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Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models

Occam's Razor

MCA-ADC covers the challenge of attributing credit to all digital marketing channels (Social, Display, YouTube, Referral, Email, Search, others) that contributed to a particular conversion (or multiple conversions). But how do we distribute credit for the conversions across all those channels? From a Venn -diagram. It is sweet.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. How many through affiliate deals? per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. to $1.10) and you can focus on improving conversion (i.e.

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Email Marketing: Campaign Analysis, Metrics, Best Practices

Occam's Razor

To not have it as an active part of your marketing portfolio is sub-optimal. Measure retention rate over time in aggregate – or for optimal health, segment retention rate – and measure it for the various objectives you have set for your email marketing program. Every fiber of your being. Did the website deliver the goods?

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Be Real-World Smart: A Beginner's Advanced Google Analytics Guide

Occam's Razor

Go to the Reporting section of our Store Demo account, click on Conversions in the left nav, then Ecommerce, and now Overview. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. A value close to 1 indicates that this channel functioned equally in an assist role and as the final conversion interaction.

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Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business

Occam's Razor

But for most other programs (Affiliate, Email, Social, Display) your Cost is likely sitting outside your web analytics tool. So extract the # of conversions, import into Excel, add a column for Cost, do the math, sing or weep (based on what the data says!:)). As a small business I recommend… Macro Conversion Rate.

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10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths: Embrace 'Em & Win Big

Occam's Razor

There is always one exception to the rule. :) It can be of some value to take aggregated data about your visitors (especially those that converted) and put it into your corporate data warehouse where all other data of your company sits. But even if 110% of the signs point to that first make sure you have aggregated all the marginal gains.

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