ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

results) to the correct traffic source to compare the performance of marketing activities across various channels. If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? How are they arriving at our website? utm_medium.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Facebook has an incredible audience, 950 million strong and counting. This audience is immensely attractive to Brands and Marketers around the world. We've seen explosive growth in brand pages, types of advertising and other fun ways to monetize this audience. Lesson 1: Correlations don't imply causality.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

But if your goal is to develop an audience that can be monetized in other ways, I’ll repeat my argument “you need to fish in the pond where the fish are.” You should be able to convert at least 5-15% of your audience. You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

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. A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? A successful startup strives for this latter case.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Develop a Smarter Understanding of Your Audiences. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Here's the official definition: A value close to 0 indicates that this channel functioned primarily as the final conversion interaction. Where you have CPA, it is is an even more valuable signal.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Oh, and everything has a CPA (not just your paid search or display/banner ads). Kill things that don't have an optimum CPA. But because you are running a bigger and more complex business you'll also measure… Acquisition: CPA. Acquisition: CPA. You need to know, obsessively, what you get for it.

Metrics 151

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 151