Our team launched our free Google Analytics iPhone app today. It is very basic to start but utilizing the Google Analytics API it provides fast access to your site activity within multiple accounts and profiles. Being a Google Analytics Authorized Consultant, we frequently need to grab quick site metrics during a meeting and this iPhone [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
It’s very simple to improve the conversion of your website. First make sure your site works and fix anything that is broken. 99% of the sites we perform website evaluations on have a variety of common problems such as bad internal/external links that lead to error pages, form validation issues, functionality like forms and shopping [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
Ready to improve your Marketing Campaign ROI by Doubling Conversion Rate?You invest a lot of time, money and effort into your website and online marketing. Wouldn’t you like to know about a simple process using free and inexpensive tools that can help you methodically boost your return on investment? Okay, I know you are thinking [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
Below is list of what to test (from my session on ‘Radically Improving your Conversion Rate’ using Google Website Optimizer at Search Engine Strategies New York 2009) in really no specific order because each site is different. If you are new to Google Website Optimizer check out our Top 7 Google Website Optimizer Tips before [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Google Analytics Profiles and Filters allow you to have so much more power and control over your analytics data. In fact, they allow you to do almost anything expensive web analytics packages can do. Why Use Google Filters and Profiles?Most importantly, filters allow you to make analytics data more meaningful by segmenting and cleaning the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 10, 2009
In this post we demonstrate how to setup a Google Website Optimizer A/B test using the Motivity Ecommerce/CMS Platform. The Motivity platform includes a Google Website Optimizer module that allows you to test your website content and ecommerce pages. In order to test pages you normally need to insert snippets of JavaScript code provided by [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 10, 2009
In this post we demonstrate how to setup a Google Website Optimizer Multivariate test on an Ecommerce Product Page using the Motivity Ecommerce/CMS Platform. The Motivity platform includes a Google Website Optimizer module that allows you to test your website content and ecommerce pages. In order to test pages you normally need to insert snippets [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 10, 2009
In this post we demonstrate how to setup a Google Website Optimizer Multivariate test on an Ecommerce Category Page using the Motivity Ecommerce/CMS Platform. The Motivity platform includes a Google Website Optimizer module that allows you to test your website content and ecommerce pages. In order to test pages you normally need to insert snippets [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
You don’t need to have a separate page to track Website Optimizer conversions We’ve learned that many people struggle with how to setup conversion tracking in Google Website Optimizer for videos, product demos, ajax forms, multiple forms on a page, or other pages that either have multiple desired actions or don’t have any clear actions. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 14, 2008
Google Website Optimizer Multichannel Ecommerce Case Study Why was this Website Optimizer test so important? This test makes a great case study for the value of follow up tests, how strong conversion rates can still be improved substantially, and most importantly provides a critical lesson in why the Google Website Optimizer results cannot be taken [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
Here are our top 7 tips for Google Website Optimizer when you are getting started and looking for fast, actionable feedback to improve your website conversion rates. Keep it SimpleStart with A/B Testing and test major page changes with fewer variations. Google offers some sophisticated functionality for performing multivariate tests but remember that these complex [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
After taking about 20 steps, I couldn’t get to the special offers in AT&T’s email! Apparently, AT&T doesn’t really want you to get your free ringtone or help the environment. Read the quick case study below… AT&T’s Mistake #1: Hiding the offer in the email preview Due to the use of only images in AT&T’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
We often talk about persuasion with our clients when discussing website optimization. Today, I came across a twitter post from Bryan Eisenberg that led me to a concise review of a recent online marketing flub they found by MagicJack. It provides a revealing discussion regarding the three fundamental questions of Future Now’s Persuasion Architecture(R): who [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Looking for ways to easily enhance Google Analytics? While reading news in my Web Analytics Association I stumbled across this great article “Social Media Metrics Greasemonkey Plugin For Google Analytics” that enables you to add social metrics to your content detail reports. (See example Google Analytics screenshot to the right) Plus, I then found the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Kayden Kelly, Managing Director of Blast Advanced Media, to give presentation on “Marketing Benefits of Blogs & Does Your Website Rock?” to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Northern California Chapter) that puts on the International Emmy Awards. This is a must attend event for all people who live in the Sacramento and [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 26, 2008
I recently read a great article in EContent Magazine (November 2008, Volume 31, Number 9) called “Build Community to Build Brand and Business” by Joe Dysart. Below are the highlights of the article that validate our contention that transparent online reviews and social communities foster trust and affinity. Online Reviews Influence Purchasing Decisions While web [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Want to make web design and development decisions easier? Then start testing! In a recent test, we utilized Google Website Optimizer to see if we could improve the conversion of a key goal (requesting a catalog) on an ecommerce web site. We identified what we believed to be the obstacles on the the current request [...]
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Monday, June 1, 2009
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