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Analytics Career Advice: Job Titles, Salaries, Technical & Business Roles

Occam's Razor

Michael, politely, says in an email: "I have done web analytics for five years, I have mastered Omniture, WebTrends and Google Analytics, I provide analysis and not just reporting. I feel like am an Analytics God. My goal is to climb the ranks and increase my salary." " Let me hasten to add two things.

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The Impact Matrix | A Digital Analytics Strategic Framework

Occam's Razor

The universe of digital analytics is massive and can seem as complex as the cosmic universe. Even simple questions like “ How effective is our analytics strategy? Soon, your digital analytics strategic framework that you hoped would provide a true north to the analytics strategy question looks like this ….

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Compute ROI: (cost of Facebook campaigns + salary of people running campaigns + agency creative costs) vs. profit from incremental product sales. Metrics are a problem. That is ok.

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Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big!

Occam's Razor

In the coming year, based on current announcements , Google Analytics is set to go through an almost unprecedented amount of evolution. My favorite is Visitor Analytics, and visitor level segmentation that will be pervasive throughout the product. My postulation is that by this time next year the tool will be almost unrecognizable. [My

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How to Run Your Company Based on Metrics: What, Why, How, Who, and When

David Teten

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. So how do you do it?

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12 Google Analytics Custom Reports to Help You Grow Faster

ConversionXL

The same is true of your data in Google Analytics. Many Google Analytics custom reports are configured incorrectly. More often, Google Analytics configurations are broken, rendering custom reports even less effective. Before you begin experimenting with custom reports, conduct a Google Analytics Health Check. Tweet It!].

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Web Analytics 2.0 Book: In Stores Now!!

Occam's Razor

I am absolutely thrilled that my book Web Analytics 2.0 I only had one job, at Intuit, when I wrote my first web analytics book. The Pitch: I invite you to consider buying my second web analytics book. It is not just a business book, though every dna strand in this book is more about online marketing than online analytics.