If (You Write a Good Hypothesis), Then (Good Things Happen)
Analytics

If (You Write a Good Hypothesis), Then (Good Things Happen)

10y Idris Nagri

If (You Write a Good Hypothesis), Then (Good Thing...

In order to formulate valuable insights, analysts need to be constantly coming up with hypotheses and testing them to the best of their ability. Read ...

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Only the Nimble Will Survive
Marketing

Only the Nimble Will Survive

10y Idris Nagri

Only the Nimble Will Survive

To survive in a competitive environment, company leaders must develop a nimble approach. They must be able to easily adapt to the changing business la...

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What Makes an Expert – the Art and Science of PPC
Paid Search

What Makes an Expert – the Art and Science of PPC

10y Idris Nagri

What Makes an Expert – the Art and Science of PPC

While the definition of a PPC expert may differ depending on who you ask, there are some basic characteristics that most everyone can agree upon. Read...

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ClickZ Live Demonstrates Feverish Pace of Digital Marketing
Conference Coverage

ClickZ Live Demonstrates Feverish Pace of Digital Marketing

10y Idris Nagri

ClickZ Live Demonstrates Feverish Pace of Digital ...

A look back at last week's ClickZ Live San Francisco and one of its key takeaways: proper collaboration between human and machine is the key to many a...

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Are You Reaching AND Converting Mobile Consumers?
Media

Are You Reaching AND Converting Mobile Consumers?

10y Idris Nagri

Are You Reaching AND Converting Mobile Consumers?

While social advertising might not be the perfect solution for all marketers, it's likely that it could help your business reach AND convert mobile co...

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Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True Native Distribution
Conference Coverage

Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True Native Distribution

10y Idris Nagri

Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True...

According to a session at ClickZ Live San Francisco, in order to win over consumers, marketers must produce quality, engaging content and utilize a tr...

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Lessons Learned From OKCupid and Facebook: The 7 Hows and Whens of Experimentation
Analytics

Lessons Learned From OKCupid and Facebook: The 7 Hows and Whens of Experime...

10y Idris Nagri

Lessons Learned From OKCupid and Facebook: The 7 H...

There is nothing wrong with experimenting and testing - in fact, it's extremely valuable. But remember to think about how and when you go about experi...

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The Best and Worst Words to Use in Subject Lines – New Research
Email

The Best and Worst Words to Use in Subject Lines – New Research

10y Idris Nagri

The Best and Worst Words to Use in Subject Lines –...

This guest post from Abigail Boswell provides new research on subject lines, courtesy of Touchstone, a new tool from Alchemy Worx. Read More...

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MMA Emphasizes the Importance of Mobile in Marketing Mix [#CZLSF]
Conference Coverage

MMA Emphasizes the Importance of Mobile in Marketing Mix [#CZLSF]

10y Idris Nagri

MMA Emphasizes the Importance of Mobile in Marketi...

At the afternoon keynote at ClickZ Live San Francisco on Tuesday, Greg Stuart of the MMA stressed the importance of mobile in the marketing world. Her...

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What Visitors Want: 13 Tools for Collecting Feedback on Your Site
Acquisition

What Visitors Want: 13 Tools for Collecting Feedback on Your Site

10y Idris Nagri

What Visitors Want: 13 Tools for Collecting Feedba...

One of the best ways to discover how you can better your website is by asking your visitors what they want to see. Here are several tools that allow y...

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How and Why Your PPC Agency Should Fail
Search

How and Why Your PPC Agency Should Fail

10y Idris Nagri

How and Why Your PPC Agency Should Fail

Failure shouldn't be thought of as such a bad word in the pay-per-click (PPC) industry. Instead, a "failure" should be used as a tool for growth and c...

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A 217% Lift Every Content Marketer Should Be Getting, But Will You?
Analytics

A 217% Lift Every Content Marketer Should Be Getting, But Will You?

10y Idris Nagri

A 217% Lift Every Content Marketer Should Be Getti...

Taking the time to test different headline options could give you a huge boost in the amount of traffic your content marketing can generate - it's wor...

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SEO Number Crunching – 5 Great Excel Features
Search

SEO Number Crunching – 5 Great Excel Features

10y Idris Nagri

SEO Number Crunching – 5 Great Excel Features

Excel includes several features that can be very useful in improving SEOs' efficiency and can also enhance their ability to analyze relevant site perf...

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Starting With the Fundamentals - Why Small Marketing Has to Precede BIG Marketing
Marketing

Starting With the Fundamentals - Why Small Marketing Has to Precede BIG Mar...

10y Idris Nagri

Starting With the Fundamentals - Why Small Marketi...

Although it can seem like a good idea to go for big marketing tactics right away, you must make sure your small marketing is effective before you make...

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Connecting With the Anonymous Customer
Automation

Connecting With the Anonymous Customer

10y Idris Nagri

Connecting With the Anonymous Customer

In many ways, consumers are always figuring out how to live a seamless offline and digital life. It's marketers who are still catching up. Read More...

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"Moneyball" vs. Creative: Where Data and Marketing Collide
Analytics

"Moneyball" vs. Creative: Where Data and Marketing Collide

10y Idris Nagri

"Moneyball" vs. Creative: Where Data and Marketing...

Data and creative teams need to come together in order to achieve the best possible outcomes from your marketing efforts. Read More...

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Adobe: Analyzing, Testing, Optimizing & Personalizing Pays Off [Survey]
Acquisition

Adobe: Analyzing, Testing, Optimizing & Personalizing Pays Off [Survey]

10y Idris Nagri

Adobe: Analyzing, Testing, Optimizing & Person...

While 75 percent of respondents in Adobe's 2014 Digital Marketing Optimization Survey say personalization is a way to convert visitors into customers,...

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What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?
Search

What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?

10y Idris Nagri

What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?

It's important to quantify the value of paid search, and the components that make paid search so successful (granularity, the ability to make quick ch...

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6 Tools for Cost-Effective Website Usability Testing
Acquisition

6 Tools for Cost-Effective Website Usability Testing

10y Idris Nagri

6 Tools for Cost-Effective Website Usability Testi...

There's a growing community of crowdsourced remote usability testing options avaiable for marketers. Here are six of the top tools. Read More...

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New HP Optimost Release Includes Cloud-Based A/B Testing
Analytics

New HP Optimost Release Includes Cloud-Based A/B Testing

10y Idris Nagri

New HP Optimost Release Includes Cloud-Based A/B T...

The new features promise quick testing for non-technical folks with a more user-friendly design tool. Read More...

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Google Analytics Advanced Segments: A Conversion Optimizer’s BFF
Acquisition

Google Analytics Advanced Segments: A Conversion Optimizer’s BFF

10y Idris Nagri

Google Analytics Advanced Segments: A Conversion O...

Marketers should take advantage of Google Analytics Advanced Segments to increase their conversion rate, consciously direct media spend, and enhance p...

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Strategic Testing: Tips for Success and Sources of Inspiration
Email

Strategic Testing: Tips for Success and Sources of Inspiration

10y Idris Nagri

Strategic Testing: Tips for Success and Sources of...

Testing is extremely important for a successful email campaign, so here are some tips to make sure you're testing in the right ways. Read More...

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Top 10 New Things to Measure on Your Website
Analytics

Top 10 New Things to Measure on Your Website

10y Idris Nagri

Top 10 New Things to Measure on Your Website

An updated list of the things you need to be measuring on your website, including online maturity, insight generation, and data quality. Read More...

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The 2 Possible Responses to Any Marketing Report
Advanced Email Marketing

The 2 Possible Responses to Any Marketing Report

10y Idris Nagri

The 2 Possible Responses to Any Marketing Report

There are two possible responses to a marketing performance report - "Oh Yeah?" and "So What?" - so how should marketers react? Read More...

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#CZLNY: Amazon’s Performance Secrets
Analytics

#CZLNY: Amazon’s Performance Secrets

10y Idris Nagri

#CZLNY: Amazon’s Performance Secrets

For years we have paid careful attention to Amazon's successes. This column shares a few secrets about what makes the company so incredibly successful...

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Digital Marketers Toolkit - 5 Resources to Validate Ideas and Test Assumptions
Acquisition

Digital Marketers Toolkit - 5 Resources to Validate Ideas and Test Assumpti...

10y Idris Nagri

Digital Marketers Toolkit - 5 Resources to Validat...

With a myriad of new and useful technologies available, a lot of guesswork can be taken out by using some of these digital tools to validate and test ...

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Leveraging Usability Testing for Smarter A/B Testing
Actionable Analysis

Leveraging Usability Testing for Smarter A/B Testing

10y Idris Nagri

Leveraging Usability Testing for Smarter A/B Testi...

Talking to customers can be incredibly useful -- here's how to combine analytics and user research for better testing in five steps. Read More...

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