I'd try to at least start collecting data in different programs (based on the cadence of your reporting - ex: PPC Q2) and tracking what you can of clicks and also tracking conversions. It's also helpful to setup additional lead source fields for the different touches - so this is another thing you may want to consider.

Kim
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Sanford Whiteman Jun 9, 2017 2:23 PM
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I recommend you check out ConversionPath (http://conversionpath.io). It's an all-Marketo solution -- powered by a client-side JS library of course, since otherwise you can't expand data gathered beyond the default, but doesn't involve any 3rd-party servers.
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Yanir Calisar Oct 4, 2017 4:25 PM
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Franco Caporale
See this Javascript that captures both first touch and last touch UTM params and storing them in the top level domain ( .yourdomain.com):
UTM-Tracking
https://github.com/yanirclsr/MarTech/tree/master/UTM-Tracking
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