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).

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

" comfort zone, and out of your Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, WebTrends worldview silo. Part of the reason is that the data you to which you have access narrows your worldview – "Hey, all I have is Google Analytics, so all I'll look at is Google Analytics data!" That data is not in Google Analytics.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Then there is Agile for engineering. Ditto for PPC, your affiliate links (all likely in the Do stage), and your email marketing programs. They'll lead you to these discussions… Why is it that PPC is only targeted to people who are looking to buy right now when there are 14.6 PPC works for Think and See stages.

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When it comes to your Digital Marketing and Digital Analytics practice, I've advocated slow and steady evolution. Because the above picture actually looks like this… Suddenly most of your standard Adobe and Analytics reports are more than lying to you about the effectiveness of your marketing investments. Let's go.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 6, 2009

Clearly even a one topic (Analytics) blog can have a verrrrry long tail. If you are a Paid Search Marketer (PPC) then use SbKT to identify relevant long tail keywords and their corresponding landing page. Maximize for the portfolio. #3: Excellent Analytics Tip#3: Turbocharge Your SEM/PPC Analysis. You can't.

Search 103

Search PPC Matching Analytics 103

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? With time on site the problem is compounded because our web analytics tools (unless you implement special extra javascript gyrations): 1.

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

APRIL 29, 2013

If it take ten days to make a decision to change bids on our PPC campaigns, let's go with that data cycle. " You end up paying substantial amounts of money to your analytics/big data vendor – for questionable value. This quarter the goal of our PPC campaign is to get that to $2. " " Right-time.

Metrics 166

Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166