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Campaign Metrics: What They Mean and How They Work

What Every Metric Means — And How to Use Them to Improve Results

Written by Lee

When you select a campaign to expand it, you’ll see the performance metrics. Here’s what each one means and how to read them.

Acceptance Rate

Tracks how well your connection requests are being received.

  • Requests Sent: The number of connection requests sent through your campaign

  • Requests Accepted: The number of people who accepted your request

  • Acceptance Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of accepted requests by the number sent

  • Formula: Requests Accepted ÷ Requests Sent

🎓 Note: If someone in your campaign was already connected to you, they’ll still be counted in these totals — Interceptly tracks the action, not just the outcome.


Reply Rate (LinkedIn)

Helps you understand how many contacted prospects are engaging in conversation.

  • Total Contacted: Includes all prospects in the statuses Contacted, Connected, Replied, Lead, or Customer

  • Replies: Prospects who have replied to at least one of your messages

  • Reply Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of replies by the number of requests accepted.

  • Formula: Replies ÷ Requests Accepted

🎓 Note: Once someone sends a message back, they’re counted as Replied — even if they’re later moved into a new campaign. Their reply still counts toward the current campaign’s stats.


Message Click Rate

If you’re including links in your Social messages, this tells you how often people are selecting them.

  • Message Links Sent: Total number of links shared in message steps (excluding emails)

  • Links Clicked: Unique selections of those links

  • Message Click Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of unique link selections by the total number of message links sent.

  • Formula: Links Clicked ÷ Message Links Sent

🎓 Note: These are tied to the campaign’s event history. Even if a prospect moves to another campaign, the interaction is still logged with the original one.


Email Open Rate

Shows how many email recipients are opening what you send.

  • Emails Sent: Total emails sent via campaign steps

  • Emails Opened: Number of unique opens

  • Open Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of unique email opens by the total number of emails sent.

  • Formula: Emails Opened ÷ Emails Sent

🎓 Note: Just like clicks, email opens are tied to the original campaign — not the prospect’s current location.


Email Click Rate

Tells you how many people are selecting links inside your campaign emails.

  • Email Links Sent: Links added in Send Email steps

  • Links Clicked: Unique link selections

  • Email Click Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of unique link selections inside emails by the total number of email links sent.

  • Formula: Links Clicked ÷ Email Links Sent


Email Bounce Rate

Tracks how many emails failed to reach their destination.

  • Emails Sent: Total emails from the campaign

  • Emails Bounced: Emails that couldn’t be delivered

  • Bounce Rate: This is calculated by dividing the number of emails that failed to deliver by the total number of emails sent.

  • Formula: Emails Bounced ÷ Emails Sent


Activity Start Rate

This metric shows how many of your prospects have started engaging with your campaign — even if they haven’t completed all the steps yet. It gives you a sense of how many people are moving through the early stages of your outreach.

Here’s how we calculate it:

  1. Total Contacted
    Add up all prospects marked as:
    Contacted + Connected + Replied + Lead + Customer + Pending

  2. Total Progress
    Add together:
    Total Contacted + Unreachable

  3. Profiles Sum
    Count all profiles in the campaign:
    New + Contacted + Connected + Replied + Lead + Customer + Pending + Unreachable

  4. Final Formula:
    Activity Start Rate = Total Progress ÷ Profiles Sum

The result is shown as a percentage — giving you a high-level view of how many prospects have taken any meaningful step in your campaign.


📍 Why These Metrics Matter

Knowing what each metric tells you gives you full control over your campaigns. You’ll be able to spot:

  • Which steps are working

  • Where prospects are dropping off

  • When to tweak your outreach strategy

Over time, small adjustments based on clear data lead to higher engagement, more replies, and better deals won.


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