Austin Startup

MAY 12, 2020

Growth marketers should feel completely comfortable working with marketing tools like Google Analytics, HubSpot, Bizible or any of the popular platforms that collect and help analyze marketing data. If you want to be a growth hacker, you need to focus on one part of your strategy or just one core metric you want to see.

B2B 96

B2B Marketing B2C Startup 96

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1. – Seth Godin.

Metrics 105

Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2015

50% of B2B companies find it difficult to attribute marketing activity directly to revenue results. Here are is the type of data that you should be tracking: General Google Analytics statistics—like unique visitors, time on the site, bounce rate, and source. Newsletter and other subscribers (like eBook downloads, for example).

Marketing 60

Marketing Social Media Campaign Acquisition 60

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They will need two different implementations, it is quite likely that you will end up with two sets of metrics (more people focused for mobile apps, more visit focused for sites). Remember, when someone says mobile analytics, first ask the clarifying question: Do you mean mobile application or mobile website ? So, be a dear.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

For a long time, I considered standard Google Analytics reports to be the best way to get useful insights. From time to time, I struggled with sampling, limitations, and weird results, but I didn’t see a way around it—until I discovered Google Analytics 360 and raw data exports into Google BigQuery. Where do my users come from?

Analytics 85

Analytics Aggregator SQL Cloud 85

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

End of a minor web analytics lesson on going beyond obvious metrics and never, ever, never forgetting context. Log into the Advanced Segmentation tool in your web analytics tool. If your web analytics tool requires you to call the vendor to set up advanced segments, or re-tag your site to get segments, then switch.

Analytics 90

Analytics Search SEO Metrics 90

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. Only around 10–15% of B2B leads turn into paying customers, and it’s because tactics optimizing for the early stages of the funnel only cater to early-stage goals. Because the best marketers have their own perspective on everything from metrics to channels to branding.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

Equally valuable is finding activities that correlate with higher customer success – whether that be RPV, LTV, or whatever metric you’re optimizing for. But how do you find these correlative metrics? What’s a Correlative Metric? But it does act as a predictive metric that you can explore with testing.

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Metrics Conversion Analytics Retention 48

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

If you don't have goals, you are not doing digital analytics. We were brain storming about the next cluster of coolness for Analytics, the conversation quickly went to what Analysts need to look at on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. Let's back up.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 6, 2016

Yes, I worry that Analysts, and Marketers, are spending too much time with their head buried in custom reports and advance segments and smart calculated metrics and strategic or tactical dashboards. Additionally, you are spending your day in the warm embrace of Adobe or Google Analytics because your job is set up as "data people."

Design 86

Design Software Review Mobile Analytics 86

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2015

5 Content Metrics Every Marketer Needs to Analyze written by Alex Boyer read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Still, many B2B marketers rely on assumptions to inform their content decisions. To put these metrics into perspective, look at Bizible and how it assesses its blog’s impact on the business.

Metrics 28

Metrics Marketing B2B Analytics 28

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Progress in digital marketing and analytics in either scenario becomes painful (the organization / systems / thinking is simply not in the optimal position). In this post I want to arm you with the evolution you should undertake in your companies when it comes to marketing and analytics. It is a part of multi-channel analytics chapter.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

Analytics 154

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success. the look, the feel, whether there are comments or not, do you want to have store-locators, coupon downloads, and a whole slew of other things you can have in there. If you are a B2B company, checkout Cisco's social efforts. I'm not a fan of compound metrics.

Analytics 149

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 149

Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Despite our heroic intent, the lack of planning results in scattered messaging, inconsistent posting, and—drumroll please—a lack of reportable metrics! We’re not here to talk about vanity metrics such as likes, retweets, shares, and so on. For example, say you need to increase the number of top-of-funnel leads for your B2B company.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Small Business Marketing 60

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

And, as if unlimited is not enough, nearly every month your analytics vendors release new features, you discover new analytics solutions, and as your business is more successful (hurray!) What guarantees that agility and innovation are present in your analytics practice? It is not even an analytics tool.

Analytics 60

Analytics DC Software Review Leadership 60

Occam's Razor

MARCH 10, 2015

In a Q&A after a keynote a couple of years ago, I was asked: " When will traditional business analysis subsume the web analytics silo? " " My reply: " All business will ultimately be digital, so, if anything, web analytics will subsume business analysis! " Universal Analytics: What the heck is it?

Analytics 60

Analytics Technical Review Software Review Web 60

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. That’s true even among B2B customers who are supposedly more rational than their B2C counterparts. If your professor lectures, you study notes; if you take an online course, you rewatch videos or download slide decks.

Marketing 124

Marketing Sales Cycle Retention Differentiation 124

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

It’s only going to get more complicated and it’s important to have the right analytics software that can handle it. Heap Analytics and Mixpanel are a couple that can track these new 3 dimensional funnels.”. With the right analytics tool, you can simplify those factors and track your new, 3D funnel.

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Let’s say your company is in the B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) space. The most important metric should be the number of targeted website clicks an ad is sending to your website. Website tracking and analytics can also identify when prospects return to your website. With more than 1.5

Sales 100

Sales Technical Review SEO B2B 100

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2017

The nature of the conversion and therefore the interpretation of a cost figure can vary a lot depending on whether you’re looking for signups, purchases, downloads, or what have you. Make sure you track opens and click-throughs, either using integrated plugins such as Yesware or built-in analytics of your chosen email marketing provider.

Business Plan 94

Business Plan PPC Lean Campaign 94

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) 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). It is sweet.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The same goes for analytics: Understand a current tool before adding another.). Attaining that level of attribution—the key to improving outcome measurement—breaks down in a couple of spots: Web analytics. The amount of data you pass from your web analytics tool(s) to your CRM is a major fault line. Data types are important.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The metrics. B2B demand generation focuses on ROI. Vanity metrics are less important. Someone who prefers to read might download an ebook after reading a blog post. Research from ON24 shows that 95% of B2B marketers now use webinars for lead generation. Which channels have the best engagement?

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Based on unique metrics and behaviours, you can identify when and where the user is most likely to upgrade, and tailor your marketing accordingly. I’d downloaded their ebook and had been looking at their pricing plans (which I thought were pretty reasonable). Marketing Manager Erin Barber at Simplaex.

Conversion 103

Conversion Email eCommerce Community 103

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). So, if you download the mobile app created as a result of these efforts, how big of a problem is it solving for Walmart? " You know why that works?

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Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Step 1: Optimal Metrics. When it comes to your Digital Marketing and Digital Analytics practice, I've advocated slow and steady evolution. You'll find it here: Digital Metrics Ladder of Awesomeness. The metrics ladder lays out a path that will get you there, step by step while ensure your org is coming along with you.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No touching Google Analytics. No going to web analytics conferences. The result will be an astonishingly high level of focus for your digital analytics work (even on day one) and hyper-relevant insights to the business. " "Download the trial version." No tweeting for help. Why should you come to work?

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?) I 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.

Social Media 165

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 165

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

Would you believe me when I say that your digital analytics data, from Google Analytics or WebTrends et. We do have A LOT of data in our analytics tools. But sometimes going outside our analytics tools can yield non-normal insights that can deliver a competitive advantage. Neither is an example of just site analytics.

Search 135

Search Analytics PPC Green 135

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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. via B2B Marketing Alliance ]. But that alone is too general, so it’s important to get specific by setting clear metric objectives. Download the report” is easy to understand.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Social analytics and video marketing are likely to be the key marketing trends for 2016. We talked to global social media experts and influencers to share with us their top social analytics tools for the coming year. 16 Top Social Analytics Tools For 2016. Tools 1 to 3: Native Analytics at Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Analytics 100

Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Let’s say you run a B2B site, and drive your visitors toward a quote request page. It’s not like you open up Google Analytics and the data will come telling you stuff. B2B and B2C. Open up your Google Analytics and go to Audience -> Technology -> Browser & OS report. Step #2: Technical Analysis.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The ability to slice and dice your Google Analytics data is the difference between mediocre, surface-level insights and meaningful, useful analysis. In this article we’ll show you how to setup your Google Analytics to unlock actionable insights. Setting up your Google Analytics. You can read a more in-depth guide here.).

Analytics 70

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 70

ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2021

Google Ads cost-per-conversion metrics. So the best place to understand the traffic quality of those keywords targets is by using Google Analytics. Another essential step in optimized PPC campaigns is setting up proper tracking (this is especially important for B2Bs where marketing attribution is already pretty tricky.)

PPC 146

PPC SEO Campaign Analytics 146

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Web Analytics blog was to pull us up 10,000 feet to do something we do less than 1% of the time in the web analytics world – look at the bigger business picture. It was called: Secret To Winning With Web Analytics? Secret To Winning Web Analytics: 10 Starting Points For A Fabulous Start! Starting Right!

Web 139

Web Analytics eCommerce Campaign 139