by Amanda OliverSeptember 2, 2016 We’re not always the kinds of folks that write blog posts tooting our own horn (case studies, on the other hand . . .) And honestly, who would want to read what we have to say if all we ever did was talk about how fantastic we are? But this … Continue reading Making Your Ad Spend Count: How A Little Known Google Analytics Feature Saved $50,000
by Craig Scribner Follow @craig_scribnerSeptember 3, 2016 Task 1: Generate a Unique Tracking Code for New Campaign Initiatives This part looks easy on the surface, but it carries some hidden complexities. Generating a random string for every new initiative is surely no challenge for a computer, and robust tracking systems such as Adobe Analytics would … Continue reading A Marketing Analytics Look Under the Hood, Part 1: Code Composition
Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller explains why you might not be accurately accounting for organic search referrals since the upgrade to Universal Analytics — and details how to fix this issue. Janet Driscoll Miller on September 5, 2016 When doing search engine optimization, either for clients or as an in-house marketer, we must accurately measure … Continue reading How a Google Analytics change may be skewing your view of SEO’s value
Do you know which kind of analytics to use, and when? Columnist Alan K’necht breaks down the three categories of analytics and explains how using them effectively can make your marketing campaign successful. Alan K’necht on August 18, 2016 The marketing world gets more complex daily as more and more data and types of … Continue reading How to find the right analytics for the right marketing job
Looking for more insights into your consumers? Columnist Andrew Ruegger discusses the advantages of Google Audience reports and offers some examples of how he uses it to drill down into data. Andrew Ruegger on August 29, 2016 Market-leading site analytics providers such as Google and Adobe continue to bring new insights about consumer behaviors through … Continue reading How to use Google Analytics audience data to make media and marketing decisions
Columnist Andrew Osmak points out that every inbound call to a business is data — and that data provides real-time insights on customers that businesses can put to use in their marketing and advertising. Andrew Osmak on August 26, 2016 Rich data is about to do for call analytics what it has done for customer … Continue reading Every call is becoming data: Rich customer data revolutionizes call analytics
By Lyena Solomon August 22nd, 2016 Let’s get straight to the point and make it simple. Metric is a number. It is a Count (a total or a sum), an average, or a Ratio (one number divided by another number). Metrics are measurable. Dimension is an attribute of a visitor to your website – where … Continue reading Dimensions & Metrics: Which Is What In Analytics
By Mohamed Hedi Lassoued August 10th, 2016 In a global market, website visitors speak and communicate in multiple languages. It may be interesting to see how often your website visitors can read your content in their preferred language. You can do this by comparing the language of the page to the language setting in their … Continue reading How To Use Browser Language & Analytics To Find New Markets
by Craig Scribner Follow @craig_scribnerAugust 7, 2016 Not that many years ago, the field of data analytics was like the wild west, with stakeholders making their claims without considering how their interests should be governed within a wider community. But now, maverick analytics implementations are a dying breed. Tag Management Systems are here to provide … Continue reading Taming the Last Frontier in Analytics and Marketing
August 2, 2016 Why do audiences matter? It’s hard to think of a time when the average American wasn’t equipped with a laptop or a smartphone: 68 percent of U.S. adults have a smartphone and 73 percent have a desktop or laptop computer. As a matter of fact, 2015 was our most plugged-in year ever … Continue reading Audience Analytics: A Thing of the Past (and the Future)
