ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

To craft a PPC ad that’s so compelling people are happy to click it. If PPC has been around since 1996 , why doesn’t it happen more often? The Current State of PPC. Not only 78% of marketers feeling “really good” about their PPC success in 2015, but 60% believe the PPC market has improved over 2014.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2015

Time Period Comparison in Analytics (and Why It’s Wrong). If asked to measure improvement in conversion rate due to optimization efforts, most people would point to Google Analytics. However, you have to have a predictable traffic stream (ie PPC) and even then it is rough. How, indeed, did they demonstrate ROI? Word-of-Mouth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Once we settled on a defined conversion, it was much easier to make decisions and look at comparative metrics. Tip: One of the most important tools for any effective SEO strategy is website analytics. There are many paid options for website analytics. We like and use Google Analytics. image credit: hetemeel.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 14, 2012

A lot of digital analytics focuses on direct response (conversions, leads, etc.). But there is an additional valuable, and sexy, focus of our marketing we don't give enough analytical love: Branding! Bonus One: Read: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns ]. The first ad was for Amazon.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When WordStream began receiving complaints that the seven-day free trial of their PPC management software wasn’t long enough, the brand decided to A/B test 14-day and 30-day trials. Marketers following this practice start with a hypothesis, design and run an experiment, and interpret results to fuel future experiments. The results?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Enable Google Analytics tracking. You just have to sign up for Google Analytics, get your account number, and plug it into your site. Use Googles built-in Analytics/AdWords integration, to track the effectiveness of each ad you run. Adword is a PPC method to promote your website. Start an AdWords campaign.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Every post is about unleashing the power of digital analytics (the potent combination of data, systems, software and people). But we've never stopped to consider this question: What is the return on investment (ROI) of digital analytics? Let's calculate the ROI of digital analytics. Let's fix that in this post.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

The outcome of book smart is rarely better for analytics practitioners then folks trying to learn how to fly an airplane from how-to books. This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! And, happily, it has almost all of the Google Analytics features implemented correctly. Let's go!

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. For example, if your customer acquisition costs are high for PPC ads , you can move budget to a marketing strategy with a lower CAC. Gather insights from Google Analytics. Notice how clean the design of this page is.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

In Lean Analytics , Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz gave a great example of the value of cohorts, using data from a hypothetical online retailer: January. You design an A/B test where the A group sees a red button and the B group sees a blue one. Will this cohort help me improve that metric?”.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In a world where we are overwhelmed with data and metrics and key performance indicators and reports and dashboards and. I must forewarn you that my hidden agenda is also to expose to you metrics you might not be using, views of data that you might be ignoring, best practices that are of value and teach you how to fish. Come back here.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2014

After reading some of our subscriber feedback , we noticed that many ConversionXL readers didn’t have a solid foundation with a proper Google Analytics setup. That’s a problem, because if your analytics isn’t properly configured from the beginning, how could you ever expect to gather any insight? image source.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In other words, multivariate tests are like A/B/n tests in that they test an original against variations, but each variation contains different design elements. Define your target metrics. Web analytics analysis is next. You’d be surprised by how many analytics setups are broken.). Define your Key Performance Indicators.

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trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

Skip to content Tina MVC for WordPress « Finding The Need for International Pay-Per-Click Campaigns Lijit: A Fun Tool in Your PPC Arsenal » The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth Debate: Stay Stealth? One of my favorite startup debates is about stealth mode. Every new thing you take on requires time and effort.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2017

You must conduct client interviews, website usage tests, and maybe even set up a small PPC campaign to figure out whether or not the market is interested in you offering. When designing social surveys, make sure you’re asking the right thing of the right people in the right way. Focus on asking the right thing the right way.

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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.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2021

When launching a digital brand, PPC can be a great way to immediately break into a new market and start generating website traffic. But with rising CPCs and unmitigated click fraud, PPC can also get really expensive quickly. Why PPC is an effective short term strategy, but SEO is the long game. 1) Take an iterative approach.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

I am thrilled to say that my book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day has been published and is now widely available. Five Reasons Why You Should Buy Web Analytics: An Hour A Day: Web Analytics: An Hour A Day for the first time provides a Practitioner's in the trenches perspective on web analytics. There I said it.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2020

Because Amazon has end-to-end analytics and is interested in sales, however, sellers can focus on copywriting that persuades users to buy. Amazon can skip right past the superficial metrics in a way that Google can’t, and sellers benefit from it. Internal PPC traffic is less influential than it once was. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

So yes – companies spend ALL that money to get traffic to their site via SEO, PPC, social media and what not. What about PPC? So no wonder 59% of businesses have figured out that they should fix their conversion machine before pumping any more dollars into their PPC or SEO campaigns. Become a master of analytics.

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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.

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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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Although Google AdWords offers a wide range of diverse ad formats, text-based PPC ads form the core of AdWords. per month; we use it at crowdspring) that can provide detailed analytics on the top keywords used in search engine marketing by your competitors, but also which of your competitors receive the most organic search engine traffic.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Although Google AdWords offers a wide range of diverse ad formats, text-based PPC ads form the core of AdWords. per month; we use it at crowdspring) that can provide detailed analytics on the top keywords used in search engine marketing by your competitors, but also which of your competitors receive the most organic search engine traffic.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

billion daily active users , Google AdWords and Facebook ads are obvious choices for PPC campaigns. Well, the truth is that there are a lot of “it depends” situations in PPC, as Shuki Mann of LIXFIX explains… Shuki Mann , LIXFIX : “Is $1 a click cheap or expensive? Why You Should Link AdWords and Google Analytics.

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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.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For example, you can partner with social media and PPC teams to create content that encourages subscribers to sign up to receive something of value. But that alone is too general, so it’s important to get specific by setting clear metric objectives. Providing valuable content or assets is a clever way to build trust and familiarity.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

When e-commerce first took off in the 1990s, web traffic was regarded as the most critical metric for measuring a website’s popularity. Other metrics to measure online performance did not yet exist. The most well-known, without a doubt, is Google Analytics. Do not make the mistake of creating a non-responsive design.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Design matters, too, but it’s context for the message—not the message itself. >> @unbounce data science findings (40k landing pages) show copy (28%) was 2x as influential as design (13%) in why visitors converted. But web analytics or heat maps can’t tell you anything about the quality of your words.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In other words, multivariate tests are like A/B/n tests in that they test an original against variations, but each variation contains different design elements. Define your target metrics. Web Analytics Analysis. Web analytics analysis is next. You’d be surprised how many analytics setups are broken. Instrument.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2015

Forget best practices, focus on principles when evaluating design screens. You need to have attention driven design. GA samples data for custom segments, so you’ll need to be careful when using those reports (if you need to remove sampling and don’t have access to Google Analytics Premium you can use Analytics Canvas ).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2016

Here’s a look at pirate metrics (AARRR) as designed by Dave McClure of 500 Startups … Image Source. For optimizers, those descriptions are a bit different… Acquisition: Optimizing emails, PPC ads, etc. event tracking isn’t set up properly in Google Analytics). there are missing product images).

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

What is the first thing you want when you think about web analytics? recommending tools for the complete web analytics 2.0 Disclosure:] I am the co-Founder of Market Motive Inc and the Analytics Evangelist for Google. Web Analytics 2.0. This blog post is about web analytics 2.0. Of course tools. Don't be.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Dave McClure’s conversion metrics visualize where different conversion optimization opportunities lie—including those for acquisition. Strategies span a range of methods, but we’re going to focus on PPC, social media, and search. 7 Ways that Predictive Analytics Is Transforming Ecommerce. Image source ). By Gagan Mehra.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 22, 2016

Our friends at Amplitude wrote a great post a while ago that outline fallacies that ruin your analytics, and it got me thinking about all the ways fallacies can diminish growth in general. Correlative metrics are a great starting point for finding optimization opportunities, but they need to be investigated. fail all the time.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Test your subject lines and measure the right metric. Amelia Showalter of Pantheon Analytics , who led digital analytics for Obama’s 2012 campaign, agrees… Amelia Showalter , Pantheon Analytics: “Eventually the novelty wore off, and we had to go back and retest.” (via via Bloomberg).

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Competitive intelligence, the "what else", is one of the core tenets of Web Analytics 2.0. If you are analyzing data for your SEO or PPC campaigns and you find the search engine providing the data then you should instantly embrace it and immediately propose marriage! #5: 5: Benchmarks from Web Analytics Vendors.

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