In the world of web analytics, not all metrics are created equal. Some can stand alone on their own, giving you valuable insights into business performance at a glance. We call these metrics Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and depend on these metrics to guide our marketing efforts, especially as we head into the busy holiday […]
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Information overload: The condition when a marketer has so much information they can no longer manage or interpret it easily, causing them to basically go numb to their analytics reports. Secondary conditions include ignoring marketing data entirely, making poor decisions, and getting generally disappointing results. You might not know it to look at them, but
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August 1, 2017 I’m going to run a scenario by you, let’s see if this sounds familiar: “We launched display a few months ago, has this had an impact on our search traffic?” “Is direct conversion volume affected by ___?” Like Steve Urkel, you might be wondering… What’s your next
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Optimization testing has been the hot thing that everyone wants to tap. Some boast that they’ve done it forever – weekly subject line split testing with 10% of their email list and then sending the remaining 90% the winner. Maybe you read some variation on color psychology and tested red vs. green on your CTA
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Predictive Marketing analytics (PMA)… is enjoying piles of VC money and lauding sophisticated new technologies. The Forrester Wave: Predictive Marketing Analytics for B2B Marketers, Q2 2017 Predictive analytics isn’t especially new; it’s been around for more than 75 years. Scientist Norbert Wiener used it during World War II to create an anti-aircraft gun that could
When we think of keyword research, it is usually applied to the more technical side of promotion. Brands use it to see what SEO tactics they need to use in order to narrow down their place in a market or what their competitors are doing to generate search referral traffic. Keyword research is a staple
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Despite all the advancements we’ve seen in computing, the way consumers interact with their devices and the internet has remained somewhat static. The keyboard gave way to touchscreens, but we’ve consistently relied on touch as the primary interface. This is poised to change in a dramatic way, however, as voice technology — one of the natural forms
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Visits and pageviews are nice. But conversions are all that matter at the end of the day. The trouble, of course, is that these don’t come ‘preloaded’ with each new analytics account. And you can’t get access to historical, legacy data, either. That means when you let days (or weeks) go by without setting up
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One of the first, and I would argue most important, things you learn as an analyst is that not everyone loves (or understands) data as much as you do. Whether it’s your first executive report or 20th weekly analysis, at some point, you are going to have an incredibly important insight to share, and you
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“If nobody writes about it, then the content is a tree falling in the forest without anyone there to listen.” That’s how Dixon Jones, Marketing Director of Majestic, illustrates the importance of getting the right links to your content. We proudly announce that Dixon will be speaking at YoastCon 2017 on November 2! Learn link building
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