By Mike McCready on December 16, 2009
I fully believe this statement to be true, with one caveat, which I will offer at the end of the post.
The other day I was looking at the web analytics for my blog and noticed something interesting. I receive traffic to my blog from various sources, but I really just wanted to compare Twitter and [...]
Posted in Analytics & Measurements, Twitter | Tagged Google, referrer, social networking, Twitter, Web analytics
By Mike McCready on December 11, 2009
Being successful online is all about measuring success. There are countless blog posts about measuring ROI using web analytics, establishing KPIs, using engagement to measure success with social media, etc.
While all of these are absolutely important, there is one indicator that I think trumps them all – especially in larger organizations. That indicator is [...]
Posted in Analytics & Measurements, Redesign | Tagged kpi, measurements, measuring success, metrics, perception, Performance indicator, Rate of return, ROI, success, transparency, Van Morrison
By Mike McCready on October 5, 2009
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be an overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Once you’ve identified the strategy for your website (eg. goals, audience, messages, etc.), you can then start by building your keyword list.
We will be going through this exact exercise over the next few months as we work not only to [...]
Posted in Analytics & Measurements, Marketing, SEO, Tips & Tricks | Tagged Google, Keyword, Keyword research, Promotion, Search Engine Optimization, Web search engine, Web Strategy
By Mike McCready on September 14, 2009
I’ve been interested in conversions and landing pages for some time, but just from a theoretical approach. As the college where I works gets ready to launch a new marketing campaign, I’m planning on using Google Website Optimizer. My goals are simple: 1) determine which landing page is best and 2) get a better understanding [...]
Posted in Analytics & Measurements, Marketing, SEO, Tips & Tricks | Tagged Analytics, Conversions, Google, Landing page, Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Search engine, SEO, Tools
By Mike McCready on July 17, 2009
Wow! This is my first blog post in 2 1/2 weeks. That’s what happens when you go on vacation with no laptop – it was great!
Well, we are about to embark on a major web redesign. One of the areas of concern that we have in the successful execution of the project is to maintain [...]
Posted in Analytics & Measurements, Redesign, SEO | Tagged Analytics, Design, google analytics, HigherEd Web, Marketing, Redesign, search engines, SEO, strategy, Web analytics, web design, Website
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