What is campaign taxonomy?
Campaign taxonomy is the standardised system of names, codes, and structural rules used to identify marketing campaigns across platforms (UTM parameters, ad-platform campaign names, CRM campaign codes, MCI / Datorama classifications). Without a taxonomy, the same campaign appears as five different things in five different reports — making cross-channel measurement impossible.
What does Decision Foundry's campaign taxonomy service include?
A structured 4-phase engagement. (1) Audit — what taxonomy exists today, what's broken, what teams are bypassing. (2) Design — naming conventions, dimension structures, governance rules tailored to your marketing model. (3) Implementation — rolling out via tools like CampTag, training marketers, integrating with downstream platforms. (4) Maintenance — ongoing governance to prevent drift.
How is this different from just using CampTag?
CampTag is the enforcement tool; campaign taxonomy is the strategic framework that goes into it. You can run CampTag without a thoughtful taxonomy and produce well-formatted nonsense. Our taxonomy consulting designs the structure (what dimensions matter, what governance is needed, who owns what) before tools enforce it. Many engagements involve both.
How long does a taxonomy project take, and what does it cost?
A focused taxonomy redesign (single business unit, 2–3 channels) typically runs 4–8 weeks. Enterprise rollouts (multiple business units, global brand teams, multi-platform downstream) run 3–5 months including change management. Cost scales with stakeholder count and downstream integration depth.
We already have UTM rules — why do we need this?
UTM rules are the smallest part of taxonomy. A complete taxonomy spans: ad-platform campaign names, UTM parameters, MCI / Datorama harmonisation classifications, CRM campaign codes, attribution model dimensions, and reporting hierarchies. We typically find existing UTM rules but no upstream/downstream consistency — that's where measurement breaks down.
Why Decision Foundry for taxonomy?
We built CampTag because we kept fixing the same taxonomy problems for enterprise marketing clients — so our taxonomy expertise isn't theoretical. Plus deep MCI / Datorama knowledge means we design for downstream measurement integrity, not just upstream tagging convenience.