Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Customer acquisition drives sales and profit margins and it needs to be measured and balanced together with the customers’ lifetime value (LTV). This article explains how businesses can resist one of the top startup killers known as high customer acquisition costs (CAC). We will go through 5 key strategies for lowering CAC.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Dave McClure’s conversion metrics visualize where different conversion optimization opportunities lie—including those for acquisition. Acquisition focuses on how to grab attention in a very crowded content environment. 7 Ways that Predictive Analytics Is Transforming Ecommerce. Image source ). By Gagan Mehra. Get it now.

Acquisition 111

Acquisition Software Review PPC Analytics 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better. You will likely have multiple sets of metrics you keep depending on the company’s stage, one’s function in the company and level.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Grab a Red Bull.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

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Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

The universe of digital analytics is massive and can seem as complex as the cosmic universe. Even simple questions like “ How effective is our analytics strategy? Soon, your digital analytics strategic framework that you hoped would provide a true north to the analytics strategy question looks like this ….

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

A marketing playbook helps you achieve brand consistency across channels and campaigns. A marketing playbook is a reference guide that outlines how a business will manage its marketing on a particular channel or campaign. What’s inside will differ depending on the channel or marketing campaign. Content channels.

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Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Progress in digital marketing and analytics in either scenario becomes painful (the organization / systems / thinking is simply not in the optimal position). In this post I want to arm you with the evolution you should undertake in your companies when it comes to marketing and analytics. It is a part of multi-channel analytics chapter.

Analytics 165

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

What does it take to grow a YouTube channel? Is a channel more than the sum of its video parts? Some solutions are simple—you need a consistent visual presentation on your channel page and across videos. If YouTube channel growth has felt unattainable, you’re not alone. Are most companies’ YouTube channels succeeding?

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Channel Video Audience Software Review 106

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

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.

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Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Here are the most effective digital marketing channels to skyrocket your business’s success. You should examine metrics like CTR, Conversion Rate, and Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) to improve your efforts. Make use of analytics for social media to evaluate how well you’re doing and where you may make changes.

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Channel Social Media Marketing PPC 132

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. As Facebook is a very young channel, it is not surprising that everyone's struggling with the answer. Metrics are a problem. This makes me really sad.)

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Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

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. If audience building is a priority, email subscribers should be an important metric.

Conversion 156

Conversion CPA Metrics Analytics 156

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. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. Let's back up.

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Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2016

Which channel generates the most users? Note that I’m recommending Google products since we’re using Google Analytics throughout this article, but there are many measurement alternatives, like Mixpanel or Localytics. Be sure to link your AdMob account to your Google Analytics account. Acquisition and Segmentation.

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Analytics Mobile Metrics Acquisition 48

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2014

After reading some of our subscriber feedback , we noticed that many ConversionXL readers didn’t have a solid foundation with a proper Google Analytics setup. That’s a problem, because if your analytics isn’t properly configured from the beginning, how could you ever expect to gather any insight? image source.

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Analytics Software Review eCommerce Search 132

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Email remains an immensely credible and profitable channel, with an immense reach to boot. You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Your company cross-channel outcomes data. Multi-channel customer purchase behavior, customer lifetime value. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics?

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2020

The first step is to establish communication channels between teams and set expectations about when and how to use them. a top-line conversion or revenue target) and recognize both teams’ contributions—regardless of which channel generated the most conversions in a given period. Are we able to create incrementality across channels?

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

The outcome of book smart is rarely better for analytics practitioners then folks trying to learn how to fly an airplane from how-to books. This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! And, happily, it has almost all of the Google Analytics features implemented correctly.

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Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

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). You can download them into your Google Analytics account via one click (along with some lovely Advanced Segments and a Dashboard). We mis-align metrics and dimensions across Users, Session, Hits.

Analytics 60

Analytics Customer Metrics eCommerce 60

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

In the coming year, based on current announcements , Google Analytics is set to go through an almost unprecedented amount of evolution. My favorite is Visitor Analytics, and visitor level segmentation that will be pervasive throughout the product. My postulation is that by this time next year the tool will be almost unrecognizable. [My

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Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

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. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. It’s up to every ecommerce business to find the middle ground between investing too little in customer acquisition and spending beyond your means.

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Acquisition eCommerce Cost Customer 22

ConversionXL

JUNE 27, 2016

Web analytics analysis is a big part of that. Why Web Analytics Analysis Is Important. Web analytics analysis is a key part of the ResearchXL model. Now, there are four main reasons you want to include web analytics analysis in your conversion research process… Ensure your data is reliable and accurate.

Analytics 72

Analytics Web Technical Review Conversion 72

ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2016

The same is true of your data in Google Analytics. Many Google Analytics custom reports are configured incorrectly. More often, Google Analytics configurations are broken, rendering custom reports even less effective. Before you begin experimenting with custom reports, conduct a Google Analytics Health Check. Tweet It!].

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Analytics Customer PPC Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Half-way through this post, you'll seriously wonder why you've spent so much time obsessing with Adobe/Google Analytics/Chartbeat or other web analytics tool. CIA also formed one of five foundational elements in my best-selling book Web Analytics 2.0. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Tools used in this post.

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Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1. – Seth Godin.

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

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. You are using Google Analytics to track all you display campaigns. The Problem: Unfortunately.

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Analytics Software Review Campaign Flash 122

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

But the problem is that single golden metrics hide valuable insights and, more often than not, drive bad behavior. Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner. The BFF metric you find should not be one that is very far away. So, great metric. Honestly, who can blame them.

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Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

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

OCTOBER 22, 2018

As a group, we’ve gotten a firmer grasp on top-of-the-funnel metrics. Attribution takes marketing analytics a level—or a couple levels—deeper. If we look at the hierarchy of marketing data, it goes something like this: Acquisition (e.g. Some might stare blankly and ask what you mean. What is attribution? site visits).

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B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2020

You had to go to each advertising account and export statistics on advertising campaigns, such as ad impressions, clicks, and costs, then export data from the web analytics system, and, finally, combine all the data manually. Create a Data Set in Google Analytics. Not an optimal use of time. Your ad cost data has been loaded.

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Analytics Metrics Campaign Advertising 113

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Done right, ASO can reduce user acquisition costs, increase app downloads, and improve your app’s value. We can’t rely on install metrics alone to substantiate success. Otherwise, you’ll live in an inflated metrics loop that doesn’t reflect true, long-term value. Lowering your customer acquisition costs (CAC).

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Metadata Technical Review Retention Metrics 121

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

This post bravely attempts to: 1 ] Highlight the importance of holistic multichannel analytics. That's why multichannel analytics is so important. The effort you invest in measuring offline impact will finally help your company understand how valuable the online channel is (or not!). Not impossible. Two words: Primary Key.

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Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

While there is a great deal of appreciation for the power of metrics/data, I've come to realize that Sr. Leaders don't quite appreciate the deep, and often corrosive, consequences of choosing metric x over metric y as a key performance indicator (KPI). It is a standard metric. It really is that stark.

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Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152