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. If you have a lot of them, aggregate them up. The post provides more detail.

Analytics 132

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 132

Occam's Razor

MARCH 8, 2010

Like good little Reporting Squirrels we collect and stack metrics as if preparing for an imminent ice age. In this case its making right choices about the web metrics we knight and sent to the battle to come back with insights for our beloved corporation to monetize. You run a report and notice a trend for this metric.

Metrics 118

Metrics Web Analytics PPC 118

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 6, 2007

So what is this mysterious metric? In Adobe's Site Catalyst bounce rate is not a standard metric, but you are able to create a special custom metric. If you don't fall into those two categories you need to pay very careful attention to this metric. It is almost instantly accessible in any web analytics tool.

Metrics 121

Metrics Analytics PPC Campaign 121

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

So by segmenting your data, you can learn things you couldn’t from the aggregate data. Will this cohort help me improve that metric?”. In this example, PPC Hero chose to create a segment to include only users who purchased a specific brand. Their metric was revenue: Image Source.

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Acquisition Metrics 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 14, 2019

Select dimensions and metrics you want to compare. As their PPC agency, we had to justify this dip. Similarly, as Morgan Jones details in a post for Practical Ecommerce , data blending can help calculate new metrics, like net profit by SKU. In the panel displayed, select or search for the first data source you want to compare.

Analytics 123

Analytics Metrics eCommerce Search 123

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

And I discovered that the first page of results on Google was filled with paid search and aggregator results (things like Angie’s list and Yelp). While it might be tempting for you to hand over full control to a PPC firm, that’s risky. Do you research on PPC firms. Focus on Purchase Intent.

Search 75

Search PPC Kansas City B2C 75

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

At ZQI U, a vast number of students enroll into online-only courses (just like our analytics, PPC, mobile, and SEO Master Certification students at my awesome Market Motive ). As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The answer is simple: Aggregators. Let's call them ZQI University.

Analytics 140

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 140

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

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. You can measure this at an aggregate level, or you can measure it just for your campaign traffic.

Campaign 130

Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 130

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

Even if, and this is not possible, I said to you that the path is Direct, Social, PPC, Organic, Referral for 5% of the site traffic … what would you do? You don't have to do attribution analysis for all your conversions in aggregate. It is not possible to force people down that path! But show the actual report. You do too.

Channel 162

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 162

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? " + Standard Metrics Revisited Series. "Engagement" Is Not A Metric, It's An Excuse. Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics. Aggregation of Marginal Gains: Recession Busting Analytics!

Analytics 125

Analytics Metrics SEM Web 125

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 30, 2012

When it comes to data analysis, you are usually more likely to see me share guidance on advanced segmentation or custom reports or advanced social metrics or controlled experiments or economic value or competitive intelligence or web analytics maturity or one of an infinite number of difficult, if hugely rewarding, things. Not today.

Analytics 146

Analytics Metrics API Web 146

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. #10: An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." 11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. All data in aggregate is crap. " Kisses. Angels singing!

Analytics 142

Analytics Web Metrics DC 142

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

I have said: All data in aggregate is "crap" Because it is. You can imagine then how absolutely heartbreaking it is for me to note that nearly all reporting that I see is data in aggregate. Tons of data "puking", all just aggregates. My love for segmentation as the primary (only?) All visits. Total revenue.

Analytics 124

Analytics Web Acquisition Metrics 124

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

If you are analyzing data for your SEO or PPC campaigns and you find the search engine providing the data then you should instantly embrace it and immediately propose marriage! #5: Many vendors now aggregate this real customer data and present it in the form of benchmarks that you can use to index your own performance.

Analytics 124

Analytics Securities and Exchange Commission Search Engineer 124

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I love that the analyst is segmenting the data rather than showing the aggregate trend ("all data in aggregate is essentially crap" – me). It artificially inflates the importance of a change in the metric might not be all that important. The conversion rate between our two main PPC keywords is 1.33% and 1.94%.

Salary 131

Salary Analytics Green eCommerce 131

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Many used some data, but they unfortunately used silly data strategies/metrics. And silly simply because as soon as the strategy/success metric being obsessed about was mentioned, it was clear they would fail. If it take ten days to make a decision to change bids on our PPC campaigns, let's go with that data cycle. "

Metrics 166

Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis.

Analytics 135

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 135

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

. + Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis. I tend to use Hitwise a lot less, or not at all, because it is a very hard to use, it is slow, the UX/UI, metrics and reports have not really evolved over the years. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Visitor/Audience Type Profile Analysis.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

“Umbrella terms” are when you aggregate multiple features and benefits under one vague term, like “powerful” or “easy-to-use.” Use PPC to promote content cost effectively (choose keywords nobody’s bidding on). All PPC channels will work for you if you stop using brute force.

PPC 48

PPC Analytics Video Non-Compete 48