Benchmarking is one of the most underestimated tools in the Google Analytics toolkit. If you haven’t already tried it out on your site, go read this post and try it now, then come back here. If you have, excellent. Benchmarking by itself is a useful first look at what’s working vs. what’s not in your…
I had the privilege to attend and speak at the MITX Data and Analytics Summit in Boston. One of the things that I took away from the event, which was excellent and enjoyable, is that analytics and measurement tools are getting more and more sophisticated (and expensive). We’re evolving our measurement and metrics tools constantly.…
As marketers in the always-on, all-data-all-the-time mindset, we often forget to look backwards. In fact, looking back more than a month or a quarter is generally frowned upon, with snarky comments such as “having both feet firmly planted in the past”. That said, there can be tremendous value in a much bigger picture perspective. Try…
Quick, take a look at this performance chart of percent change in your analytics: Now tell me, is the person responsible for this getting fired? Obviously, based on the title of this post, you might be a little more cautious about how you answer that question – but the average manager, director, VP, or C-suite…
Have you ever had your CMO/CEO/Head Cheese ask you, “So how does our marketing program compare to the industry average?” Despite the fact that industry averages are notoriously questionable and generally a waste of time, when the boss asks, we typically need to answer with something more than a “stop wasting my time”. To provide…
