Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

One of the ultimate excuses for not measuring impact of Marketing campaigns is: "Oh, that's just a branding campaign." Before we go any further I must clarify that I love branding campaigns just as much as the next guy. I love campaigns that Visa runs. Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ].

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

I’ll cover: How to avoid “blank page panic” by using templates; How to turn disparate data points into an intuitive flow; How to save time with data manipulation (and get cleaner data); How to aggregate data from different sources in the same dashboard. This is quick, easy, and allows the dashboard viewer to see how campaigns (e.g.,

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

Inspired by the movie ‘Moneyball,’ MoneyBall syndrome refers to the fact that companies aren’t looking into the right metrics when measuring the effectiveness of their mobile website. Some marketers try looking at conversion as a solo metric of determining how their CTAs perform on mobile. Revamp Mobile Metrics to Combat Moneyball.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The more well-known your company becomes, the harder it gets to directly impact primary KPI’s at the aggregate level because the majority of customers who buy are going to do so irrespective of if your button color is red or blue. In the same vein, consider a metric like ‘time on site.’. Image Source.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For example, while the data aggregation process in Google Analytics seems like a “normal” feature, it might be a hurdle if your business needs to process data at the hit level instead of by sessions or campaigns. English-only audience, those who saw your last ad campaign, etc.). Custom dimension and metrics.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2020

In this case, accurately measuring the holy grail of ecommerce metrics—customer lifetime value (LTV)—isn’t easy. Because of this, LTV is the metric that should receive most of your attention. Aggregates lie. At this point, all order data is still aggregated. This is done to view the median LTV per channel. (We

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

A lot of the keywords I used to add to my campaigns came from the long, long tail I saw in my organic search data (I would take the best performers there and use PPC to get more traffic) and from competitive intelligence research. Aggregated search engine level analysis. And of course our Acquisition, Behavior, Outcome metrics.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. They refer to these differences as “ Red Flag” Metrics (or RFMs). Total number of logins also proved to be an important metric, though not as much so as the former two. times per day on average.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Email remains an immensely credible and profitable channel, with an immense reach to boot. Analyzing email campaigns requires three important insights: 1. You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Your campaign data. Your company cross-channel outcomes data. Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

which marketing campaigns, channels, touches, behaviors, and demographics are contributing to a business outcome, a form of “machine learning–based attribution.”. For most clients, Futurety starts by identifying the key business question—not a specific metric or visualization. customer churn. Outside vendors.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

Improve traffic figures, metrics and digital performance. Help create New Sales channels and Revenue generating models. Help create New Sales channels and Revenue generating models. Reach out to Consumers and Leads through digital campaigns. Paid Campaigns on Digital. Build your credibility on search engines.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

So by segmenting your data, you can learn things you couldn’t from the aggregate data. Some things cohorts can answer: How did customers who came in from the Christmas campaign behave differently than those at other times of the year? How does retention differ among different acquisition channels?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2016

As Avinash Kaushik famously wrote, “All data in aggregate is crap.” Before you can dive into them fully, it’s important to understand the difference between hit-level metrics and session-level metrics. ” [Tweet It!]. Setting Up Your Google Analytics. Here’s a graphical summary… Image Source.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What campaigns? It shows the distribution of the pages people see on your site (not the "silly" metric, average page views per session). What campaigns have a higher percentage of these people? See the campaign (utm_) tracking parameters? Web Analytics your campaign tracking parameters won't look like the above.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

To measure the return on investment – or ROI – of your SEO campaigns, utilize the information aggregated from Positionly and Google Analytics to pull through the data and analyze patterns in traffic, increases in links, sustainable traffic and above all, increases in revenue. How is your company measuring the ROI of your SEO campaigns?

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ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

After a few hours playing around with SQL , I was already able to deliver insights I never could have with aggregated Google Analytics reports. What’s the difference between raw and aggregated data in Google Analytics? Google Analytics, in the free version, provides only aggregated data. Do more and more people use Feature X?

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Compared to earlier tv-branding campaigns today, memory allocation is scattered across multiple devices and activities at a time. “Umbrella terms” are when you aggregate multiple features and benefits under one vague term, like “powerful” or “easy-to-use.” 7 Basic Plots on Wikipedia ). Need Keywords?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). Test-marketing is now easier than ever before, thanks to leveraged distribution channels like AdWords and Facebook. There are too many products clamoring for attention. Is that a lot?

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

In fact I've gone so far as to say: "All data in aggregate is crap." " That's certainly a bit melodramatic, but beyond the most bare bones "ahh, I see something is happening" you are unable to get anywhere with aggregate data. It takes multiple visits to purchase, from multiple channels/influences.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

Just because it’s an established marketing channel, though, doesn’t mean it’s lost any of its relevance. And what can you do to get the most out of your campaigns? And I discovered that the first page of results on Google was filled with paid search and aggregator results (things like Angie’s list and Yelp).

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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.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The key driver of this renewed confidence from brand advertisers is better measurement of brand metrics that can show the impact of online advertising beyond clickthrough. We got everything from price comparison engines to aggregated user reviews to one-click checkout. Direct Response Advertising becomes ever more efficient.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You need to prove that your online marketing campaigns drive offline revenue. If you’re measuring the efficiency of online marketing by looking only at Google Analytics orders, you’ll miss the offline orders when evaluating the efficiency of your campaigns. Does everyone understand the metrics in the same way? Pure offline.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

But let’s face it, data, analytics, metrics and the like are just not some people’s cup of tea. She and I talk all about data, specifically how to aggregate the right data and use it in a way that will benefit your business. Making Data Sexy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Yes, another cliche.).

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

Find campaigns where they are spending most money, lower the bounce rate and reduce acquisition cost. But if you would like a quick collection of tips: Multichannel Analytics- Tracking Online Impact Of Offline Campaigns The enabler of tying offline activity to online is ensuring you have a weak or strong primary key. Who is to blame?

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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.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2016

The Real Metric: Install-to-[Value]. Stage 2: Optimize Your User Acquisition Campaigns. Here’s a table from our dashboard that shows which networks did well and which did not when aggregating rich in-app event data of users who booked a family hotel room in Miami during December. Image Source. Network E performed badly.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. I explain three different models (Online to Store, Across Multiple Devices, Across Digital Channels) and for each I've highlighted: 1. That means: All of these metrics are off.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

This helps significantly when you’re targeting your audience and evaluating the effectiveness of your LinkedIn channel as a whole. Buffer is simpler, scan-able and makes publishing content on 6+ social media channels faster. We often pull monthly or post-campaign stats from Sprout Social to make custom graphs and charts.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 13, 2015

You can simply click on either one of the two above and see the valuable-drilldown view… All the standard Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics you are used to can be leveraged to identify valuable segments. One hidden gem in an ecommerce context is the Path Length report in the Multi-Channel Funnels folder.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Campaign Monitor. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? web analytics measure marketing campaigns. SEO and campaign management tool. Campaigner - email marketing suite. Campaign Monitor â?? aggregation. Roku Channel Store. Login System. Social functionality.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

In fact smarter than you would be through any other channel on the planet! Because every tool uses its own sweet metrics definitions, cookie rules, session start and end rules and so much more. When it comes to proving which campaigns are better and which numbers to report to the management what will you do?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

"What is the difference between a metric and a key performance indicator (KPI)?" " "Are goals metrics?" There seems to be genuine confusion about the simplest, most foundational, parts of web metrics / analytics. experiment with p type of campaigns. Metric: A metric is a number.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

But the problem is that single golden metrics hide valuable insights and, more often than not, drive bad behavior. Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner. The BFF metric you find should not be one that is very far away. So, great metric. Honestly, who can blame them.

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