Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. ReadyTalk, a 15-year-old web conferencing software company, launched an internal startup. As part of this process, the company’s CMO Rishi Dave, is encouraging teams to launch campaigns faster.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 8, 2010

Is that your web analytics existence? Don't feel too bad, you share that plight with most citizens of the Web Analytics universe. Like good little Reporting Squirrels we collect and stack metrics as if preparing for an imminent ice age. It was a part of my first book, Web Analytics: An Hour A Day. The problem?

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

And, are we tracking people, devices, web browsers or whoknowswhat? I led a discussion the other day with a collection of people who were brand new to the space and some who were jaded long-term residents of Camp Web Analytics. At the core of everything you will do in digital analytics is the concept of metrics. Averages this.

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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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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Analyzing email campaigns requires three important insights: 1. You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Your campaign data. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? So for our email campaign analysis let’s look at metrics using that framework. Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Following revelations of NSA activities via Mr. Snowden, Google has now switched almost all users to secure search, resulting in even more user search queries showing up as not provided in all web analytics tools. Aggregated search engine level analysis. And of course our Acquisition, Behavior, Outcome metrics.

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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. Since that day, I’ve been exploring how raw data can be a web analyst’s best friend. What’s the difference between raw and aggregated data in Google Analytics? Which devices do they use?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

What Are Your Goals, and What Are Your Metrics? What this means depends on the company, but it can take into account different metrics like pathing, time on site, video engagement, company size, role, etc. There you want to look at things in clumps and aggregates. Web-based sale or phone call? What do they have in common?

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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. Prologue: Visitors, (Visits) Sessions, Hits.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Is that a lot? In that I see opportunity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

After volunteering for the Obama campaign last year, a friend of mine insisted that I write a letter to our new President telling him what I thought he should do. Then you set up a web app to co-ordinate volunteers who can wipe a hard drive and install Ubuntu. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? " + Standard Metrics Revisited Series. Mobile Marketing and Analytics: Click-to-Call Mobile Ad Campaigns. Key To Your Digital Success: Web Analytics Measurement Model. Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. Who Owns Web Analytics?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 13, 2015

The 80/20 rule applies to our use of web analytics tools as well. 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. This hurts my feelings!

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 8, 2011

99.9996253% of Web Analytics reports produced are utterly useless. partly because they are out of the box standard reports that web analytics vendors create for “average” people (and we both know that you are not average!), Here’s a blog post: 3 Awesome, Downloadable, Custom Web Analytics Reports. Maybe not yet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

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). Research has shown that the listings at the top of Google SERPs capture an outsized share of all web traffic.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 10, 2019

Form analytics provide quantitative data on metrics such as field timings, field re-entries, last field before abandonment, completion rates by segment, etc. The ResearchXL model uses web analytics data and mouse-tracking analysis as two components of a six-step research process. If you’re not tracking form analytics, you don’t know.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This typically involves a CRM system or tool that helps automate and aggregate various customer touchpoints. This can help them better manage marketing campaigns with clear goals and objectives. Generally, a CRM should include contact management, campaign automation, and lead tracking tools for monitoring sales activities.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Nose to the grind "How do I" questions: David Walizer: How do you sell the value of web analytics to a skeptical client in 30 seconds or less? For help with identifying opportunities and how to do business analysis please see this post: The Beginner's Guide to Advanced Web Data Analysis. " It is going to be fun.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable. Web Analytics, this beautiful child, was born just the other day in the midst of tumultuous times, quite literally, when everything changes every day. The web is changing too fast. Here are ten web analytics ground truths… 1.

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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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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

I normally ask people to look at the Path Length report in the Multi-Channel Funnels standard report in Google Analytics (or equivalent tool if you are using SiteCatalyst or WebTrends or other web analytics tools). And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155?

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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. Alexander Velinov.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 4, 2008

It is the antidote for the most pressing of web analytics challenges: the yearning and struggle to understanding the "Why" And its free! Have web analytics data? All the quantitative data you and I have from our web analytics tools is really good at helping us understanding the What happened. But the web can help.

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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. The post will end with a Web Analytics Measurement Framework. Dimensions.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2020

How do you coordinate the analytics setup of a web shop that sells their products all over the world—if you have to handle 10+ languages and currencies in over 80 countries? The more websites or web projects to coordinate, the more complex the handling of the data. After collection, does the data ever leave the web analysis tool?

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Aggregator 73

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! Or a subsequent post about how to build a successful career: Web Analytics Career Guide: From Zero To Hero In Five Steps. At this point you'll be a little confused about some metric or the other. Awesome, right? That's ok.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Web Analytics tools in the market are not the answer (especially across multi-channel and multi-devices). That means: All of these metrics are off. I believe that attribution modeling is not the path to the smartest decisions for multi-touch multi-visit digital campaigns. We will adapt to whatever they decide.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I have tried to find some metric that mixes Y/Y and M/M, but to no avail. Here's me comparing performance of this blog over two years for the Visitors metric: Overall happiness reigns, I think. In aggregate trends can hide insights and hence "dirty" the data. Or performance of email campaigns.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The term KPI is one that I hear far more than any other in this nascent field we call Web Analytics. Explain why, hopefully you'll have rules you can apply and check if your Web Metrics are indeed KPI's! Your Web Metrics: Super Lame or Super Awesome? Key Performance Indicators! " and. Let's go.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 21, 2015

Never start a marketing campaign without a dedicated landing page. Use minimal viable (low-cost) campaigns to test assumptions. Test secondary assumptions, with minimal viable campaigns to acquire even more visitors. Valentine’s Day campaign). Andre Morys ( Web Arts ): Five Neuromarketing Hacks to Dominate Your Market.

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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. But not to worry.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Know the difference between leading and lagging metrics. Have a better grasp on how to apply testing to web, email, and usability platforms. Would you rather move forward with your multi-million-dollar campaign strategy with the foundation for success resting on nothing but a hope and a prayer? Why do we test? A/B Testing.

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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

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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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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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

One time, we ran a bunch of tests on our drip email campaigns over a five-month period. Our new email subscribers would receive email campaigns for different products. We were optimizing revenue from these campaigns by testing different versions. Suddenly, our revenue from these campaigns dropped by 50%. Leads are up.

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