Outbrain CPA
cpa
Overview
Outbrain Cost per Acquisition (Outbrain CPA) measures the total Outbrain advertising cost required to acquire one paying customer.
Outbrain CPA = Outbrain Ad Spend / Outbrain-Reported Conversions
The calculation is based on data from the Ads table.
Detailed breakdown
The formula above is derived from the following components:
Ad Spend = SUM(spend)
--> Ads table
Channel-Reported Conversions (Purchases) = SUM(conversions)
--> Ads table
Outbrain Ads = where channel = 'outbrain'
Insights and Actions
Outbrain CPA provides insight into the cost efficiency of your ad spend by showing the average cost to acquire a customer. Monitoring CPA helps ensure you're optimizing budgets for profitable customer acquisition.
- Assess Cost Efficiency: A high CPA may indicate that customer acquisition is becoming too costly. Consider adjusting targeting or ad creatives to improve conversion rates.
- Optimize Budget Allocation: If CPA is low and sustainable, consider scaling ad spend on campaigns with proven acquisition efficiency.
- Improve Conversion Rates: Consistently high CPA could suggest low conversion rates. Experiment with different call-to-action strategies or adjust landing pages to enhance conversion performance.
Related Metrics
- Outbrain Ad Spend: Tracks total spending, offering context to evaluate CPA against overall budget.
- Outbrain Conversions: Provides insight into the volume of conversions, helping assess if CPA aligns with desired acquisition goals.
- Outbrain ROAS: Helps verify if revenue generated from conversions justifies the CPA, ensuring campaigns are profitable relative to spend.
Example Use
Prompt
What's my Outbrain-reported CPA for the last 30 days?
Response
Query
SELECT
pjt.channel AS channel,
COALESCE(
SUM(pjt.spend) / NULLIF(SUM(pjt.channel_reported_conversions), 0),
0
) AS cpa
FROM
pixel_joined_tvf () AS pjt
WHERE
pjt.model = 'Triple Attribution'
AND pjt.channel = 'outbrain'
AND pjt.event_date BETWEEN CURRENT_DATE() - 30 AND CURRENT_DATE() - 1
GROUP BY
pjt.channel;
Updated 11 days ago