Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

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Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2021

When launching a digital brand, PPC can be a great way to immediately break into a new market and start generating website traffic. But with rising CPCs and unmitigated click fraud, PPC can also get really expensive quickly. Why PPC is an effective short term strategy, but SEO is the long game. 1) Take an iterative approach.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

It’s only going to get more complicated and it’s important to have the right analytics software that can handle it. Heap Analytics and Mixpanel are a couple that can track these new 3 dimensional funnels.”. With the right analytics tool, you can simplify those factors and track your new, 3D funnel.

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Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). Ditto for PPC, your affiliate links (all likely in the Do stage), and your email marketing programs. PPC works for Think and See stages.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

Would you believe me when I say that your digital analytics data, from Google Analytics or WebTrends et. We do have A LOT of data in our analytics tools. But sometimes going outside our analytics tools can yield non-normal insights that can deliver a competitive advantage. Neither is an example of just site analytics.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) 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). It is sweet.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

" comfort zone, and out of your Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, WebTrends worldview silo. Part of the reason is that the data you to which you have access narrows your worldview – "Hey, all I have is Google Analytics, so all I'll look at is Google Analytics data!" That data is not in Google Analytics.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ad that performed the best on average , especially for quantitative metrics, delivers your typically inoffensive McDonald’s spot—the safety scissors of the ad world. But web analytics or heat maps can’t tell you anything about the quality of your words. For specific B2B folks (targeting by title + industry), LinkedIn is a good bet.

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Campaign B2B Software Review Differentiation 116

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. Does your company clearly understand current CAC , LTV, CAC payback period, and other core growth metrics? Behavioral: Dig into your analytics to find who’s engaging with your website and social media accounts. ABM doesn’t stop at lead generation or new opportunities.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Step 1: Optimal Metrics. When it comes to your Digital Marketing and Digital Analytics practice, I've advocated slow and steady evolution. You'll find it here: Digital Metrics Ladder of Awesomeness. The metrics ladder lays out a path that will get you there, step by step while ensure your org is coming along with you.

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Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. For example, you can partner with social media and PPC teams to create content that encourages subscribers to sign up to receive something of value. via B2B Marketing Alliance ].

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Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No touching Google Analytics. No going to web analytics conferences. The result will be an astonishingly high level of focus for your digital analytics work (even on day one) and hyper-relevant insights to the business. Don't open Google Analytics or Yahoo Web Analytics yet! No tweeting for help.

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Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

My startup is a B2B platform, we feel that we are the best in the world in creating social reviews and pushing the user-generated content to social media, emails and search engines to drive more sales and leads to the website. Our growth/product guy is the most analytic, straight to the point kind of guy. So far we have raised $2.3M

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Marketing is an analytical process. But when it comes to measurement, many managers struggle with developing and tracking the metrics specific to their strategy. Plus, other powerful analytical tools are easily available to you just a mouse click or browser tab away. Every business, whether B2B or B2C has to bring in customers.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Test your subject lines and measure the right metric. Amelia Showalter of Pantheon Analytics , who led digital analytics for Obama’s 2012 campaign, agrees… Amelia Showalter , Pantheon Analytics: “Eventually the novelty wore off, and we had to go back and retest.” (via via Bloomberg).

Email 93

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

After the iPhone launched in 2007 to mass adoption, analytics were never the same. Even on one device, a cross-browser experience completely ruins web and marketing analytics as we know it now. As a B2B business, we’ve struggled with this problem for a long time. If a decent percentage of users weren’t authenticated (i.e.

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Artificial Inteligence Channel eCommerce Conversion 121

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

On day one, we heard from UX and digital analytics experts. Jared Spool: Is Design Metrically Opposed? Useless measures and silly metrics. Metric: A measure we track (usually over time). Analytic: A measure software can track. A metric should tell you what you will do differently. pic.twitter.com/T2OjzFm2U8.

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San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86

marketingland.com

JULY 11, 2012

Analytics |. New On Google Analytics Pages Reports - Entrance Metric 48 people have tweeted this article. Whitepapers: The B2B Marketers Roadmap to SEO Success. Search Engine News, SEO & PPC Info. Social Media |. Search Marketing |. Display Advertising |. Email Marketing |. Affiliate Marketing. First Time Here?

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