Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2015

Custom reports allow you to deeply focus (by eliminating the rif-raf metrics and dimensions, they save time and show just what you want). The include single custom reports that replace all/most current standard reports in GA on Mobile, Content, Paid Search and Acquisition. Key Metrics: Map Overlay Visualization. Seven more!

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

So if Direct traffic is so important and often the metrics show very positive results then why don't we all obsess about it a lot more? Here is a simple example: You are the Acquisition manager for a company called Omniture. If they are like every other company that obsesses with PPC and Yahoo! The Problem: Unfortunately.

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Analytics Software Review Campaign Flash 122

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

Find campaigns where they are spending most money, lower the bounce rate and reduce acquisition cost. I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Earn more affection. The post provides more detail.

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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!

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

They did have PPC ads, which I click on the ad for specific product they land me on generic nonsense pages. I hope that before you go for massive web analytics glory that your use your wonderful powers first to make sure your site and customer acquisition strategy does not suck. That's sucking.) That's sucking.

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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

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Occam's Razor

JULY 31, 2006

Conversion rate is a very important metric, used properly. More importantly being a practitioner I feel metric definitions should incorporate on the ground reality and using Unique Visitors accommodates that reality. 5 : Understand exactly what the acquisition strategy of your website / company is. Then promptly forget about it.)

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

Now segment the Unique Visitors (or Visits) that display offline intent by referring urls or by email campaigns you are running or by search keywords or affiliates traffic or … the list is nearly endless (a very good thing). Nice ain't it? Check out: Offline Phone Call Tracking With Web Analytics Integration.

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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." Pick hard metrics to designate as your key performance indicators.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. For example, you can partner with social media and PPC teams to create content that encourages subscribers to sign up to receive something of value. However, it’s not without challenges.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2014

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. In David Skok’s post, he says: “Life Time Value > Cost of Acquisition. (It

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