By Ryan McCarthy February 02, 2024 This year, something unusually dark is happening in an industry that is, by design, quite used to handling bad news. In a strong economy, with unemployment near a 50-year low, virtually every single part of the news business—digital media, local news, TV, print, podcasts, and documentaries—is laying off … Continue reading Why does journalism seem like it’s collapsing? Call it market failure
Liza Rubinstein — January 21, 2019 — January 21, 2019 Lately, my life has been all about the stats. Monthly campaign reports have me deep in Google Analytics to the point where ad metrics have made their way into my dreams…or nightmares. There’s nothing more exhilarating – yes, exhilarating – than seeing a campaign exceed … Continue reading Google Analytics Metrics Aren’t Always What They Seem
Google AMP: Mobile Conversions, Load Times, Click-Throughs Seem To Benefit by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 9, 2017 Website load times increase. Conversion rates rise. Bounce rates decrease. Click-through rates jump from search to web pages. Companies have found that implementing Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) isn’t easy, but companies explain why it’s … Continue reading Google AMP: Mobile Conversions, Load Times, Click-Throughs Seem To Benefit
Want to create search ads that stand out from the crowd? Columnist Pauline Jakober explains how a thorough examination of your business and its customers can help you create original and engaging ads. Pauline Jakober on November 1, 2016 Let’s face it: anyone with an AdWords login, bank account and keyboard can create ads … Continue reading Why all search ads seem the same (and what you can do about it)
by Susannah Morris March 6, 2016March 6, 2016 When you check your ecommerce analytics to discover what’s working and what isn’t, how involved do you get? Do you simply glance at your marketing stream and your outcome to decide if you’re pleased or dissatisfied? After all, if the numbers are going up, what’s the reason … Continue reading Ecommerce Analytics: 4 Metrics that Aren’t What They Seem –– Plus, Actionable Steps to Increase Your Bottom Line
More than half of retailers struggle to recognize and engage their best customers. Greg Sterling on September 24, 2015 Personalization is a buzzword that means different things to different audiences. Generally it’s presented as a solution to a host of brand and marketer problems. In practice, however, it’s elusive to define and challenging to operationalize … Continue reading Consumers Want Personalization, But Retailers Just Can’t Seem To Deliver
By Neil Rimmer, Published October 30, 2014 If you own a website and want to increase online profits, then you have two basic options: Option 1: Increase Sales Volume by Boosting Traffic Levels When a site first launches, the one and only way to increase online profits is to grow sales volume. For an online … Continue reading Here’s the Number 1 Reason Why You Can Never Seem to Increase Online Profits
