Archive for the ‘Metrics & Analytics’ Category

May 8th, 2007

Google Analytics Launches New & Improved Interface

By Jody Ferry

Google Analytics has just redesigned their reporting interface for greater customization and collaboration. This will make it easier for website owners and businesses to find and share the data we need to make informed decisions. The new version presents data in context and more clearly. Now you can look at a single report to gain [...]

April 17th, 2007

8 Ways to Reduce Your Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates

By Joe Devlin

The worst place for web site abandonment is in your shopping cart. You’ve overcome all the customer objections and gotten products added to their cart only to see the sale get away due to issue within the checkout process. To reduce shopping cart abandonments, here are 8 suggestions:
1. Offer the option to call. If visitors [...]

April 12th, 2007

PPC Marketing v2.0: Pay Per Call

By Joe Devlin

PPC. The acronym is most commonly associated with Pay Per Click in search marketing, but now there is a new kid in town sporting the same name but with a vastly different reputation. While Pay Per Click has now become a proven marketing commodity, Pay Per Call is a an emerging marketing concept [...]

April 12th, 2007

For Whom The Bell Curves

By Joe Devlin

Metrics and analytics are the foundation of the statistical analysis of website data. Once applicable metrics have been established and a reliable and accurate analytic package chosen, one can begin to make inferences from the data every website generates. While most people in the eCommerce trade are aware of popular metrics such as [...]

April 6th, 2007

The eCommerce Conversion Funnel, Part One

By Joe Devlin

Our first in a series of six topics discussing the eCommerce Conversion Funnel. When broken down to its core components, successful eCommerce websites will use some variation of the following to convert a visitor.
1) Targeting & Acquisition
2) Landing Page Effectiveness
3) Optimizing Checkout & Cross Selling
4) [...]