That joyous time of year is upon us again, that magical time that kicks off holiday shopping right after Thanksgiving with Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
If you haven’t already started, right now would be the perfect time to deploy some last-minute conversion optimizing changes to your website to take full advantage of what will undoubtedly be a busy holiday season. Read more…
Conversion rate optimization is one of the most effective ways to grow profits for a web business, whether it’s an SMB or an enterprise-level site.
But where do you start? What should you test? And what pitfalls should you watch out for? Here are 20 conversion optimization tips on how to get started. Read more…
Those of us in the search community who have been around for a while can probably attest to this scenario: we’re at a trade show, speaking at a conference, or even having a drink at a bar and someone comes up to us to ask, “I’m paying $500 per month with an SEO company and I’m not happy with the results, can you have a look and let me know what you’d do differently?” Read more…
By now, most of us have seen those ads that follow you around the Internet offering you the exact same product you searched for, browsed, or maybe added to a shopping cart. Depending on the websites you visit, you may even get an email with a product you were interested in along with suggestions of other products that might interest you. Welcome to the world of remarketing! Read more…
It was nearly a year ago that I wrote “Conversion Optimization: Top 5 Places to Start,” so by this time everyone should be well along the golden path of conversion optimization to become optimization aficionados. Needless to say you’ve run your share of testing to win over the HiPPO’s, you’ve proven your mettle, and hopefully won some deserved attention from your peers.
What’s next along the golden path of optimization? Where do you go for follow-up ideas on what and how to test? Read more…
It’s no secret – the once small and extremely niche computer company that struggled for so long for market share in the ’80s and ’90s is now king of mobile. With more than 37 million iPhones and 15 million iPads sold last quarter (117 percent growth), Apple had their best quarter in corporate history. This explosive growth has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with AAPL stock surging well above the rest of the NASDAQ.
Some would say this explosive growth is due mainly to profit margins on mobile phone sales. A recent article by Horace Dediu of Asymco.com shows some convincing data on Apple’s growth, and while the revenue share is comparable with closest rival Samsung, the profit shares seem to suggest a 75 percent dominance of the entire market. Read more…
The post-holiday season is a great time to reflect on the year that was 2011, both from a personal and professional perspective.
For many of us, the first quarter of the year means planning for the year ahead and prioritizing against a variety of opportunities competing for time and resources.
Unfortunately, no lone study of web analytics will satisfy everyone in your organization; the only solution to coming up with a prioritized list is analysis – deep cross-channel analysis. Read more…
Over the past 6 months I’ve been on the hiring end of some of the worst interviews I care to remember, and a select few that both captivated my attention and made me awestruck. Although I can’t go into the details of the bad interviews I’ve sat in on, I wanted to ensure that job seekers that are either in our industry or want to break into it come prepared to impress.
Here are seven tips on how to land a job in the online space. Read more…
Almost as quickly as November came to a close, news broke from StatCounter indicating Google’s Chrome browser overtook Mozilla Firefox as the second most popular browser worldwide for the first time. Internet Explorer, the incumbent for years still remains king of the pile, but even Microsoft has to be looking at their dropping share as an impending challenge to keep up with Google. Read more…
March was an extremely busy time for me personally, so I passed up the opportunity to write about an awe-inspiring keynote delivered by Michael Eisner of Disney fame at the Omniture Summit in Salt Lake City. In his address, he eloquently explained how technology enables a never-ending and consistently innovative evolution of content delivery mechanisms: from Gutenberg’s printing press back in 1440 all the way to present day with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook. Read more…
