Aggregator Definition Metrics 
Occam's Razor
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Because we don't understand the uniqueness, we fall back on profoundly sub-optimal old world metrics like Reach or Online GRP equivalents. Metrics are a problem.
Occam's Razor
JULY 18, 2011
You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? So for our email campaign analysis let’s look at metrics using that framework. Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics. Allow me to rush and point out that this metric is usually just directionally accurate.
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Occam's Razor
MAY 2, 2017
There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Stories like these are what has led me to this definition of progress for a startup: validated learning about customers. Great post! Great post!
Occam's Razor
MARCH 23, 2010
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. Allow me to point out that only 50% of the metrics I love exist in clickstream tools - like webtrends or xiti or unica.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Google Analytics switched its default metric from “sessions” to “users” in 2018, mirroring Mixpanel’s emphasis on users over pageviews. Google Analytics is definitely better at measuring traffic,” noted Dan McGaw, the founder and CMO of Effin Amazing. Throughout user reviews for both products, definitions of “easy” and “hard” varied.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Some companies definitely should. Others definitely shouldn’t. In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect.
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