Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models
There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) than multi-channel attribution modeling. We have fought valiant battles, paid expensive consultants, purchased a crazy amount of software, and achieved an implementation high that is quickly, followed by a ” gosh darn it where is my return on investment from […]
Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Google Changes How AdWords Quality Score Is Reported
In a post today, Google announced it is updating the way AdWords quality scores are reported. The changes will roll-out globally over the next few days. The updates are designed to “tie your 1-10 numeric Quality Score more closely to its three key sub factors – expected clickthrough…
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Google Adds Enhanced Campaigns Bid Adjustment Reporting To Google Analytics
Google announced today that Bid Adjustments reports for AdWords enhanced campaigns are now included in Google Analytics. The reporting, found in the Advertising section under Traffic Sources in Analytics, are designed to help advertisers analyze the pe…
Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search
Would you believe me when I say that your digital analytics data, from Google Analytics or WebTrends et. al., might be hindering your ability to make some important strategic decisions? Would you believe me if I said that even leveraging cool features like custom reporting and smart advanced segments might be insufficient in some cases? […]
Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Hey, PPC Managers: Stop Being So Lazy!
When I do PPC webinars, I always like to open with a quick poll. In a recent webinar, I asked attendees to fess up to how much time they spend working on their AdWords account every week. The results were very promising: Almost 9 out of 10 (87%) of res…
Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics
Everyone likes chasing big shiny objects all the time. What’s not to like. They are big. They are shiny. :) But a lot of progress in life comes from doing the everyday small things better. A small improvement, every single day, to move the ball a little more forward. A best practice I’ve developed is […]
Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Excellent Analytics Tip #24: Obsess About Real Business Profitability
The art of analysis often fails to deliver ginarmous success simply because of how limited our worldview is when we go about identifying bottom-line impacting insights. Hence, this is a post on a simple concept that will drag you out of your current “what is happening on my website?” comfort zone, and out of your […]
Excellent Analytics Tip #24: Obsess About Real Business Profitability is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Eight Silly Data Things Marketing People Believe That Get Them Fired.
It turns out that Marketers, especially Digital Marketers, make really silly mistakes when it comes to data. Big data. Small data. Any data. In the last couple months I’ve spent a lot of time with senior level marketers on three different continents. Some of them are quite successful, sadly many of them were not. In […]
Eight Silly Data Things Marketing People Believe That Get Them Fired. is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big!
In the coming year, based on current announcements, Google Analytics is set to go through an almost unprecedented amount of evolution. My postulation is that by this time next year the tool will be almost unrecognizable. [My favorite is Visitor Analytics, and visitor level segmentation that will be pervasive throughout the product. This is insanely […]
Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big! is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Is Your Brand Magnificent At Digital Marketing? A Diagnostic Framework.
We like to believe that all there is to digital marketing is to do some search engine optimization, send out an email blast every once in a while, get our agency to create a flash-heavy “brand experience” website, or slap together a mobile app in the corporate-approved shade of eggshell white. A small bang here, […]
Is Your Brand Magnificent At Digital Marketing? A Diagnostic Framework. is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik