Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

The world does not need a new business framework. seconds)" for business framework on Google today. But most of the frameworks available to us solve for divisional silos. Most of the frameworks we have also don't optimally capture the complexity of digital marketing and measurement. Why build a framework?

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Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Those tactics allow you to fit within a unique JTBD (“job to be done”) framework. One of the key aspects to out-convert competitors and get in that JTBD framework is using effective messaging. The marketing team should create its own momentum through feature launches, content campaigns, product launches, and announcements.

B2B 94

B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Run retargeting campaigns that convert with personalized discounts 6. Your ecommerce marketing strategy is the blueprint and high-level vision that guides how you’ll interact with prospects, the channels you’ll use to reach them, and the messaging you’ll develop to communicate benefits and build your brand. Their offers and promotions.

eCommerce 129

eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Email remains an immensely credible and profitable channel, with an immense reach to boot. Analyzing email campaigns requires three important insights: 1. Your campaign data. Your company cross-channel outcomes data. Multi-channel customer purchase behavior, customer lifetime value. You can’t track everything.

Metrics 137

Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 137

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. However, with every new technology, channel, and distraction served up by the internet, that journey becomes less linear, and the traditional funnel becomes less relevant. Social media, on the other hand, are browsing channels.

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

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. Instead, it identifies the fault lines within tactics and between tactics that keep demand generation campaigns from amounting to more than their component parts. This post doesn’t do that.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Good action plans include a listening plan, channel plan, SEO plan, and a content creation plan, with activities and metrics.

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Social Media Campaign Media Conversion Ratio 240

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

If we look at the hierarchy of marketing data, it goes something like this: Acquisition (e.g. Too often, in my in-house and now consulting days, I talk to clients and executives who want to know how much each dollar spent brings back in revenue and which channels and activities generate the largest return. What is attribution?

B2B 131

B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

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. Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. However, it’s not without challenges. Step 1: Define your goals.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Yet, this was a successful growth marketing campaign. You’ll also learn how to apply growth marketing to five key channels and how to plan and execute experimentation. If not, they’d know that promotional emails don’t have an impact, and they won’t waste time or resources on similar campaigns going forward.

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Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the right framework, any startup can achieve this in their industry. When it comes time to decide where to allocate resources to build brand equity, it seems like the best way forward would be to drive a brand awareness campaign. Further down the line, they might be looking to improve their entire marketing campaign.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I use a more restrictive definition: A growth team is a product tech team that’s focused on acquisition instead of core product features. I believe this happens because we stumble across an insight about our market that breaks our previous frameworks and understanding. Suddenly, our revenue from these campaigns dropped by 50%.

Conversion 133

Conversion Technical Review Channel Engineer 133

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Unlike traditional CRM, Social CRM (or SCRM) is about how companies reach out to customers at the times and channels where the customer feels most at ease. The greatest challenge of the social media age isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Strategic content gives the audiences the frameworks and processes they need to make the conceptual ideas reality, and helps them frame up the solution space (again, not your product or service but how to think about solutions). How Atlassian used the conceptual, strategic, and tactical frameworks . Distribution framework.

Agile 139

Agile Social Media Audience Software Review 139

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

They use these insights to launch branding campaigns aimed at influencing brand associations (customer feelings about your brand). Product marketing can partner with marketers to: Find channels; Decide on content ; Refine messaging; and, Remove friction to signing up and booking demo calls. Use brand marketing for awareness.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Frameworks for businesses during a crisis. Each study, however, offers a framework to help with decision making. When it comes to identifying what has changed, Labay continues: I’d think the first stop is analytics—who dropped off, what channels, who remained, etc., What does a thoughtful campaign look like?

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Using a tool like SparkToro , you can uncover the channels and influencers that your audience is most engaged with. Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. Select your content distribution channels.

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Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

To learn more about the Do in stage one please review my See-Think-Do-Coddle framework for content, marketing and measurement.]. From step five on you were likely already delivering some multi-channel value for your company. It is a part of multi-channel analytics chapter. Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA).

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Plenty of us have witnessed a marketing campaign gone wrong. In stark contrast to Pepsi, Nike’s Colin Kaepernick campaign will likely go down as one of the most impactful pieces of marketing in recent history. Recently, I designed a strategic marketing campaign for a company called Help Scout —a helpdesk software tool.

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Campaign Marketing Design Differentiation 134

ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It forms several components of our ResearchXL framework : Analyzing web analytics data to understand how users currently move through a site. The ResearchXL framework uses quantitative and qualitative user research to inform CRO strategies. Step 2: Create a framework for user research.

Design 111

Design Framework Product Development Technical Review 111

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Frameworks, because if I can teach someone a new mental model, a different way of thinking, they can be incredibly successful. Acquisition is everything we do to attract traffic. many teams for acquisition. Make sure your executive dashboards obsess about acquisition, behavior and outcome metrics. So fix that.

Analytics 154

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

It’s web because it’s written in the languages of the Web—HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—instead of in some domain-specific language or in a native framework captive to one platform. AMP for acquisition, PWAs for engagement. This can also affect ecommerce sites that have, for example, marketing campaigns with time-limited offers.

Web 103

Web Caching HTML Marketing 103

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Assign content & channels for each experience. Identify your channels. Email & ads are the 2 big communication channels. Messenger will become the biggest channel over the near years. more activity and engagement than any marketing channel, better than email, paid, physical mail. Use data enrichment.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Content developed for audiences at the top of the funnel can help ween your marketing campaigns from paid ads and create a steady, recurring flow of potential buyers to monetize down the road. Because blog content typically takes advantage of organic search—it’s a free distribution channel that can help get awareness efforts off the ground.

eCommerce 131

eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

To use my See-Think-Do-Care framework , mobile websites have to solve for See, Think and Do while mobile apps usually have to solve for Care. The post is written in these six steps: Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

To guide the discussion, we’re going to be using Dave McClure’s Conversion Metrics as a framework to see where different conversion optimization opportunities lie. For Acquisition, we’re primarily asking how do first time visitors & potential customers find you? Acquisition – Getting Visitors At Top Of The Funnel.

Software Review 116

Software Review PPC Analytics Search 116

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. I explain three different models (Online to Store, Across Multiple Devices, Across Digital Channels) and for each I've highlighted: 1. What's possible to measure.

Analytics 124

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next. In a nutshell: Acquisition - Get people to hear about your product from press, blogs and social channels. You can do this very easily by running a Google Adwords campaign.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

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 All Traffic folder has Social spread out in Channels, Treemaps, Source/Medium and likely in Referrals. and how often each User comes (acquisition metrics).

Analytics 60

Analytics Customer Metrics eCommerce 60

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how deeply fond I am of the Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes framework. Now it's time for acquisition. It will be a great reflection of how well thought out their acquisition strategy is, or how sub-optimal it is. ~ Will I analyze Search first or Campaigns?

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

I'll also highlight frameworks, metrics, custom reports, and other elements I feel most Analyst's don't poke around enough. We rarely hold people responsible for Traffic Acquisition accountable, we rarely hold people responsible for Site Design and Merchandizing accountable. Play with Enhanced Ecommerce Reports.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 8, 2023

The marketing funnel is a strategic framework that guides prospects through different stages of the buyer’s journey, from initial awareness to making a purchase decision. Maximizing Return on Investment (ROI) is a top priority for marketers. One powerful tool that can help achieve this goal is the marketing funnel.

Marketing 52

Marketing Metrics Lead Generation Social Media 52

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Some things cohorts can answer: How did customers who came in from the Christmas campaign behave differently than those at other times of the year? How does retention differ among different acquisition channels? Customers that converted in the last year that came in through a bottom-of-the-funnel marketing campaign.

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Acquisition Metrics 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

And if you are in SaaS, you could certainly work also with the AARRR framework designed by Dave McClure : Image Source. Acquisition segments. Acquisition segments. Marketing campaigns. Are people coming from an email campaign? Which campaigns specifically? Contextual segments. Behavioral segments.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For inspiration, here are the ten most common goals according to Hootsuite research: To ensure your goals lead to real results, use a goal-setting framework like S.M.A.R.T., Share your group far and wide with regular posts on your Facebook Page, links on your website and other social channels, and in conversations with prospects.

Marketing 134

Marketing Audience Social Media Algorithm 134

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

09:24] What are the significant like channel differences even, or approaches to a B2B marketer as opposed to a B2C marketer? [12:44] And it's something that in this era of short-termism that, that so many marketers are focused on, what can we do with this campaign? And I can explain what that is. You get to be CEO next time.

B2B 82

B2B Marketing B2C ChatGPT 82

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Use product lifecycle marketing to map campaigns to the stage of your product. Key Messaging: define the core messages and unique value proposition that you’ll communicate across every asset and channel. Create Assets: align your assets and channels to the stage of the buyer’s journey. Launch: set the campaign live.

Agile 90

Agile Analytics Algorithm Software Review 90