Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

about digital marketing and analytics. We will cover questions in four areas: business/strategy challenges, analytics/technical challenges, career/self-development questions and rampant speculation. Even the worst analytics configuration in the world will most likely allow you to measure cart and checkout abandonment rate.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The first two are more familiar to B2B marketers; the last one often applies to B2C. That type of content ticks all the boxes that search engines—most companies’ dominant distribution channel—reward. Ask Kaleigh: “What’s the most underrated networking channel?”. The way someone thinks about something. Exceptions abound.).

Analytics 161

Analytics Acquisition Channel B2C 161

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Everything they do is scrutinized by its potential impact on scalable growth… An effective growth hacker also needs to be disciplined to follow a growth hacking process of prioritizing ideas (their own and others in the company), testing the ideas, and being analytical enough to know which tested growth drivers to keep and which ones to cut.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

If you don't have goals, you are not doing digital analytics. We were brain storming about the next cluster of coolness for Analytics, the conversation quickly went to what Analysts need to look at on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Not Acquisition – Behavior – Conversions. Let's back up.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

#tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. A small change I’ll make in this post is that when I recommend the metrics, I’ll follow the Outcomes | Behavior | Acquisition structure throughout this post. Hence that’s the macro-outcome.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

In this article, we’ll explore how to calculate conversion rates and its application across different channels and customer journeys. The method for calculating conversion rate varies by channel, sales cycle, and stage of the marketing funnel. Acquisition conversion rate: Which channels produce the best conversion rate, and why?

Conversion 156

Conversion CPA Metrics Analytics 156

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Discord Channels – Spotify – Fireside (Mark Cuban’s investment) – Facebook(Rooms?) – Open Source (Jam) – Telegram (voice chats 2.0) #audio pic.twitter.com/gVB5h0IcMC — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) April 2, 2021. Slack is looking to build the B2B version of Clubhouse (Slack Virtual Hallways).

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable. Web Analytics, this beautiful child, was born just the other day in the midst of tumultuous times, quite literally, when everything changes every day. In fact smarter than you would be through any other channel on the planet!

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. In Google Analytics, the Cohort Analysis Report is time-based, though you can apply a segment to a cohort.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. The SaaS test balloons helped gauge the potential traction on social media and other channels.

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

As we spring to action full of passion I wanted to share with you all a short list of things that will expand your little world of online marketing & web analytics. Change is hard, even if we know that we should be executing a multiplicity strategy to win in the web analytics 2.0 That's sucking. Their home page is a mess.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No touching Google Analytics. No going to web analytics conferences. The result will be an astonishingly high level of focus for your digital analytics work (even on day one) and hyper-relevant insights to the business. Don't open Google Analytics or Yahoo Web Analytics yet! Now it's time for acquisition.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

" comfort zone, and out of your Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, WebTrends worldview silo. Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. That data is not in Google Analytics.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

On these days, I would open up Google Analytics , look for pages with declining year-over-year traffic, and spend 30 minutes sprucing up each page. There are two ways to grow the organic channel: Get more traffic ??from Since we’re in B2B SaaS, ours are: Role pages; Products; Industries; Features and use cases.

SEO 121

SEO Technical Review Software Review XML 121

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

Metrics 105

Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. Only around 10–15% of B2B leads turn into paying customers, and it’s because tactics optimizing for the early stages of the funnel only cater to early-stage goals. Other times, they’ll focus on a particular channel or initiative.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

You can check the Web Marketing and Measurement Model by Avinash Kaushik (who is an analytics legend): Image Source. You are certainly already familiar with Google Analytics, but if you need to brush up your skills, there is a course by CXL Institute that can take you to the next level (or if you’re a total beginner try this one ).

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It also has massively delicious implications in your data, acquisition and retention strategies (ignoring the sweet, heavenly, implications on your customers). Bonus: Remember, you can measure profit everyday in Google Analytics! ]. It is very hard to do, you have to solve so many tough problems. The only thing that matters is profit.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2014

In the post Adil commented that he's observed that attribution modeling is missing from most web analytics dashboards. My reply was that attribution modeling might not be present in a physical manner, but that it should be there below the surface to ensure our executives have a smarter understanding of a channel's true contribution.

Metrics 147

Metrics Analytics Channel eCommerce 147

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Are there use cases for voice search in B2B? Notably, Dean continued, “the growth in voice isn’t coming 100% from smart speakers like Google Home, which aren’t super relevant for B2B companies anyway. Instead, a good chunk of all searches are becoming voice searches on mobile phones and—important for B2B—desktops.”.

B2B 100

B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Talk to any B2B marketer about attribution and they’ll either roll their eyes or rant about how it’s important but hard to get right—long lead cycles, multiple contacts from a single organization, etc. Attribution takes marketing analytics a level—or a couple levels—deeper. Some might stare blankly and ask what you mean.

B2B 131

B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

I actually did a study on this a few years ago, and I looked at 351 B2B companies with 50 to 1000 employees, and there was a huge difference between the software companies and the non software companies. And you got one point just for having Google analytics on your website, so effectively-. Just go to Cloudphone.com/ducttape.

Marketing 56

Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Behavior Scoring = evaluating a lead based on the observed activities and behaviors of the individual across multiple channels (attending a webinar, viewing an RFP, downloading a thought leadership piece, scheduling a call with Sales, etc.). Hybrid = uses both Profiling & Behavioral Scoring to assess the viability of each lead.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Baltimore Programming Framework 28

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Identify gaps in our content/engagement/channel strategy on the web, 2. At the end of this exercise, you'll end up with a really great understanding of what each of your marketing/acquisition strategy is solving for. You might also get asked this question: Wait, don't we have Facebook, Twitter and Google+ channels?

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. In this post, we’ll uncover the dark funnel and show you how to win customers on the channels companies often overlook. . When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers.

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Dig into your analytics and ask: How do different sections of your site perform? Learn the release schedules for new products, new content, new campaigns within other channels. Exercise: Review your geographic reports within analytics, segment your reports by traffic source/ medium and review the conversion rates.

PPC 111

PPC Widget Campaign Technical Review 111

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Most of us have no idea how to participate optimally in this unique channel – we are doing TV on Twitter (breaks my heart). I want to propose a framework you can use to measure success using metrics that matter for one simple reason: They actually measure if you are participating in the channel in an optimal fashion. Google Plus.

Social Media 165

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 165

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. ABM is a full-court press to build powerful engagement with contacts on the channels that they’re most active. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. If your company isn’t properly aligned, work on opening channels of communication and data sharing.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It has become a core part of any business’s marketing strategy, and it needs to support your business goals, and prove its value in comparison to other channels for resources, budget, and executive buy-in. For example, say you need to increase the number of top-of-funnel leads for your B2B company. Revenue generation. A good CRM.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Small Business Marketing 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s hard to do, which is why most demand generation advice merely advocates adding another channel or tool to the heap. The same goes for analytics: Understand a current tool before adding another.). Attaining that level of attribution—the key to improving outcome measurement—breaks down in a couple of spots: Web analytics.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my case (LucidEra -- a SaaS analytics provider focusing on sales, marketing, and financial analytics), weve found that success requires not only building some best practices for analytics into our solution, but also coming up with a repeatable and scalable way to show the customer how to use the analytics and how to interpret the results.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Google Analytics. Site Pulse – Live Web Traffic Monitor and Analytics. Analytics Tools.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60