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How Do I Track Account Engagement Across Channels?
Create an account-level event stream, unify identity, and publish a single engagement score that powers ABX plays across ads, web, email, social, sales, events, product, and support.
Track engagement by stitching person-level events to accounts using domains/CRM IDs, enforcing a shared event & UTM taxonomy, and calculating an Account Engagement Score with time decay, role weighting, and buying-committee coverage. Land raw events in your CDP/warehouse, compute daily scores, surface them in CRM & dashboards, and trigger plays (ads, SDR tasks, CS check-ins) at score thresholds. Govern quality with identity rules, bot filters, and data contracts.
First Principles for Cross-Channel Account Engagement
Your 90-Day Account Engagement Plan
Instrument signals, unify identity, compute scores, then activate plays and measurement.
Phase 1 → Phase 2 → Phase 3
- Days 1–30: Instrument & Define — Draft event dictionary & UTM policy; implement web/product tracking; connect MAP, ad platforms, webinar & CRM; document identity rules (match on domain, email, Account ID); ship a basic “Account Activity Feed” dashboard.
- Days 31–60: Unify & Score — Land raw events in CDP/warehouse; stitch to accounts; create a time-decayed Account Engagement Score with persona weights and coverage; set green/yellow/red thresholds; sync daily to CRM & outreach tools.
- Days 61–90: Orchestrate & Prove — Trigger ABX plays (ads, SDR tasks, AE sequences, CS alerts) on thresholds; add suppression for risk signals; run holdouts; expand dashboards (heatmap by account/segment, trends, coverage by role).
Channel Tracking Cheatsheet
| Channel | Key Events | How to Capture | Account Match | Gotchas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid Ads | Impression, click, form submit | Platform logs + UTM params → MAP/CDP | UTM + landing form domain; reverse IP (anonymous) | Cross-device gaps; avoid double counting post-view |
| Website | Page view, content download, chat start | 1P analytics + event bus; forms via MAP | Login/email domain; reverse IP for anon | Bot traffic; shared ISP IPs; cookie loss |
| Open*, click, reply, unsubscribe | MAP events → CDP/CRM | Recipient email ↔ CRM Account | Opens unreliable; weight replies > clicks | |
| Social | Engagement, DM, referral click | Platform export + tracked links | UTM on links; manual AE mapping | Handle ≠ person; sparse account data |
| Events/Webinars | Register, attend, Q&A, meeting set | Event platform → MAP/CRM | Email domain & enrichment | Personal emails; partner co-marketing dedupe |
| Sales Outreach | Call, email, meeting, stage change | Sales engagement tool → CRM | Opportunity/Account IDs | Logging discipline; activity spam |
| Product | Login, feature use, activation | Product analytics → CDP | Org ID / tenant ↔ Account | Multi-tenant mapping; sandbox noise |
| Support/Community | Ticket, CSAT, thread post | Helpdesk/export → CDP/CRM | Email domain ↔ Account | Negative signals; weight carefully |
Engagement Playbook Matrix (Signals, Owners, Actions)
| Signal Pattern | Owner(s) | Action | Primary KPI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score spikes to “Green” + ≥3 personas active | SDR + AE | Research opener tied to last content; book discovery within SLA | Meeting Rate |
| Web spike (anon) + no known contacts | ABM + MOps | Activate account-based ads; launch content syndication & enrichment | New Buying-Committee Contacts |
| Executive persona visits pricing | AE | Send ROI one-pager; invite to tailored demo with CFO angle | SQO Conversion |
| Score declines 3 weeks post-purchase | CSM | Trigger success plan review; share onboarding video; suppress upsell | Time-to-Activation |
| High email clicks, low replies | SDR Manager | Shift to phone/social; test new CTA; reduce frequency | Reply Rate |
Client Snapshot: Account 360 in 10 Weeks
A mid-market SaaS firm centralized web, MAP, ads, sales, and product events into a warehouse, launched a time-decayed Account Engagement Score, and pushed scores to CRM. Results: +38% meeting rate, +22% SQO conversion, and a 9-day reduction in sales cycle from threshold-triggered outreach and risk suppression.
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