As a preamble to the metrics, it’s useful to know what you’re measuring and why it’s vital. We had a spike in this metric in February at WP Engine when our Internet provider themselves had a datacenter-wide catastrophe which brought us down for twelve hours; of course not all spikes will have such obvious causes. MORE >>

We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?) 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. That is why I love this metric. Hurray!"). MORE >>

I am in the process of building a slide deck these days and was doing some research online for slide decks that dealt with the issue of customer acquisition & marketing. Startup Metrics for Pirates. Customer Acquisition & Monetization – Keys to your Business Model. Will continue to update this repository. MORE >>

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am going to attempt to significantly simply your life by recommending the critical few metrics you should use to analyze performance of your digital marketing campaigns and website. Use my Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes framework to ensure an end-to-end view of important activity and 2. Acquisition: Clicks? Acquisition: CPA. MORE >>