
As Google Analytics Turns 10, We Ask: How Many Websites Use It?
Google is celebrating today the 10th birthday of Google Analytics. In a blog post, Google engineering VP Paul Muret recounts 10 of his...

Entrepreneurs: Use Conversion Optimization Tools To See If A New Product Will Fly
Conversion Scientist, I’ve had the opportunity to diagnose hundreds of online businesses. They come to us with underperforming websites,...

2016 Facebook Advertising Preview: 4 Trends To Act On
Facebook’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg both hit extensively on the power of video for...

KPI Frameworks: Bringing Order To KPI Chaos To Prioritize E-Commerce Optimization Efforts
By now, it’s cliché, but true: analysts are drowning in data when it comes to e-commerce. On the one hand, it’s great to work in an...

Live Webcast – No Lead Untouched: How to Boost Lead Conversion
A recent study by Conversica revealed that B2B companies are spending 50% of their marketing and sales budgets generating leads that are...

Top 5 Tips For Interpreting And Acting On Attribution Reports
How do you accurately measure the return on your marketing initiatives? Marketing attribution, or using analytics to assign credit to a...

Much Ado About Data Onboarding: A Key to Real-Time, People-Based Marketing
Much has been made about Google’s custom audiences solution, which was announced recently at Advertising Week. With this new solution,...

Ad Blockers & Analytics: What Webmasters Should Know And Do
Ad blockers have been around for some time now and are widely used. The question around the end of the “free internet” and the impact on...

Evaluating Website Performance: I’m All About That Slope, ‘Bout That Slope
What can you tell me about the website from this graph of all traffic? Things seem to be slowing down since June. How can we be sure? You...

The Power Of The Call to Action & How Its Strength Boosts Conversions
Conversions, revenue, business and profit — they all depend on the mighty call to action. The CTA is so powerful, so important and so...

iOS 9 Content Blocking Reports For Google Analytics
Last month, Apple launched the new iOS 9 — and with it, support for content blocking applications (e.g., ad blockers) for Apple mobile...

5 Ways Just About Anyone Should Be Leveraging Predictive Analytics
If you’re a marketer, then you know the power of data. Never before have we had more access to more data than we do right now; and for...

3 Attention Metrics That Put Online Engagement In The Spotlight
We talk a lot about user “experience” in marketing, but what does it really mean? And how do you measure it? In an earlier piece titled...

Neuromarketing For Small Business Owners
Growing up in a family that ran an HVAC business and watching my father at work, I observed his uncanny ability to understand, time and...

Attribution Beyond The Last Click: An SMX East Session Recap
With the rise of mobile device activity, the always-elusive path to full attribution of online marketing spends seems to be slipping...

The Problem With Google Analytics E-Commerce Tracking
Many companies don’t understand why visitor data and e-commerce sales are underreported in Google Analytics, and this tends to cause...

Attribution Should Be About Contribution Chains Rather Than Awarding Credit
The conversation about attribution is all wrong. Even the name “attribution” conveys the wrong meaning. Much of the attribution...

Why A Baseline Is Essential To Accurate Marketing Attribution
Accurately measuring the return on your marketing initiatives can be a struggle for any company. However, it’s universally acknowledged...

Activate Data To Engage The Right Individual
People don’t spend money as segments; they make purchase decisions as individuals. Marketers need to reach consumers at this individual...
























