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

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I am going to attempt to significantly simply your life by recommending the critical few metrics you should use to analyze performance of your digital marketing campaigns and website. Recommend metrics / KPIs you can use based on the size of your company. Best Metrics / KPIs for Small Business Websites. Impressions?

Metrics 151

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 151

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Along the way I'll share some of my favourite metrics and analytics best practices that should accelerate your path to becoming a true Analysis Ninja. At this point you'll be a little confused about some metric or the other. Go, read one of the best pages in the Analytics help center: Understanding Dimensions and Metrics.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

MARCH 22, 2011

Today when we measure our Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) for our campaigns (Search, Email, Affiliate, whatever), we just think of the macro-conversion and, perhaps worse, we think only of that session / visit. As dutiful Reporting Folks we will send this table out to reflect performance of that campaign. Lessons: 1.

Web 87

Web CPA Analytics Affiliate 87

Occam's Razor

APRIL 5, 2010

Some Marketers / Analysts use Click-thru Rate (CTR) to measure success of their acquisition campaigns. A fraction of those Marketers / Directors will calculate Conversion Rates for those marketing campaigns. There is a better way to analyze your acquisition strategy than simply using Conversion Rates or Cost Per Acquisition (CPA).

Analytics 135

Analytics Customer CPA Acquisition 135

Occam's Razor

JULY 26, 2010

I am analyzing campaigns (which ones convert better and which worse), I am looking a little bit at the bounce rates, and of course I am totally obsessing about my seven step quote submission funnel (and how to reduce abandonment). PALM: People Against Lonely Metrics]. So why not your metrics? Up a notch. And so on and so forth.

Web 96

Web Metrics Analytics eCommerce 96

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

They know there are affiliate links. When someone shares your YouTube video on Twitter, you can track that metric. When people share your content with like-minded groups on social media, it helps build affiliation and keeps you top-of-mind. They know there’s pay-to-play stuff. Around 77.5% Maintain posting cadence.

Social Media 145

Social Media Audience Media Marketing 145