
Ride The Tides Of Your Website To Make More Money With A/B Split Testing
In medieval London, pirates were often punished by chaining them to a wall near the Thames River (you pronounce it “ˈriv-ər”) at low...

How Universal Analytics Is Different And What You Should Be Doing Now
If you’ve been using Google Analytics (GA) as your analytics solution over the past year or so, you’ve probably noticed that Google has...

Tablets Vs. Smartphones: Online Engagement Patterns Present Opportunities
Two of the overarching goals for online marketers are maximizing the reach of their campaigns and increasing engagement levels. While...

8 Reasons To Start Using Tag Management, If You Haven’t Already
At this point in the history of digital marketing, I think it’s safe to say that — for better or worse — tags are required table stakes...

Digital Marketing 201: Explore Segmentation To Drive Growth
Being able to segment your web visitors, buyers, customers and prospects isn’t the first thing that most of us as marketers turn to. We...

How To Do Attribution Modeling & Budget Allocation
In my last post, I covered customer lifetime value calculations and how to leverage CLV to identity high- and low-value audience...

The Secret Sauce Of Marketing Analytics: The 5W1H Framework
Today, I am going to reveal my secret sauce for marketing analytics. This simple method is so powerful that anyone can start applying it...

Wearables, Connected Homes, Mobile & The Future Of Analytics
The world around us is changing at speeds never seen before. Mobile devices are collecting countless levels of data through innovative...

Data Vs. Creativity: The Content Marketer’s False Choice
I was at a conference last week where Adobe VP Marketing Insights & Operations David Welch was asked to sum up the future of marketing in...

Is It The Site, Or Is It The Analytics? Debugging Google Analytics
As I’ve said in previous columns, marketers can no longer rely on their communication skills alone to get the job done. They must become...

What To Expect And How To Prepare As The U.S. Mobile Landscape Matures
The tide rose, we’re standing waist deep, and, as the landscape steadies, the short-term shifts have become less dramatic. To get away...

3 Steps To Factoring In Upper-Funnel Metrics & Predicting Revenue
Start by focusing on two issues. First, not only should the end conversion numbers be tied back to all touch points in the funnel, but...

Audience Modeling & Customer Lifetime Value 101
Customer lifetime value (CLV) is at the core of all of our advertising efforts. Being able to distinguish between good customers and bad...

3 Steps To Get Started With Cross-Channel Analysis
We are currently living through a Cambrian-level explosion of marketing channels. It seems like there is a new channel or device popping...

How To Leverage Wikipedia Data For Deeper Consumer Insights
Whenever we try to get a better understanding of online consumer behaviors, we tend to look to Google for answers — either via the Google...

Using A Google Tag Manager Listener To Get Your Real Bounce Rate
Frustrated by your bounce rate? Does it stay stubbornly high at 60% or more? I was frustrated, too — until I realized that Google...

The Three Layers Of Data And Analytics Success
With the data age well and truly upon us, the struggle to keep up is a challenge faced by virtually every organization. And in a time...

3 Ways To Connect With Your Customer Even When You Don’t Make The Sale
There are four ways to break into e-commerce: Better service (Zappos) Cheaper prices (flash sales) Proprietary products (Bonobos,...

A Concise Overview Of Cross-Channel Marketing Models
For several decades, modeling cross-channel marketing impact was synonymous with marketing mix (“top-down”) models. However, with the...
























