GA4 Attribution Models Are Breaking Your Marketing Budget (Here’s How to Fix It)
Choose your GA4 attribution model based on your actual customer journey length. If most customers convert within days, use last-click attribution to credit the final touchpoint. If your sales cycle spans weeks or months with multiple interactions, switch to data-driven attribution to distribute credit across all meaningful touchpoints.
Review your conversion path reports monthly to identify which channels initiate customer relationships versus which ones close deals. Access this in GA4 under Advertising > Attribution > Conversion paths. When you discover that paid search starts 60% of journeys but social media closes 40%, you’…