Offline retail planograms are completely fascinating. Before the digital environment (and their fantastic analytics) ever existed marketers have been intuitively testing and learning which layouts and organizations impact product sales. Though the applications are different, the offline environment can teach us a lot about ecommerce interface and user experience planning. Here’s what a basic idea [...]
Traffic investments load the funnel. There is a lot of focus on increasing traffic to websites when assessing online marketing tactics. This is for good reason: Without website visitors, no one is there to make a purchase or learn what your business is all about. Website traffic tools are sold most often (likely) because it’s [...]
I believe the best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing. A consumer should (at least initially) forget he or she is viewing and consuming marketing material because of a genuine immersion into the experience. This can feel like a friend sharing information, an expert providing education, or a peak at an entertainer creating. No matter the experience, [...]
Last night I spoke with a group of entrepreneurs at the Wayne County Community College in Detroit about using web analytics to make marketing decisions. Our talk included a lot of great questions, so I recrafted the presentation slides to include event-dialogue. A lot of this is somewhat elementary information for analytical data nerds, so [...]
Using analytics to create a digital strategy comes standard. But the reality is most companies hire digital vendors without a strategist. At the very least it’s critical website and digital marketing vendors to understand these metrics before making recommendations on how to spend your budget. Surprisingly, not everyone does this. Here are a few ways [...]