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At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby proclaimed, “Data is the new oil.”. One of the first big projects Militscher’s team undertook at Collibra was the Data Intelligence Usage Dashboard, which helps Collibra pre-sales engineers understand how customer adoption evolves during a trial. Humby had bona fides to make that claim.

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The Complete Digital Analytics Ecosystem: How To Win Big

Occam's Razor

Helpful post: You Are What You Measure, So Choose Your KPIs (Incentives) Wisely! ]. As we develop more sophistication to our measurement, they'll morph from being attributes of a Visitor to those of a Person. You'll find it here: Strategic & Tactical Dashboards: Best Practices, Tips, Examples. Definition?

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Kick Butt With Internal Site Search Analytics

Occam's Razor

I had first written about the wonders of site search analysis in a June 2006 post: Are You Into Internal Site Search Analysis? 3: Measure Internal Site Search Quality. #4: 5: Life Is About Results: Measure Outcomes! It is obvious to you how the above report can also help you measure the quality of your internal search results.

Analytics 101
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Web Analytics: Frequently Asked Questions And Direct Answers

Occam's Razor

Brian Krick: Best way to measure and communicate "available demand" from available channels (social, search, display) for forecast modeling. Additionally, it is exceptionally difficult to measure available demand because 1. See #1 in this post from 2006: Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Metrics, Tips & Best Practices.

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Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business

Occam's Razor

If you are paying someone to do web analytics and this metric is not on top of the dashboard they've created for you, it might be time to say sayonara to them. Try, test, measure, be rich. Tip: If you've hired the right analytics talent/consultant to help you, they'll be measuring these fabulous four. Where is it?

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Excellent Analytics Tip #27: Chase Smart Calculated Metrics!

Occam's Razor

The specific metric I've been mad about since day one of this blog ( May 14th, 2006! ) It is measured as Orders/Visits. [Or, It has always upset me that we measure success using the metric Revenue. I even have my very own custom dashboard for my Sr. is Conversion Rate. Or, its variation Outcomes/Sessions].

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

My first blog post on the topic of CIA was on 14th Aug 2006! This can possibly make a good module in your tactical dashboard (we'll see cooler stuff we can add to our strategic dashboards later in this post). It is nice to have that as a measure of loyalty to the site. (I'm Allow me to share an important tip.

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