Earnings per click (EPC)
The most important metric for publishers. It’s the metric that measures the average earnings over a 7-day period that an affiliate can expect to earn for every 100 clicks that they are able to generate. EPC concretely indicates earning potential.
Effective Cost Per Mille (eCPM)
A metric used for comparing the effectiveness of campaigns with different pricing models. It’s calculated by dividing the total earnings from by the total number of impressions, multiplied by a thousand.
Effective Cost Per Action (eCPA)
The cost that an advertiser actually paid for each action i.e. the total cost divided by the number of actions.
Effective Cost Per Click (eCPC)
A metric used to show what the CPC would have been if the advertiser had purchased clicks instead of impressions or conversions.
Evergreen Content
Content that remains relevant and of interest to users for years after its initial creation and publication.
Emotional Selling Proposition (ESP)
The emotional triggers used in marketing messaging to help influence a user to complete a purchase/action
Engagement
Interactions between a brand or organization and its customers. The four types of customer engagement are emotional, contextual, convenient, and social engagement
Engagement Rate
A metric used to measure the performance of a piece of content based on the percentage of users that interact with that content.