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    Getting More Out of Google Analytics

    As we begin this New Year, one of the best things that you can do for your business is to improve the quality of your metrics tracking initiatives.  Far too many businesses simply install Google Analytics and then fail to ever check the information this…

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    3 SEO Reports You Should Be Running

    As SEO becomes more and more complex, your reporting techniques must change as well.  Really, it’s no longer enough to run baseline ranking reports and raw visitor logs and call it a day.  These simple reports no longer give you enough meaningful data to truly…

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    10 Tips for Landing Page Optimization

    A good landing page serves one purpose and one purpose only – getting your visitors to take the specific action you’ve defined for them.  Whether that action is purchasing a product, signing up for an email list or submitting a lead to an offline business…

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    How to Take Advantage of Google Website Optimizer

    The number of free programs Google offers to help you improve your website and generate valuable data is truly astounding, but one of the most underutilized programs in this suite is the Google Website Optimizer.  If you aren’t currently using this great free resource to…

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    Case Study: Using Competitive Research to Analyze a New Market

    There was a post by Noah Kagan on Tim Ferriss’s blog about starting a million dollar business in a weekend. It was based around Chihuahuas, and reminded me of the tactics that I use when exploring the difficulty of entering a new market from an SEO standpoint…

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    How to Set Up Goals and Funnels in Google Analytics V5

    Goals matter – just ask any Brazilian soccer fan, overachieving New Year’s resolution-maker or data driven website marketer.  Without good goals, you have no good way to track your progress or ensure that you’re achieving the things you’ve set out to accomplish (instead of just…

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    Google Analytics for Startups

    A startup without measurable analytics goals is truly a ship without a rudder, which is what makes Google Analytics such an important part of any new business’s growth and development. To get started making sense out of all the information this program provides, check out…

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    Top 50 Posts on Conversion Rate Optimization

    No matter what type of website you run, conversions and conversion rate management should be a top priority for your business.  If you run an ecommerce website, your obvious goal will be to make more sales, but even if you’re simply generating leads or building…

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    How to Track Your Website’s Revenue with Google Analytics

    Although some people put up websites for completely altruistic reasons – for example, wanting to share knowledge or persuade people to a cause – most webmasters want to see some sort of financial payoff for their efforts. But to get the biggest financial benefit from…

  • How to Track Your Website’s Revenue with Google Analytics

    Although some people put up websites for completely altruistic reasons – for example, wanting to share knowledge or persuade people to a cause – most webmasters want to see some sort of financial payoff for their efforts. But to get the biggest financial benefit from…

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    The Analytics Measurements You Must Track

    They say that what gets measured, gets managed – so if you aren’t yet doing a good job tracking your website’s analytics and making decisions based on the data you uncover, chances are good that your website isn’t yet as successful as it could be!…

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    Different Elements to Split Test on Your Website

      As we’ve mentioned before, split testing is a powerful way to improve the conversions on your website, ultimately resulting in more sales and more money. If you’re interested in taking advantage of this technique, read on for more information on what split testing is,…