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). The answer to that question has such an incredible impact on the execution strategy of that marketing program. Remember the two questions above.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1. Conversion rate.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In a world where we are overwhelmed with data and metrics and key performance indicators and reports and dashboards and. I must forewarn you that my hidden agenda is also to expose to you metrics you might not be using, views of data that you might be ignoring, best practices that are of value and teach you how to fish. Faith rules.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

So yes – companies spend ALL that money to get traffic to their site via SEO, PPC, social media and what not. What about PPC? So no wonder 59% of businesses have figured out that they should fix their conversion machine before pumping any more dollars into their PPC or SEO campaigns. Still not convinced? Insight rules.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It artificially inflates the importance of a change in the metric might not be all that important. Go to any report in Google Analytics and switch to a Goal tab or the Ecommerce tab. The conversion rate between our two main PPC keywords is 1.33% and 1.94%. Yes it is a pet peeve of mine. Look at it carefully? Go get traffic!

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JUNE 16, 2016

Not just because some of those case studies are just bad and don’t give you applicable insights into how to do testing, but they’re also not put in the context of all the other tests that the testing program ran. Here’s a look at pirate metrics (AARRR) as designed by Dave McClure of 500 Startups … Image Source.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

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. But that alone is too general, so it’s important to get specific by setting clear metric objectives. Providing valuable content or assets is a clever way to build trust and familiarity.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

After being an actual analyst for a while, I'm now managing the Google Analytics Certified Partner program, and I now realize that it wasn't just me, our entire INDUSTRY is affected by this issue. and specialized PPC tools and email or other software. You can start with something simple. You'll find that in this tab.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

Bonus: Interactive CD: Contains six podcasts, one video, two web analytics metrics definitions documents and five insightful powerpoint presentations. The book contains a cd with six podcasts, one video, two web analytics metrics definitions documents and five insightful powerpoint presentations. [If Bonus: Interactive CD.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. Do you have any metrics to measure the effectiveness of offline campaigns (Print/TV/Radio)??

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

But if you have enough traffic, you should use both types of tests to maximize the output of your optimization program. Define your target metrics. You want to speed up your testing program and run more tests. We’ll measure this using (data metric). PPC/SEM campaign. Plan types or loyalty program levels.

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MAY 16, 2017

Here’s how Avinash Kaushik put it : Avinash Kaushik: “If you are unique, why should you crack open a standard analytics tool with its standard reports and metrics and get going? Rather than being told what metrics or dimensions to deliver you want business context: What’s driving the request for that data? 95%+ similar).

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MARCH 20, 2015

Zalando has seen huge growth in Europe, overtaking many established, big ecommerce companies. ecommerce site) – the order in which the search results are presented is typically far more important than the search itself. If you’re running a global testing program, consider using like behavioral markets (e.g.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

Even if, and this is not possible, I said to you that the path is Direct, Social, PPC, Organic, Referral for 5% of the site traffic … what would you do? You should not treat your marketing optimization program with the same level of outcome optimization that is applied to five-year-olds. But show the actual report.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 30, 2012

When it comes to data analysis, you are usually more likely to see me share guidance on advanced segmentation or custom reports or advanced social metrics or controlled experiments or economic value or competitive intelligence or web analytics maturity or one of an infinite number of difficult, if hugely rewarding, things. Not today.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Jared Spool: Is Design Metrically Opposed? Useless measures and silly metrics. Metric: A measure we track (usually over time). A metric should tell you what you will do differently. Combine qualitative usability research and quantitative custom metrics (not metrics that come out of the box). Image Credit.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Most outcomes analysis you will do in identifying your macro and micro conversions (for profit or non profit sites, government or ecommerce) will happen inside other tools mentioned in this blog post. For example you'll configure goals and ecommerce tracking in Yahoo! Mongoose Metrics ~ ifbyphone. Not a single one.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

While there is a great deal of appreciation for the power of metrics/data, I've come to realize that Sr. Leaders don't quite appreciate the deep, and often corrosive, consequences of choosing metric x over metric y as a key performance indicator (KPI). It is a standard metric. Don't believe me?

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MAY 17, 2017

I’m talking SEO, PPC, PR, social media, content marketing… you name it. Of course, there’s Drew’s intended ecommerce application, but I’m willing to bet the same concept can be applied to a lot of different types of marketing, not just content. It brings them all together. 80/20 this, 80/20 that.

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