Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

For these queries, you have to choose your data source and date range as well as what metrics and dimensions you want to include. As an in-house Affiliate Marketing Manager, I’m part of the affiliate marketing team that’s running the affiliate partner program at Supermetrics. Image source: Supermetrics for Google Sheets.

Acquisition 127

Acquisition Cost Affiliate Customer 127

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The channels. email nurturing, retargeting) require specific channels. Others span multiple channels. Which channels have the best engagement? The metrics. Vanity metrics are less important. They used this to their advantage, hosting webinars with affiliate partners and using their influence to drive sales.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Email remains an immensely credible and profitable channel, with an immense reach to boot. You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Your company cross-channel outcomes data. Multi-channel customer purchase behavior, customer lifetime value. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? Outcomes.

Metrics 138

Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 138

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This defines how to connect problem themes to a metric strategy, building a metric-driven action system. Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. What are the priority customer problems and opportunities? This defines what to test by adapting to the customer priority.

B2B 94

B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What channels will you use (e.g., What are your key Startup Metrics ? Affiliate tracking? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )?

Developer 396

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What channels will you use (e.g., What are your key Startup Metrics ? Affiliate tracking? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )?

Developer 384

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

These channels include phone calls, organizational web pages, direct-mail, social-media and so on. With a myriad of channels available for day to day interactions with clients, customer data may be scattered. Some even have facilities for third-party affiliates. Compilation of Data. Keeping to Schedule.

Startup 124

Startup Retention Cloud Affiliate 124

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about. Cohort metrics can help drive more repeat customers. This metric reveals the longer-term relationship. Three characteristics help identify the most valuable cohorts: Average order value (AOV).

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Most of us have no idea how to participate optimally in this unique channel – we are doing TV on Twitter (breaks my heart). We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?) And unlike all others, this channel has the word social in it! That is why I love this metric.

Social Media 166

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 166

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I am going to attempt to significantly simply your life by recommending the critical few metrics you should use to analyze performance of your digital marketing campaigns and website. Recommend metrics / KPIs you can use based on the size of your company. Best Metrics / KPIs for Small Business Websites. Obsess about this metric.

Metrics 153

Metrics Web Analytics CPA 153

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. They still tend to think of digital as a fulfillment channel. Joseph Boisseaux.

Analytics 132

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 132

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). Identify gaps in our content/engagement/channel strategy on the web, 2. I believe it has to do with choosing the wrong success metrics.

Framework 164

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 164

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Disclosure: I'm not affiliated with nor do I know anyone at Credit Karma.]. Affiliate links (Take Offer, Compare Rates) that link to other sites from which Credit Karma makes commissions. Do I discover a brand channel by the company (to create a deeper connection with customers)? Channels where they should exist but don't.

Web 139

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

content, channels, etc.) In the example below, pageviews and Events are categorized based on which stage of the funnel they target, and source data on the right shows the channels and pages that win the most users in each part of the sequence. Use the Bar format to represent the metrics. Non-paid channels are the rest.

Analytics 117

Analytics Metrics Affiliate Aggregator 117

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I can report on pageviews and bounce rates and sessions and all the other lovely metrics we normally obsess about. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. This the reason I love setting engagement goal types (remember though, don't call the metric Engagement, it's an excuse and not a metric).

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Along the way I'll share some of my favourite metrics and analytics best practices that should accelerate your path to becoming a true Analysis Ninja. At this point you'll be a little confused about some metric or the other. Go, read one of the best pages in the Analytics help center: Understanding Dimensions and Metrics.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

1) It all starts from the Growth Hacking Funnel - in the early stages, startups should not just focus on top/bottom line metric like unique users and revenue. In a nutshell: Acquisition - Get people to hear about your product from press, blogs and social channels. KISS Metrics – How to Run A/B Tests that Get REAL Results.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2015

Custom reports allow you to deeply focus (by eliminating the rif-raf metrics and dimensions, they save time and show just what you want). We mis-align metrics and dimensions across Users, Session, Hits. Key Metrics: Map Overlay Visualization. Explore here: Dimensions & Metrics Explorer. Business Outcomes Analysis.

Analytics 60

Analytics Customer Metrics eCommerce 60

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

These may range from joining an affiliate marketing platform to trying new Google AdWords keywords. This is when metrics come into play. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. If the CAC is above the LTV, but not too much—there’s some potential in this channel.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. Map these metrics to the appropriate funnel stages, as well as the content types most commonly used to support them.

Differentiation 129

Differentiation Sales Email Metrics 129

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If not, now is the perfect time to get in on this effective and easy-to-implement user acquisition channel. Referral marketing is a user acquisition channel that allows you to leverage your existing user base for growth by incentivizing them with rewards. This is why referral programs are a great low-risk channel.

Programming 141

Programming Churn Rate Design Campaign 141

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. You might also get immediate access to channels that might have otherwise taken years to break into. In terms of marketing, you should try to stretch your budget to a few different advertising channels. Do it yourself.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

They’ve grown to attract big-name clients like LinkedIn, PayPal, and Shopify, mostly through social media channels rather than organic search. It’s how people are using these channels that makes social critical to brand perception and business growth. They know there are affiliate links. Around 77.5%

Social Media 145

Social Media Audience Media Marketing 145

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. Children’s education company Talu Tales uses its social channels to do just that—in this case, promoting free activity sheets: . This can be through subscriber-only discounts: Image source.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

In fact smarter than you would be through any other channel on the planet! Because every tool uses its own sweet metrics definitions, cookie rules, session start and end rules and so much more. If you don't kill 25% of your metrics each year, you are doing something wrong. Don't fall for the FUD. success measures.

Analytics 119

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 119

The Startup Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

Affiliate marketing can be a great channel for business growth. The beauty of the channel has always been that enterprises only pay for performance. However, there are some negative parts of affiliate marketing that have become status quo over the years and are considered “just the way it’s been done.”

Affiliate 111

Affiliate Marketing Technical Review Channel 111

Occam's Razor

MARCH 26, 2008

You'll measure multi-channel impact, well beyond your website. Social Media Metrics / Blog Success: Social media sites are tricky because many traditional analytics tools and mindset fail at identify first what to measure and then at data capture. For blogs I have made an attempt at creating metrics to measure holistic success.

Analytics 122

Analytics Conversion RSS Metrics 122

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

However, some individuals or small businesses have found success through affiliations with major retailers. Andrasick says, “Smaller stores aren’t saddled with anachronistic organizational structures that segment a business by channel, such as store, catalog or digital.”. Mashable Follow. Mobile Version. iPhone App. Android App.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2017

If our readers choose to learn more or purchase from links to our partners, sometimes we earn affiliate commissions that support Bplans’ mission. As customers have started to expect a seamless experience, regardless of the channel, businesses need to be able to respond and generate sales in the preferred method of their customer.

Houston 100

Houston Intellectual Property Affiliate Metrics 100

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Chapter 3 The Awesome World of Clickstream Analysis: Metrics. The second half shows exactly how to pick the best metrics for your org and, my absolute favorite (Page 64), how to diagnose the root cause of a metrics performance. No metrics, data pukes, guidance on creating every more reports. A good thing. Review the book.

Analytics 71

Analytics Web Technical Review Metrics 71

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

The effort you invest in measuring offline impact will finally help your company understand how valuable the online channel is (or not!). Tips for measuring offline impact ("conversions) of your online channel: Some of these you might have heard of before, others might be new to you. Two words: Primary Key. Really not a big deal.

Analytics 116

Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Here are the highlights: Only 2% of companies are tracking lead generation to sales metrics. If every business were as “data-driven” as they claimed & held actually held accountable to increasing quantifiable metrics – a lot of people would be out of a job. Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models.

Analytics 113

Analytics Software Review Metadata Campaign 113

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

We’ll look at relevant metrics to help you assess whether a specific marketing channel could work for you, and also highlight additional resources to help you get a better understanding of that channel. Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate marketing is a type of referral marketing. Online Marketing. Tradeshows.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

One was extolling the wonderfulness of their multi channel campaign tracking. No amount of great multi channel tracking will save this company, they suck at the basics. Not your api driven integrated massively multi channel attribution analyzed campaign lifetime databases. That's sucking. Find the biggest abandonment page.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Paid Search or affiliates or email or display or YouTube or whatever channel you end up choosing. [ Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. The ideal metrics for this desired outcome are Visitor Loyalty & Visitor Recency. You can compute two important metrics: Likelihood to Recommend / Brand Lift.

Campaign 130

Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 130

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78