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How to Track Revenue by Lead Source, Service, and Market
By [Author name required] · Reviewed by [Expert reviewer name required] · Last reviewed 2026-09-11
Direct answer
Track revenue by source, service and market by capturing the source at intake before anyone edits the record, keeping first-touch source immutable, and requiring service line and market on every opportunity. Retrospective source attribution is guesswork.
Key takeaways
- Capture source at creation, not at close.
- Keep first touch immutable and track latest touch separately.
- Service and market must be required fields.
- Referral is a source that deserves the same rigour as paid media.
First touch and latest touch
Both matter and they answer different questions. Storing only one produces either an over-credited last channel or an under-credited nurture path.
Making it stick
Automate capture wherever possible and make source a required field where it is not. Manual entry of source at close time reliably produces whatever the salesperson remembers.
First draft written from the firm's methodology. No third-party statistics, benchmarks or client results are cited. Requires expert review and source attachment before publication.