by Christopher S Penn | Jul 26, 2021 | Marketing, Google Analytics, Strategy
One of the most powerful tools at our disposal for demystifying complex subjects is the analogy. When we work with analogies, from simple comparisons to skeuomorphic design (digital designs that mimic real world objects), we help people learn faster, retain...
by Christopher S Penn | May 28, 2021 | Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Marketing, Marketing automation, Marketing Technology
At the recent Google Marketing Platform’s Google Marketing Livestream virtual event, Google previewed a bunch of changes coming to the platform as a whole, but some of the features that most stood out were: Customer Match: the ability to encrypt and upload your...
by Christopher S Penn | May 19, 2021 | Marketing, Content, Content Marketing, Google Analytics, Marketing Data Science, Marketing Technology
Here’s a content marketing question to start your thinking: what would you assume the relationship is between average time on page and word count? I would assume there would be a linear relationship, right? More words on a page means more time to read, so there...
by Christopher S Penn | Mar 22, 2021 | Google Analytics, Marketing, Marketing Data Science, Marketing Technology
Guilherme asks, “In the acquisition report, when it’s on the user tab, it’s listing the channel that the those users came through on: A – their first visit ever B – their first visit within the selected timeframe C – the last visit...
by Christopher S Penn | Jan 8, 2021 | Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Marketing, Marketing Data Science, Marketing Technology
Guilherme asks, "Can I ask you something about platform type? I ran facebook ads to my website, shouldn’t my traffic be split between the 3 types fo platform (web, android and ios)? I only got Web…" There’s a bit of a mixup here....
by Christopher S Penn | Dec 7, 2020 | analytics, Attribution, Google Analytics, Marketing, Marketing Data Science
Karalyn asks, “In a situation where the marketing tweet did not have a higher engagement rate, but did have a higher impact, how do you show that community value to a client?” Community value is measured over the long-term, which means first educating the...