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

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) MCA-O2S covers the challenge of attributing the offline impact (revenue/brand value/butts in seats/phone calls/etc) driven by online marketing and advertising. But how do we distribute credit for the conversions across all those channels?

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

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

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 28, 2006

Depending on the cost of items you sell on your website each percent point of abandonment could represent tens of thousands to millions of dollars per month in revenue. You have taken time to understand the distribution of departures between the cart and checkout processes. That should give you some range to think about.

Metrics 98

Metrics Analytics SEM Campaign 98

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.

PPC 123

PPC Analytics Conversion SEO 123

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Web Analytics Analysis. Web analytics analysis is next. You’d be surprised how many analytics setups are broken. Google Analytics (and other analytics setups) are a course in themselves, so I’ll leave you with some helpful links to read: Google Analytics 101: How To Configure Google Analytics To Get Actionable Data.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Analytics Framework Software Review 48

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

After the iPhone launched in 2007 to mass adoption, analytics were never the same. Even on one device, a cross-browser experience completely ruins web and marketing analytics as we know it now. probability to convert, and predicted revenue from this session is $300. If a decent percentage of users weren’t authenticated (i.e.

Artificial Inteligence 121

Artificial Inteligence Channel eCommerce Conversion 121

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

Visitor Loyalty is not in every single report in your Digital Analytics tool. If the web analytics dashboard prominently measured Visitor Loyalty, would they still create link pukes? Revenue vs. Economic Value. That is a reflection of a deep obsession on Revenue. Short term loss; long term gain. But it is there.

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every indicator we have is that companies are investing more in every facet of analytics. There is an analytics ladder of awesomeness each company needs to climb, and it just takes time. 7: 25% of all analytical effort is dedicated to data visualization/enhancing data's communicative power. #6: Consulting.

Analytics 140

Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Half-way through this post, you'll seriously wonder why you've spent so much time obsessing with Adobe/Google Analytics/Chartbeat or other web analytics tool. CIA also formed one of five foundational elements in my best-selling book Web Analytics 2.0. You can get inferred demographic data even in Google Analytics.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60