Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Focus on the fact that this was the launch of a powerful new new product via a continent-wide rebranding campaign using massive online and offline media buys. The Client could still do massive media buys (TV! 6: Closing Thoughts: Two Crazy Social Media Lessons. A push on Facebook was a part of that effort. Newspapers!

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

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

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

I normally ask people to look at the Path Length report in the Multi-Channel Funnels standard report in Google Analytics (or equivalent tool if you are using SiteCatalyst or WebTrends or other web analytics tools). This is the standard attribution model in all web analytics tools. Time to burst your bubble just a little.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Search will remain big but stream is an increasing method of discovering information and therefore driving web traffic. This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action). But more broadly I believe that you’ll see a lot more tools for helping marketers more effectively run, monitor and manage social media campaigns.

Advertising 284

Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Traffic attribution identifies which sources drive visitors to a web property. If we can’t determine where the traffic comes from, we can neither attribute conversions to their original sources of traffic, nor can we find out the true cost per acquisition (CPA) or return on ad spend (ROAS) for each marketing activity.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

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.)

Customer 156

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! Standard metric in every web analytics tool worth anything.

Metrics 151

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 151