Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I can report on pageviews and bounce rates and sessions and all the other lovely metrics we normally obsess about. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. "Destination Goal" (Leads, Email Signups, Etc.). Most Analysts for ecommerce entities spend all their time with ecommerce data.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. When would you ever try to produce less sales in B2C eCommerce? What Are Your Goals, and What Are Your Metrics?

B2B 48

B2B Conversion B2C Sales Cycle 48

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

A good example, for e-commerce and non-ecommerce sites, is [link]. Start investing in your email marketing strategy for extending relationships, and your paid search strategy for brand terms. Bonus: Facebook Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value ]. The very first thing you want to do is create an acceptable website.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

Quantitative research with digital analytics tools like Google Analytics , Mixpanel, Amplitude or RJ Metrics will inform you about where your users are coming from, what they are doing during their sessions and where they are dropping off from your conversion funnel or when they churn. Are people coming from an email campaign?

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

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. What consideration state might someone be in?

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Bonus: Identifying Macro and Micro Conversions also gives you a list of Ecommerce Tracking to set up on the site, and Goals to set up in the Admin interface. No business, B2C or B2B or here2there, can exist without a robust YouTube strategy. Email Marketing, Blog ads, Social channels AND mobile experiences AND mobile applications.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2011

Web Analysts are blessed with an immense amount of data, and an amazing amount of valuable, even sexy, metrics to understand business performance. Yet our heroic efforts to report the aforementioned sexy metrics lead to little business action. Since crappy sounds bad, let's just say you are reporting super lame metrics.

Metrics 126

Metrics Web Analytics Campaign 126

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If you want to build a successful business, a strong email marketing strategy is one of the best ways to do it. Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. And more relevant than ever. However, it’s not without challenges. Consideration.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

From B2C to B2B. B2C sites like Travelocity and Fry's have not cornered the market on this. But the reason to mention Bonobos today is to introduce you to the world's greatest ecommerce purchase and checkout experience. You add your email address, that's it. Take any metric you want. Feel better?

Design 150

Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 150

Occam's Razor

JULY 6, 2016

Yes, I worry that Analysts, and Marketers, are spending too much time with their head buried in custom reports and advance segments and smart calculated metrics and strategic or tactical dashboards. It does not matter if you are are B2B or B2C. Email it to the CMO. Email them to the CMO. Email them to the CMO.

Design 86

Design Software Review Mobile Analytics 86

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. The core performance of the current website look like this… While we are applying it to a B2B case, it could just as easily be applied to a B2C / Ecommerce scenarios. You present a verbose Word document/email with your recommendations. Nothing happens.

Analytics 143

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 143

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Chapter 3 The Awesome World of Clickstream Analysis: Metrics. The second half shows exactly how to pick the best metrics for your org and, my absolute favorite (Page 64), how to diagnose the root cause of a metrics performance. Non-Ecommerce. No metrics, data pukes, guidance on creating every more reports.

Analytics 71

Analytics Web Technical Review Metrics 71

Occam's Razor

JUNE 7, 2017

And, less than 1% engagement of any kind from that less than 1% reached (identified using the best social media metrics: Conversation Rate, Amplification Rate, Applause Rate ). Let’s switch gears and look at a B2C company with a massively positive opportunity to leverage the word Social in every way on these platforms… Chick-fil-A.

Social Media 162

Social Media Media Artificial Inteligence Channel 162

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

I recently did a webinar for the Search Engine Strategies conference (I am doing the opening conference keynote at SES London and SES New York ) and my Market Motive co-faculty member Greg Jarboe sent me this KPI via email: "Your webcast was a big success. Your KPI questions per attendee was off the chart!" Back to our story.

Analytics 90

Analytics Search SEO Metrics 90

ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Research conducted in 2014 found that 73% of American B2C marketers think video is an effective content marketing tactic. Revue is a tool designed to help create email digest newsletters. Before people purchase from an eCommerce site, they want to see exactly what they’re purchasing. How do most visitors feel about video?

Video 48

Video Conversion Mobile Search 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Or you might spend tons of effort on your ecommerce product pages, only to find that even if you get wins, the financial impact on your business is negligible. If copying Amazon would be all that it takes to grow your ecommerce business, there would be many more Amazons around. B2B and B2C. Doesn’t work like that.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2019

These customer values are recorded as dimensions and metrics (as you can see in our tracking plan example below). Clearly naming the dimensions and metrics across your stack will help you integrate tools, train new team members, and analyze data without hiccups. B2B or B2C. Maybe it’s just about being overwhelmed. Conclusion.

Analytics 124

Analytics Naming Metrics Campaign 124

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Jared Spool: Is Design Metrically Opposed? It’s not which variant collects more email addresses, it’s which variant sells more books. Email addresses are observations. Useless measures and silly metrics. Metric: A measure we track (usually over time). A metric should tell you what you will do differently.

San Antonio 86

San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86