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. First, you figure out what you want to improve; then you create an experiment; then you run the experiment; then you measure the results and decide what to do.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

You just have to have the right mental model (see Seth Godin above) and you have to… wait for it… wait for it… measure everything you do! For everything you do it is important to measure your effectiveness of all three phases of your effort: Acquisition. You’re trying to measure how well you are doing to: Send emails.

Metrics 137

Metrics Marketing Measurement Cost-Benefit 137

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Move from a data collection obsession and develop a crush on data analysys. You'll measure Task Completion Rate in 4Q (below). You'll measure Share of Search using Insights for Search (below). Only a plea to obsessively obsess about measuring outcomes and compute economic value, not just revenue.

Analytics 135

Analytics Testing Measurement Optimization 135

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

Because things are changing and becoming more competitive in every sector of business, the benefits of business intelligence and proper use of data analytics are key to outperforming the competition. Ultimately, business intelligence and analytics are about much more than the technology used to gather and analyze data.

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

The organization functions off a clearly defined Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. #1. Remember none of these jobs will do any data collection/IT work, even in medium-sized companies.) More on the Digital Marketing & Measurement Model, DMMM, in #2 below.). Four Useless KPI Measurement Techniques. #9:

Data-driven 140

Data-driven Consulting Reporting Marketing 140

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Real-time data is super valuable if zero human beings are involved from data collection to action being taken. But it is not a key performance indicator. You measure bounce rate and you can find those things, then figure out if the problem is at the source (ads) or destination (your site).

Marketing 166

Marketing Metrics Advertising Measurement 166