Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

.” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. That is YouTube today. I think most arguments miss the mark.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. Focus on the fact that this was the launch of a powerful new new product via a continent-wide rebranding campaign using massive online and offline media buys. Newspapers!

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 25, 2013

The first important data-set to extract is the acquisition cost. Every customer comes to you via some form of marketing, whether that is paid advertising or social media marketing or word-of-mouth. Aggregating and slicing this data allows you, for example, to understand which customers are most likely to generate repeat transactions.

Customer 95

Customer Aggregator CPA Lean 95

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. A successful startup strives for this latter case. Sorry about that.)

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action). This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple. But more broadly I believe that you’ll see a lot more tools for helping marketers more effectively run, monitor and manage social media campaigns.

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Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? Apply the right model and you will not only distribute conversions across multiple touch points, but you can also look at the impact on the CPA (this really is OMG, I peed in my pants a little cool). That is so cool.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

We rarely hold people responsible for Traffic Acquisition accountable, we rarely hold people responsible for Site Design and Merchandizing accountable. Question time for your Acquisition, Design and Merchandizing team. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. A lousy 17%. See what I mean?

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Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60