Practically that means three score fields. One is calculated. Two are yours, for numbers you bring with you, and the import screen spots a score column on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Lead Scoring For Email Marketing Should Actually Measure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A score that only counts opens is a popularity contest with a broken scoreboard. A useful score weighs the things in the order they actually matter to a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two details in there matter more than they look. First, purchase tiers do not stack with each other: a large order is worth its own tier, not the sum of every tier below it. Second, separate actions do<\/em> stack, so somebody who opened, clicked and bought accumulates all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each rule can count once or every time, and the right answer differs per rule. Opening thirty emails probably should keep adding points. Bouncing should be counted once, not thirty times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Somebody who was busy on your list two years ago and silent since is not a hot lead. If points never fade, your top scores fill up with people who were interested during a launch in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scores that decay with age answer a more useful question: who is interested now.<\/strong> Full value for the first year, fading to nothing by the second, is a sensible default and it is adjustable. One deliberate exception: manual adjustments never fade,<\/strong> because a score you set by hand is a decision, not an observation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A score you cannot explain is a number you will not trust, and a number you do not trust will not get used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open any subscriber and there should be a plain list of everything that earned them points, what each one is worth now, and what age has taken off. “Bought the annual plan, clicked four links, opened eleven emails, faded nine points with age” tells you something. “68” on its own does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The behaviour that predicts a sale often happens outside the inbox. Somebody visiting your pricing page twice in a week is a stronger signal than another open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where you already track clicks on your own site, and where you already record sales, both can feed the score. That way the number reflects everything you know about somebody, not only what they did inside an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know things about your list that no rule can work out. A segment you tagged during a launch. People who came from a particular partner. A group who replied to you personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Being able to adjust a whole list or segment in one go<\/strong>, with a reason recorded, is what turns scoring from an automated toy into something that carries your actual judgement. It is also how you seed sensible starting numbers on a freshly imported list before enough live behaviour has accumulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scoring is only worth having if you would act on it. The test is simple: could you explain to somebody else why a particular subscriber is on the number they are on? If not, the scoring is decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes. Imported scores go into their own slots and the calculated rules never touch them, so the number you migrated with stays exactly as it arrived and can still be segmented on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n Yes. The import screen spots a score column on its own, and you confirm the mapping before anything is written.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n Opens earn a little, clicks earn several times more, and purchases earn most, with a higher tier for larger orders. Bounces, spam complaints and unsubscribes subtract points. Every number is editable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n No. A large order is scored at its own tier rather than adding every tier beneath it. Separate actions do stack, so an open plus a click plus a purchase accumulate together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n So the score tells you who is interested now rather than who was busy two years ago. The fade is adjustable, and scores you set by hand never fade because a manual score is a decision rather than an observation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n Yes. Every subscriber has a plain list of everything that earned them points, what each is worth currently, and what age has taken off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n Yes. You can adjust an entire list or segment in one go with a reason recorded, which is how you apply knowledge that no automatic rule could work out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Imported scores kept exactly as they arrived. A live score built from opens, clicks and real purchases. Every point explained on the subscriber record.<\/p><\/div>See Everything ResultsAiX Mailer Does<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n Or get ResultsAiX Mailer, and every other ResultsAiX plugin, inside the bundle<\/a> for less than most single tools cost alone. 30-day money-back guarantee either way, and no monthly fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Migrating a list with scores on it? Keep them. 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Count once, or count every time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Points Should Fade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Show Your Working<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Score On More Than Email<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Things Rules Cannot See<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A Sensible Order To Do This In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n
Can I keep the lead scores from my old platform?<\/summary>
Does the import detect a score column automatically?<\/summary>
What earns and loses points by default?<\/summary>
Do purchase tiers stack on top of each other?<\/summary>
Why do points fade over time?<\/summary>
Can I see why somebody has the score they have?<\/summary>
Can I score a whole segment at once?<\/summary>
Know Who Is Worth Emailing Today<\/h3>
Keep Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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