Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A Facebook employee (FBe) gave a talk about measuring ROI/Value of Facebook campaigns. In the second part of the talk a large client joined FBe on stage to make the case for Facebook campaigns. From the data presented, there is no way to tell if the Facebook campaign worked or not. Attribute it all to the Facebook campaigns.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? Apply the right model and you will not only distribute conversions across multiple touch points, but you can also look at the impact on the CPA (this really is OMG, I peed in my pants a little cool). That is so cool.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Where you have CPA, it is is an even more valuable signal. The Content Drilldown report uses the natural folder structure you are using on your website (if you are) and then aggregates content on those folders to show you performance. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I 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. Oh, and everything has a CPA (not just your paid search or display/banner ads). Kill things that don't have an optimum CPA. Everyday.

Metrics 151

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 151