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. The Client could still do massive media buys (TV!

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

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. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

.” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. That is YouTube today. I think most arguments miss the mark.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

results) to the correct traffic source to compare the performance of marketing activities across various channels. If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? Which social media post was this link a part of?

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

I can honestly spend hours on just this report digging using segmentation (geo, media, new and loyal customers, all kinds of traffic, product page types and so on). The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. The more this value exceeds 1, the more this channel functioned in an assist role.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. A successful startup strives for this latter case. Sorry about that.)

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Oh, and everything has a CPA (not just your paid search or display/banner ads). Kill things that don't have an optimum CPA. If your product costs you $15 to make then, in the above scenario, you are shipping a crisp $5 bill along with every Social Media order! You need to know, obsessively, what you get for it. Where is it?

Metrics 151

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 151