Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

To ensure customer delight was delivered in a timely manner, it was also decided that Average Call Time (ACT) would now be The success metric. The success metric, ACT, did go down. That ACT was an activity metric was terrible – if you have a The success metric, it should always be an outcome metric. Another issue.

Key Performance Indicator 106

Key Performance Indicator Metrics Measurement Advertising 106

Sisense

MAY 18, 2021

When you discover data that means something, you need to be agile enough to make experimental changes.”. Mistake #3: Making vanity metrics your main event. When the primary focus becomes likes, retweets, follows, and comments — also known as vanity metrics — marketing efforts become less meaningful for your long-term goals.

Marketing 52

Marketing Data Analytics Analytics Metrics 52

Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Spoiler alert: a research field called curiosity-driven learning is emerging at the nexis of experimental cognitive psychology and industry use cases for machine learning, particularly in gaming AI. Ensure a culture that supports a steady process of learning and experimentation. Let’s roll the clock back ~65 years.

Data Science 66

Data Science Experimentation Data-driven Machine Learning 66

Occam's Razor

MAY 27, 2015

How about magazines? Yes, you can get some weak demographic or, a bit better, psychographic signals from surveys TV channels or magazines did. It is being hyper-conservative when it comes to creativity and experimentation because of quant-issues. Bonus: Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to! <

Marketing Analytics 153

Marketing Analytics Marketing Analytics Advertising 153

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

If you are doing lame stuff, why try harder in an analytics context by asking for Economic Value or Visitor Loyalty or Conversation Rate or a thousand other super powerful and insightful metrics ? How good can it possibly feel to do unimaginative things that barely even worked on TV/radio/magazines/catalogs?

Marketing 140

Marketing B2B Measurement Risk 140

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Many used some data, but they unfortunately used silly data strategies/metrics. And silly simply because as soon as the strategy/success metric being obsessed about was mentioned, it was clear they would fail. It is a really good metric. There are many spectacular reasons for why Like (and +1s, Followers) is a horrible metric.

Marketing 166

Marketing Metrics Advertising Measurement 166

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Success Metrics. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome). It can be a brand metric, say Likelihood to Recommend. It is not that hard.

B2B 167

B2B Metrics Testing Recreation/Entertainment 167