About 150 years ago, the legendary retailer John Wanamaker quipped, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Throughout the ensuing decades, many CEOs have echoed Wanamaker’s lament as they have struggled to quantify their return on marketing investment. Some marketers have despaired of ever being able to connect a sales impact to a specific and unique element of complex and multi-faced marketing plans – preferring instead to use their “gut” to guide marketing decisions and to rely on anecdote or vanity metrics to justify the results. However, in our era of data-driven marketing, this “know-nothing” approach has become increasingly untenable as CFOs and CEOs demand more exacting demonstrations of marketing ROI. And indeed the science of marketing attribution has come a long way since Wanamaker’s day.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmcdonald1/2018/01/23/measuring-the-roi-of-marketing-ab-tests-vs-market-mix-models-vs-multi-touch-attribution/#1e39ef2a2576/
Business owners should assess their website periodically. Don't wait until you hear negative feedback from customers. Here are four signs it's time to re-evaluate your website.
Does your website need a health checkup?
Just as we visit a doctor for an annual checkup, why not give your business website the same care?
Website trends are always changing, and visitors have become accustomed to an experience standard that simply wasn't there a few years ago, and you can thank mobile for much of that.
https://www.business.com/articles/four-signs-your-website-needs-a-checkup/
Every business owner should know a few simple SEO tips that they can use to increase their search engine ranking. Often business people hire an (overpriced) consultant.
Search engine optimization is important for any person those want to increase their ranking with the search engines. So it is very important for everyone to know a basic understanding of how SEO works and why.
https://www.fabnewz.com/2018/01/17/seo-tips-increase-website-traffic/
Google News has forever changed how readers keep up with the world around them. Previous generations of newsreaders first had to pick up a publication and then sort through, page by page, to find the headlines that captured their attention (oh, the tedium!). Never again. Today's newsies only need to visit Google News to behold an aggregated page of multiple sources that are grouped by topic and displayed in order of the reader's personal interests.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/denispinsky/2018/01/11/google-news/#18dcced33d50/
What if I told you that instead of testing only two different versions of your website, you could test 94 million different versions? It may seem impossible, but that’s exactly what Intellimize can do.
Using machine learning to update its algorithm on the fly, Intellimize wants to shake up the way marketers test and optimize websites. The niche is currently dominated by one-on-one A/B testing.
https://martechtoday.com/intellimize-introduces-new-way-test-ads-207255/
It’s impossible to imagine the online landscape today without feedback ‘buttons’ and ‘forms’. Some organisations have already gained many useful tips from customers using these tools. While others are still experimenting with feedback buttons left or right. Learn more about the different phases of utilising online feedback here. Because many digital marketers struggle with getting true value out of their website feedback tools I wanted to share with you:
Five Ways to get more from your website feedback tool – with learnings from the pro’s at TomTom, Aegon and BMW
https://mopinion.com/5-ways-to-get-more-from-your-website-feedback-tool/
Website performance is an important but sometimes overlooked component of a website’s ability to attract and convert traffic. This makes sense especially at the age of e-commerce and online payments, through multiple channels such as mobile and web, where every second counts.
http://www.cxotoday.com/story/heres-why-web-performance-market-will-keep-growing/
Major shopping days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday can become make-or-break moments for online retailers. This year, Black Friday shopping was dominated by online sales. Americans spent a record $5 billion online in 24 hours this Black Friday, an increase of 16.9% since last year, according to data from Adobe Digital Insights. On Cyber Monday, Americans spent a blockbuster $6.6 billion online. For e-retailers, this shopping frenzy can mean soaring profits or lost customers, depending on website performance.
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Industry-Insights/4-Simple-Steps-Retailers-Can-Take-to-Boost-Holiday-Sales-Through-Web-Optimization-122251.htm/
Many people over the years have said that email marketing’s days are numbered and that it will soon become a dated, perhaps even obsolete technology. But actually, this assumption couldn’t be more wrong. Email marketing still remains one of the most effective marketing channels with the highest return on investment (ROI). Much like other marketing channels however, email campaigns do offer up their fair share of challenges. Surprisingly, many of these challenges revolve around a lack of understanding and engagement with the target audience. It seems that with many campaign emails, communications are only outbound, leaving marketers with no real insight into how their email was received by their readers. This lack of insight into the performance an email campaign is precisely why it’s important to start collecting email campaign feedback.
In this article we will investigate why email campaign feedback is important for email marketers and provide you with some tips / advice on how to collect email campaign feedback.
https://mopinion.com/how-to-collect-email-campaign-feedback/
Your website is your always-on digital marketing and salesperson. Research shows that about 60% of the sales process is over before a prospect connects with your sales team. Why? Because prospects are researching online. They want to self-direct their education process. This makes having a well-designed, educational website a must.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/01/05/website-redesign-best-practices-for-2018/#25e110b03cbf/
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