Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A Facebook employee (FBe) gave a talk about measuring ROI/Value of Facebook campaigns. In the second part of the talk a large client joined FBe on stage to make the case for Facebook campaigns. From the data presented, there is no way to tell if the Facebook campaign worked or not. Attribute it all to the Facebook campaigns.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

We have run very successful campaigns by brands such as Sony, NBC, Microsoft, Universal, Clicker and others. We have an analytics platform that helps advertisers discover information about the demographics of the follower base and the effectiveness of their campaigns. This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action).

Advertising 284

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

ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2013

Let’s send some paid traffic to the site (metric – CPC from various sources), look at how much of it converts to a lead or a customer (metric – conversion rate) and use that to calculate cost to acquire customer (CPA). Advanced Segments are a good tool to get stuck into, as are trackable links and campaigns.

Metrics 111

Metrics Analytics Aggregator Revenue 111

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

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? You may run, for example, several Facebook campaigns. Which email campaign was this link in? It does not happen automatically. What keyword exactly?

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Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Where you have CPA, it is is an even more valuable signal. The Content Drilldown report uses the natural folder structure you are using on your website (if you are) and then aggregates content on those folders to show you performance. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

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. In an entrepreneurial situation, this is hard, because artifacts that we are creating (products, code, marketing campaigns, even revenue) are of secondary importance.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156