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7 PPC Mistakes You’re Probably Making (and How to Fix Them)

ConversionXL

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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Five Sweet Web Analytics Resolutions To Kick It Up A Notch

Occam's Razor

I did a search on some of their products and they did not have page one search listings (on Google or Bing) for what should be their head terms. They did have PPC ads, which I click on the ad for specific product they land me on generic nonsense pages. There should be one link: Search for Hotel or Make Reservation!

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Dear Avinash: Search / SEO Metrics & Analytics Questions + Answers

Occam's Razor

I recently did a webinar for the Search Engine Strategies conference (I am doing the opening conference keynote at SES London and SES New York ) and my Market Motive co-faculty member Greg Jarboe sent me this KPI via email: "Your webcast was a big success. Create a segment for Organic Search traffic. Back to our story.

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Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

Occam's Razor

Paid Search or affiliates or email or display or YouTube or whatever channel you end up choosing. [ Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. You are a news site like The New York Times or you are a non-profit like Idealist or you are the team running Google Maps. 7 Best Practices ].

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Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search

Occam's Razor

But sometimes going outside our analytics tools can yield non-normal insights that can deliver a competitive advantage. In the second example there is no site analytics data, that bar chart will tell you that you might be celebrating success too early when it comes to Search while pinpointing for you how high the upper limit is.

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? " + Standard Metrics Revisited Series. "Engagement" Is Not A Metric, It's An Excuse. Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics. How do I choose well? How to focus?" What's the best out there?

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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

Any big changes in your marketing/customer acquisition strategy over the last time period (more money doing Search, less money in Email, elimination Facebook as it does not work, etc., Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. Direct Traffic (I get a lot of it!)

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