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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

As big data, social media and flexible manufacturing grow more prevalent, customization will become more prevalent. Personal branding is becoming more popular as people want to express themselves in the workplace and on social media. Photo Crediy: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Build A Head ! #16-

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Excellent Analytics Tip #18: Make Love To Your Direct Traffic

Occam's Razor

The reason Direct traffic is a beloved of mine is that it represents (checkout the sweet contextual – red and green – numbers above): 1. You have purchased banner ads in various Android applications using AdMob to target high value analytics decision makers. You are using Google Analytics to track all you display campaigns.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #20: Measuring Digital "Brand Strength"

Occam's Razor

A lot of digital analytics focuses on direct response (conversions, leads, etc.). But there is an additional valuable, and sexy, focus of our marketing we don't give enough analytical love: Branding! Bonus One: Read: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns ]. Sometimes it all works together.

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Data Analysis 101: Seven Simple Mistakes That Limit Your Salary

Occam's Razor

If you use Omniture's Site Catalyst or Google Analytics or whatever, they do a good job of collecting clean data into those two segments. Ditto for Social Media. It is likely that the Social Media conversions are already included in Referrals and, of course, in Mobile. Making that green graph useless.

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Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search

Occam's Razor

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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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! There are four reasons, again from Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, from 2008 (!): This has never been true – not even for people who use the same analytics tool. See Page 269. :).

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UTM Parameters: A Complete Guide for Traffic Attribution

ConversionXL

This post details the role that UTM parameters play in traffic attribution in Google Analytics. Here’s what I’ll cover: Why conversion attribution starts with traffic attribution How Google Analytics understands traffic sources What are UTM parameters? How Google Analytics understands traffic sources. HTTP Referrer.

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