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Ad Block Tracking With Google Analytics: Code, Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

Technical how-to implement enhanced code guidance (Google Tag Manager or direct). Take thi second example from Forbes magazine on mobile… They are absolutely well within their rights to create a firewall around their site for people who use ad blockers… But think about their text in green for a moment. Ad block: #wth.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Because we don't understand the uniqueness, we fall back on profoundly sub-optimal old world metrics like Reach or Online GRP equivalents. Metrics are a problem.

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

. + Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis. I tend to use Hitwise a lot less, or not at all, because it is a very hard to use, it is slow, the UX/UI, metrics and reports have not really evolved over the years. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Visitor/Audience Type Profile Analysis.

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Unlock The Power of Your Data With These 19 Big Data & Data Analytics Books

datapine

With that in mind, we have prepared a list of the top 19 definitive data analytics and big data books, along with magazines and authentic readers’ reviews upvoted by the Goodreads community. Managing data in its full scope is not an easy task, especially when it comes to system design.

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

I have TV for shouting, I have Facebook for Social, I have Vogue magazine because my wife reads it, I have Google for Search. Be very careful to not over think it when you frame this step-one to your management team. Again, for your management team you don't have to over think it. They like simple things.

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Eight Silly Data Things Marketing People Believe That Get Them Fired.

Occam's Razor

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. Bounce rate goes from 70% to a manageable 30%. I love bounce rate.

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A Guide to Building Better Data Products

Juice Analytics

However, the data was essentially stored in old copies of the paper magazine, not a format that was conducive to delivering insights to their target audience. (3) There may be value in the data, but it is clear the product manager hasn’t thought deeply about their customers and what the data can do to solve their problems.