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Compare the performance of multiple campaigns
Compare the performance of multiple campaigns

Use the performance comparison overview to generate a visual comparison of your campaigns’ performance.

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Written by Gareth Burroughes
Updated over 4 months ago

The Performance comparison overview lets you select campaigns to view and compare side-by-side on our campaign comparison table.


Compare campaigns

To compare your campaigns:

  1. Go to Analytics > Reports.

  2. Select the checkboxes of campaigns you want to compare.
    You must select at least two campaigns.

  3. Select COMPARE CAMPAIGNS to open the Campaign comparison page with your selected campaigns.


Understand the metrics in the report

The information shown in each comparison chart is split into two sections:

  • general information

  • performance information.

General information

Label

Description

Subject

The subject line of the campaign.

From name

The from name and email address used to send the campaign.

Filter

Any filters you have applied to the results.

Select the icon to add filters.

Last sent date

The date the campaign was last sent to a contact.

Activity period

The date range you are viewing data for.

Select the calendar icon to apply or remove a date range filter.

Performance information

Label

Description

Emails sent

Number of emails sent.

Emails delivered

Number of emails that were delivered successfully.

Unique opens

Number of times the email was opened by a unique contact.

Opens

Total number of opens.

Social network opens

Number of opens the campaign got after being shared on a social media site.

Non openers

Number of contacts who didn’t open the campaign.

Unique user click through

Number of contacts who clicked at least one link in the campaign.

Link clicks

Number of clicks a link in the campaign received.

Click to open rate

Compares the number of unique clicks to unique opens.

Page views

Number of contacts who viewed a page on your website as a result of using a link in the campaign.

Revenue

Amount of direct revenue attributable to the campaign.

Learn more in Revenue attribution.

Assisted revenue

Amount of assisted revenue attributable to the campaign.

Learn more in Revenue attribution.

Replies

Number of replies to the campaign.

Hard bounces

Number of contacts who couldn't be delivered to due to a hard bounce.

Soft bounces

Number of contacts who couldn't be delivered to due to a soft bounce.

Unsubscribe

Number of contacts who unsubscribed through this campaign.

Highest scoring metric

For every metric, the best-scoring campaign’s result is highlighted in green. This makes it easy to see which campaign is performing better for each metric.


Filter the report

Filters can only be applied to campaigns with Date Ranges set to All Time.

  1. On the Performance comparison overview page, select the filter icon in the General information section.

  2. In the Filter report side panel, choose the type of filter you want to apply.

    You can choose:

    • With no filter

    • In the selected list

    • In the selected segment

    • Who received the selected split test version

    • Who received the selected dynamic content variation

  3. Select the list, segment, split test version, or dynamic content variation you want to filter by.

  4. Select APPLY.

Set date range

  1. On the Performance comparison overview page, select a campaign’s Date Range.

  2. In the Date options side panel, choose the type of date range you want to apply. You can choose:

    • Pre-defined date range

    • Custom date range

  3. Select APPLY.

You can reset the date range for all campaigns by selecting Date Range at the top right of the comparison overview page and selecting a date.


Compare a campaign against itself

You can check how a campaign has performed over time by comparing it against itself with different date ranges.

You must first compare two different campaigns before a campaign can be compared against itself.

  1. From the Performance comparison overview, hover over the campaign image and select the change campaign icon.

  2. To remove a campaign, select the X next to the campaign you want to remove.

  3. Select ADD CAMPAIGN, and find and select the campaign you want to add.

  4. Select APPLY

  5. Use Date Range to set different date ranges for each campaign comparison.


Add and remove campaigns

  1. From the Performance comparison overview, hover over the campaign image and select the change campaign icon.

  2. To add a campaign, select ADD CAMPAIGN, and find and select the campaign you want to add.

    To remove a campaign, select the red X next to the campaign you want to remove.

  3. Select APPLY.


Reorder the campaigns in the report

  1. From the Performance comparison overview, expand the COMPARE ACTIONS drop-down menu, and then select Change campaigns.

  2. Drag your campaigns into the order you want.

  3. Select APPLY.


Export the campaign comparison report

  1. Go to Analytics > Reports.

  2. Select the campaigns you want to compare.
    You must select at least two campaigns.

  3. Select COMPARE CAMPAIGNS.

  4. Expand the COMPARE ACTIONS drop-down menu and select Export report.

  5. On the Exports page, wait for your export to finish, then select Download to download the CSV file to your local computer.

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