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A Digital Analyst’s Evolution
I like to think I “grew up” with Coremetrics. What I mean by that is that I began my professional…
From Intent To Action: Turning Online Browsing Into Retail Sales
As a retailer, it’s easy to get excited about e-commerce when you read a statistic like “79 percent of smartphone…
BigQuery Export for Google Analytics Premium
In June 2013, Google announced a new feature that enables the export of unsampled data from Views (Profiles) directly into…
Visualizing Google Analytics Data With Fusion Tables
Have you ever secretly wished to do crazy visualizations with your Google Analytics data? I am sure you have! Well,…
Top Data-Driven Marketing Terms
The coming year will likely bring even more data-driven initiatives and action to your organization. Get prepared for another tsunami…
The Challenge Of Advertising In The Big Game
This weekend, as I sat at home watching one of my favourite sporting events of the year, I found myself…
Understanding User Behavior via Visual In-App Analytics
Your target audience is a diverse bunch. You have soccer moms, working dads, home-based entrepreneurs, students, etc. You just released…
A Data-driven Year Ahead
As a Web Analytics agency, at this time of the year we plan for the next 12 months. From budgets,…
Analyzing Business Blogs Using Google Analytics
Writing a blog is a great way to promote a business through quality and fresh content, which will (hopefully!) capture…
10 Actionable Google Analytics Tips
Since July 2013, I have been publishing weekly tips on the official Google Analytics Google+ page. I try to keep…
Add Real-Life Warmth to Digital Marketing
If you’ve ever walked through a Whole Foods store, you remember what the experience was like. There were fresh flowers…
Why Your KPIs Are Meaningless & What To Do About It
If like many companies, you report value as page view volume, visit volume, social likes or tweets, then your boss…
Google Tag Manager: Coding & Naming Conventions
Earlier this year eConsultancy reported that Tag Management System (TMS) adoption is set to reach 50% by 2017. Hindsight may…
A Guide to Google Tag Manager for Mobile Apps
Google Tag Manager (GTM) for mobile apps was first announced in August this year and has some great implications for…
The New Generation Of Digital Analysis Tools
A new generation of digital analysis tools is arriving. A generation where speed is king and customer data is united….
Conversion Rate Optimization Maturity: Activities
Let’s have a closer look at the next Conversion Rate Optimization Maturity Model’s pillar: Activities. We’ve already described People and…
Passive Audience Segmentation Strategies
At the heart of any marketing initiative is one goal: to influence an audience. The tough part is figuring out…
Conversion Rate Optimization Audit
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is the process of continually improving a website or landing page to create the most effective…
Personalize How Rather Than What You Offer
I normally caution companies to mindlessly buy into the perceived power of recommender technology. To accurately personalize what you offer…
Google Tag Manager (GTM): What Do I Need To Know?
Google Tag Manager was released about a year ago, and recent updates have made it a much more valuable addition…
Are You Wasting Time on Statistical Trivia?
“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” ~ Aaron Levenstein Understanding…
Mobile App Analytics Insights
The mobile app was the first non-web platform to be built into the Google Analytics suite as a first class…
Conversion Rate Optimization Maturity: Knowledge
I’d like to continue with the the topic I started to write a few months ago – a CRO Maturity…
Powerful Custom Dimensions in Universal Analytics
Every now and then, your business requirements demand some metric or dimension that is not available out-of-the box in your…
Google Analytics Demographics & Interests Reports
Google Analytics (GA) has always been a great tool when it comes to understanding and optimizing online behavior. But with…
How To Collect Research Data For A/B Testing
If you’re not familiar with A/B testing, it is all about testing which version of a page is more effective…
Google Analytics Custom Dimensions – 5 Questions
Creating audience segments is one of the most important things you can do with a web analytics tool. When your…
Google Forms & The Measurement Protocol
A few months ago the Google Analytics team launched the Measurement Protocol, a powerful way for developers to send requests…
A Real Life Analytics Metaphor
Not long ago I was faced with the challenge of explaining what is Web Analytics to someone that has no…
5 Usability Questions To Ask Before Optimizing Websites
Competition on the contemporary web is enormous, website usability is crucial as never. If a website is complicated, people will…