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10 Rules for Winning (and Making More Money) in 2014

ConversionXL

Among other things they conducted 240 A/B tests that resulted in a 49% increase in donation conversion (that was more than $80 million extra cash). And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). Research shows that marketers are spending pennies on their conversion efforts. What about PPC?

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Most of the time, the experiments you run will have a zero percent conversion rate - meaning no customers were harmed during the making of this experiment. It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. Measure conversion rates. Adword is a PPC method to promote your website.

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Blending Paid Social with Organic Social :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

While initial social media initiatives were focused primarily on building and engaging in organic ways, smart marketers are now adding paid campaign support to the social mix very much like search engine marketing relies on PPC ad support. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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What’s The One Thing That Creates High User Engagement?

ConversionXL

In their conversion optimization glossary, Unbounce described scent as the following: “Maintaining a consistent connection between your source ad and your landing page. Strong conversion scent ensures that visitors to your landing page get exactly what they expect to find. And that increases conversions.”.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #20: Measuring Digital "Brand Strength"

Occam's Razor

A lot of digital analytics focuses on direct response (conversions, leads, etc.). No eBay PPC ad or SEO listing showed up. The graph shows the change over time, starting in Jan 2004. But there is an additional valuable, and sexy, focus of our marketing we don't give enough analytical love: Branding!

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Why A/A Testing is a Waste of Time

ConversionXL

I’ve been doing split and multivariate tests since 2004, and have watched nearly every one like a hawk. That the sample performance does indeed move around and especially so early in the test or if you have small numbers of conversions. But that’s why you should never look at small sample sizes for insight. Image credit.