Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2012

Every Analysis Ninja knows that standard reports are lame. Custom reports on the other hand are, well, hand crafted by you for a specific purpose with a set of guiding principles (" Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes! ") that ensure that they don't so much deliver data as much as deliver insights. Criminal behavior.

Reporting 127

Reporting Analytics Metrics Advertising 127

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. Sometimes, we escape the clutches of this sub optimal existence and do pick good metrics or engage in simple A/B testing. But it is not routine.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

So to imply the ROI in Step 4 is sub-optimal. Based on results of value identified for Facebook, optimize their advertising mix strategy for future product launches. Because we don't understand the uniqueness, we fall back on profoundly sub-optimal old world metrics like Reach or Online GRP equivalents. Time to dive deeper.

Advertising 165

Advertising ROI Metrics Marketing 165

Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2011

Web Analysts are blessed with an immense amount of data, and an amazing amount of valuable, even sexy, metrics to understand business performance. Yet our heroic efforts to report the aforementioned sexy metrics lead to little business action. Since crappy sounds bad, let's just say you are reporting super lame metrics.

Metrics 126

Metrics Measurement Key Performance Indicator Reporting 126