Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

If you want to grow your business, you are going to need content/engagement points for the See stage (the widest possible addressable audience) and for the Think stage (fill up your funnel at the very top, convince people early, build relationships, convert higher at a cheaper acquisition cost). It is also rude. Oh, that makes sense.

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2015

The include single custom reports that replace all/most current standard reports in GA on Mobile, Content, Paid Search and Acquisition. Campaign Cost Analysis. The first one gives you the overall end-to-end picture ( Acquisition – Behavior – Outcomes ). and how often each User comes (acquisition metrics).

Analytics 60

Analytics Customer Metrics eCommerce 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If we can’t determine where the traffic comes from, we can neither attribute conversions to their original sources of traffic, nor can we find out the true cost per acquisition (CPA) or return on ad spend (ROAS) for each marketing activity. If there’s a cost associated with running a campaign (i.e.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

Even if, and this is not possible, I said to you that the path is Direct, Social, PPC, Organic, Referral for 5% of the site traffic … what would you do? And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? It is not possible to force people down that path!

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

Find campaigns where they are spending most money, lower the bounce rate and reduce acquisition cost. But they don't realize the cost. It will put that data in Campaigns section of the Acquisition report. Typically this will apply to Paid Search, Affiliates, Email Marketing, Social Media, and Display campaigns.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

Acquisition. Segment Category #1: Acquisition. Acquisition refers to the activity you undertake to attract people (or robots!) This would include campaigns you run, like pay per click marketing (PPC), email, affiliate deals, display / banner ads, facebook marketing campaigns. Coupon affiliates. "Social

Analytics 123

Analytics Web Acquisition Metrics 123

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

Or there are people who will get their tech support question answered and as a result not call you on the phone (saving you $50 it costs you to answer the phone). Or help someone learn about your company and then apply for a job (saving you $2,500 in recruiting cost per person!).

Analytics 116

Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I did this for about 6 months; I updated the graphic design twice, tried two different shopping carts, added new products, changed category names, added a personal greeting on the home page, adjusted shipping costs, added an 800 number, and made about 20 other changes. What kills me is that being the low-cost provider is bad.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2014

That it costs 5-7x more to acquire a customer than it does to retain one isn’t entirely true. The origins of this myth can be traced back to the 1980′s when the Technical Assistance Research Project published research that stated the cost of customer acquisition vs the cost of customer retention was significantly higher.

Customer 133

Customer Churn Rate Retention Acquisition 133

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." " Another example is: "I recommend a shift of $150k from our Display budget to our Affiliate budget to increase profitability of our purple pants."

Analytics 140

Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Site-centric analysis is primarily focused on looking at direct competitors, or adjacent ones, and learning from what is happening with Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes on their website (desktop and/or mobile). Hence, a lot of your time will be spent in acquisition analysis to improve your digital advertising and marketing strategy.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2012

This was his winning image: Of course, you have to be careful when using such imagery – it will surely attract tons of clicks (=cost) that have no intention to buy your stuff. For PPC traffic, landing page C resulted in a 95% increase in sign ups over landing page A and a 35% increase in sign ups over landing page B.

Advertising 118

Advertising San Francisco Florida PPC 118