Redefining “Impressions”
Over the past few years, I’ve seen a lot of reports and case studies from advertising and creative agencies, where number of impressions i.e.
Capture Content Metadata with GTM, Without Touching the Back End
Tracking content performance frequently involves spreadsheets with countless Vlookups matching content URLs to metadata. Or tricky URL parsing functions that extrapolate information, like category or date.
The Magic of Universal Analytics: Strategy, Tactics, Implementation Tips
In a Q&A after a keynote a couple of years ago, I was asked: “When will traditional business analysis subsume the web analytics silo?” My reply: “All business will ultimately be digital, so, if anything, web analytics will subsume business analysis!” That was a half-cheeky reply. But, if you reflect upon the developments in analytics […]
The Magic of Universal Analytics: Strategy, Tactics, Implementation Tips is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Quick Tips to Format Data to Make your Data Sets Flexible
If you want to analyze or manipulate data, you have to save it in a format that you can easily retrieve. So I want to go over a few best practices for saving data so that it can effectively be used in the future.
Omniture for Beginners: 2015 Update
Back in December 2013, I wrote a tutorial post showing how to find basic analytics data in Omniture, and explaining differences in terminology between Omniture and Google Analytics. Both platforms have seen some changes since then, so this refresh restores the guide to its original usefulness.
The Complete Digital Analytics Ecosystem: How To Win Big
The world of digital analytics seems to be insanely complicated. And, yes, some of it is. Third-party or first-party cookies anyone? And, are we tracking people, devices, web browsers or whoknowswhat? But it is a lot less complicated than you might believe. No. Really. A lot less complicated. I led a discussion the other day […]
The Complete Digital Analytics Ecosystem: How To Win Big is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Wise Up on Penalties and Updates with the Latest DistilledU Module
More than a year after the previous Penguin update (2.1), last month Google launched Penguin 3.0. So far, the update has affected less than 1% of US/English queries.
Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!
Like a vast majority on planet Earth, I love data visualizations. Ok, so perhaps as the author of two bestselling books on analytics I love it a little bit more! There is something magical about taking an incredible amount of complexity and presenting it as simply as we possibly can with the goal of letting […]
Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster! is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Universal Analytics User ID: Setup Guide
User ID is one of the biggest new features of the Universal Analytics platform and analytics.js tracking code. In this post I’ll explain what it is, how it works, and how to set it up and get started.
Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to!
Nothing I can tell you about the importance of having an incredible mobile strategy will surprise you. Mobile devices (phones, tablets, wearables) are transforming how we behave, how we buy, how we consume content, and dare I say how we become happy or we become sad. You after all have all of the aforementioned devices, […]
Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to! is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Smart Dashboard Modules: Insightful Dimensions And Best Metrics
My last post, perhaps provocatively, called for a reduction of data in executive dashboards (digital, online, offline). More English (IABI, specifically) would lead to a smarter understanding of performance, and of course glory for data practitioners. Here’s the post: Strategic & Tactical Dashboards: Best Practices, Examples. In the post Adil commented that he’s observed that […]
Smart Dashboard Modules: Insightful Dimensions And Best Metrics is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Digital Dashboards: Strategic & Tactical: Best Practices, Tips, Examples
I’m excited about the power of a well created dashboard. It is a thing of beauty and a source of immense joy. Oh, and of course a critical element for any company’s path to glory. Dashboards are every where, we will look at a lot of them in this post and they are all digital. […]
Digital Dashboards: Strategic & Tactical: Best Practices, Tips, Examples is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Excellent Analytics Tip #26: Every Critical Metric Should Have A BFF!
There is unlimited amount of data thrown off our digital existences. (Or to use sexy term du jour , we have big data!) Our leaders (companies, agencies, teams) have to deal with an incredibly complex landscape, and they don’t have enough time. The very natural outcomes is this ask of us: “Can you make it […]
Excellent Analytics Tip #26: Every Critical Metric Should Have A BFF! is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Own It – How to Create a Google Analytics Account
Since I’ve been in the analytics space, I’ve been astounded at the amount of instances where organizations don’t actually own their Google Analytics Accounts. There are cases where I’ve seen clients that just transitioned from another agency and have us take over, only to find out that the Google Analytics Account actually belongs to the […]
Statistical Significance for CRO: 6 Things You Need to Know
Statistical significance is all about whether the difference between two numbers is meaningful or just a fluke.
Dear Avinash: Your Digital Marketing + Analytics Challenges Answered
Every once in a while I take a pause and answer your questions, your burning questions (!), about digital marketing and analytics. I’d requested you to submit questions on my Facebook or Google+ pages and am always delighted at the wide range of challenges you share. For some answers, What is Avinash’s typical day like? […]
Dear Avinash: Your Digital Marketing + Analytics Challenges Answered is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Getting To Grips With Google Tag Manager
Arrive at the Google Tag Manager home page and you are presented with the message “Digital Marketing Made (Much) Easier”.
7 Data Presentation Tips: Think, Focus, Simplify, Calibrate, Visualize++
There are three elements to our “big data” efforts, or unhyped normal data efforts: Data Collection, Data Reporting, and Data Analysis. (More on that here: DC-DR-DA: A Simple Framework For Smarter Decisions .) We are all aware that the best companies in the world have an optimal DC-DR-DA allocation when it comes to time/money/people: 15%-20%-65%. […]
7 Data Presentation Tips: Think, Focus, Simplify, Calibrate, Visualize++ is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Metrics to Measure YouTube Marketing
Most marketers don’t know how to quantify the success of YouTube marketing campaigns.
Part of this is down to the (currently sub-par) quality of YouTube analytics data, but a wider problem is that businesses often fail to set KPIs before beginning the process of creating and promoting content on YouTube.
The New GAIQ EXAM: What You Need to Know
Google released a new version of the GAIQ last Wednesday. If you didn’t hear about it, you’re not alone. There wasn’t any fanfare, no major discussions in the marketing community.