Is analytics really going to make a difference? Will I benefit by getting deeper into my analytics? Find out how exciting one man can make Google Analytics. Analytics is not one of those words that inspires action. It’s not a word like “Rose” dripping with alternate meanings and romantic associations. It’s not like the word […]
How is Curiosity related to Creativity? What are the barriers to your curiosity? Find out how to spur the curiosity of yourself and your team. Experimenters. You know the type. As children, we call them “precocious”. They’re the ones who are always asking, “Why? Why? WHY?” In middle school, they were sometimes called “mischievous,” seeming […]
Every business wants to know their customers better. Yet many businesses are inward looking. What has to change? When you want to save a file in your favorite application, which icon do most apps offer up? Why it’s the image of a 3.5″ floppy disc, of course. Why is it that the universal icon for […]
How do you bring a data-driven approach to your website redesign? BigCommerce hired Chris Nolan to do just that. Here’s how he used data to drive a Market-first redesign. When we lose an employee to another company, I feel a mix of pride and saltiness. I’m proud that working here turns otherwise ordinary men and […]
How often do your landing pages break promises made in your ads or newsletters? Here’s an example that may hit home. This is a tale of two companies who can’t afford to blacken their reputation any more than they already have. It is the story of one letter, one landing page and a broken promise. […]
What is the ultimate marketing technology stack? Join us in learning how to build a MarTech stack with Dan McGaw from Effin’ Amazing. Dan McGaw sees the threads that connect customers to websites to campaigns to decision makers. We call these “MarTech stacks” and they are the hot topic in digital marketing these days. We […]
What is the role of data within a digital agency? Should you collect data if you’re redesigning a website? We discuss these issues on Intended Consequences. When we redesign our website, we are given a rare opportunity to change the bones we build it on. Imagine that your website is a doll. You start with […]
How is conversion optimization ensuring that website redesigns always deliver an improvement in performance? Brian Massey and Joel Harvey can tell you. And they do. Poker is one of those games that, like digital marketing, requires a left-brain/right-brain approach. To begin with, good poker players know the percentages. They know that the two four’s in […]
Let’s dive into a brand new online marketing concept: Contextualization. Thanks to AI and ML, we have come a long way from creating customer segments. To improve conversions, we also need to understand context. Read on. I predicted years ago that my business would be using machine learning for much of what we do manually […]
Think you should be getting more from your digital marketing agencies? Find out how to work with, negotiate with and make your digital agency relationships more profitable. We’ve trained our agencies to work against us. The pitch meeting is the culprit. The pitch meeting is when an agency comes to their client — or their […]
