Posts Tagged ‘analytics’
Simple Tips for Sleuthing Your Site Performance Using Google Analytics
Editor’s note: Google Analytics is one of the most critical evaluation tools to aid your web-based content. This back-by-popular-demand post has been updated to continue detailing how to measure up for maximum effect. How do you measure up when it comes to measuring the impact and value of the content you are publishing? Fortunately, for…
Read MoreSmall business owners: 3 steps to creating accurate Google Analytics reports
Raw traffic data in Google Analytics isn’t always accurate. In this helpful how-to, columnist Dianna Huff shows Analytics beginners how to create a filter that excludes spam traffic and traffic from internal sources. “Our traffic is going down,” said a client in a recent email. Attached to the email was a chart showing this year’s…
Read MoreSee how 16 leading digital analytics platform providers stack up
Digital analytics play a crucial role in nearly every enterprises digital marketing strategy, not only for tracking and measuring website traffic, but for tracking and measuring other digital channels as well. Marketing Land’s “Enterprise Digital Analytics Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for digital analytics platforms and the considerations involved in implementation. The 42-page…
Read More‘Beacons are dead,’ says CEO of a retail analytics firm
An assortment of beacons from (starting upper left) Gimbal, Kontakt.io, Estimote, Radius Networks, GPShopper, Aruba “Beacons are already dead.” That’s what Euclid Analytics’ CEO Brent Franson thinks. His company provides engagement and analytics solutions to retailers and, he told me, his firm is happy to work with beacons. If they did something customers really wanted. Beacons offer hyper-granular…
Read MoreWhen AI and analytics drive business disruption vs. hype
The sales and marketing industry has been abuzz with talk of predictive analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) this fall, especially on the heels of a flurry of AI updates from Microsoft and Oracle, Salesforce’s recent Einstein announcement at Dreamforce, and Google’s unveiling of its efforts in machine learning and AI yesterday. In all of…
Read MoreWhy Building a Culture of Optimization Improves the Customer Experience
How can we be more useful to our customers today? That’s the simple question that drives any marketing organization focused on testing, improvement, and growth. But answering the question is not always so simple in our data-rich world. The old challenge of gathering enough data has been replaced by a new one: gleaning insights from…
Read MoreHow to Keep Customer Analytics at the Forefront This Holiday Season
The gift of analytics. Ramp up for the holidays by focusing on customer analytics. With the help of data, your team can target buyers, plan seasonal promotions, and manage your inventory levels. Research shows that “49% of companies who champion the use of customer analytics are likely to have profit well above their competitors.” It’s…
Read MoreHow to Apply Holiday Shopping Insights to Your Analytics Strategies
The Year of the Supershopper We all have that friend — the one who somehow knows the latest brands, the season’s must-have products, and where to find the best deals at the snap of a finger. In years past, this friend was an enigma, making us wonder how does he or she do it? Today,…
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