Don’t Panic: A Traffic Decline Analysis Checklist and Toolbox

Has there been a shift in your site’s organic performance that’s got your wheels spinning? Did rankings inexplicably drop from Page 1? Are conversions slowing to a crawl? Is the three-month traffic bleed suddenly alarmingly apparent? As Google’s algorithms become less announced and more nebulous, it can be easy to allow paranoia and chaos to…

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Metrics That Matter

One of the most famous quotes about advertising is from a merchant named John Wanamaker and he said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Back when I started in the business much of the work we did was difficult to measure all the way…

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3 Reasons Analytics Help Business

When you’re running a small business, you’re constantly looking for ways to save time, without cutting quality. One area where businesses often struggle is finding the time to engage with their audience through social media. While they may do what’s necessary with some tweeting, post creation and so on, the battle is lost when it…

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The Value in Assisted Conversions

For nearly every single client that I have ever worked on I have recommended some sort of educational content. By educational content I mean content that is informational and doesn’t really have the goal to generate revenue on its own, but act as a top part of the funnel for a new customer or a…

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How to Augment Site Search Data in Google Analytics

To put it simply, site search lets you see what users are searching for on your site. You can analyze exactly who’s searching, what terms they’re searching for, and compare engagement for those that use this feature versus those that don’t. Generally users that are searching on your site show strong intent as they’re actively…

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3 Top Strategies to Optimize Your Business Website

There’s no doubt that ecommerce is becoming increasingly dominant worldwide. For example, in the UK online sales now account for more than 17% of the region’s retail market. Despite this, just 50% of small businesses own and operate websites, making half of all SMEs in the UK incapable of driving sales online or generating a…

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Does Google Data Studio Sample Google Analytics Data?

Google Data Studio, a free online data visualization tool, connects to a multitude of data sources including Google Analytics. If you have a very high volume of Google Analytics data, and use Data Studio for reporting and analysis, it’s possible you may experience data discrepancies between what the Google Analytics interface displays and what you see in…

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The Importance of Tracking Conversions on YouTube

YouTube has traditionally been a platform that advertisers have used in their digital marketing strategies to drive brand awareness. They could leverage the platform’s broad targeting and wide reach across its billions of users to get their brand in front of as many eyes as possible. The caveat was that it proved difficult to turn these viewers…

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