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Analytics

4 Nov, 2007

Install Google Analytics Site Search In 5 Steps

By Ian Lurie

Google Analytics now includes onsite search tracking. You can install it in just five steps.

This tutorial will show you how.

Analytics

30 Oct, 2007

PPC Waste Management Without Conversions: Smart Keyword Analytics

By Ian Lurie

Note: I’m doing some final prep work for my SMX presentation tomorrow. Well, actually I’m sitting here in a daze after a good Swedish beer, trying to stay awake until 9 PM local time. But I’m rehearsing, too, and I often get my thoughts straight by writing about it, first. If you have a moment,… Read More

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Internet Marketing

16 Oct, 2007

Internet Marketing Priorities: Stump Ian, Question 2

By Ian Lurie

Rhys, who works at a non-profit, asked a great question: “I’m wondering, if I know I can’t do everything that is important, what marketing options and best practices should I focus on, and which could be skimped?” Online, content still rules. Don’t listen to anyone who tries to tell you otherwise. If you have a… Read More

Internet Marketing

24 Sep, 2007

Get In Your Customers’ Heads: Creating Great Personas

By Ian Lurie

How is it that some web sites just click, the moment you look at them? What makes some people just love Grolsh beer, while others swear by Guinness? Why do you like BMWs, while I like Teslas? Why do I like one candidate, while you like another? This isn’t luck. Someone designed these brands or… Read More

Analytics

21 Sep, 2007

7 Internet Marketing Metrics You Must Track (and how)

By Ian Lurie

In internet marketing, that which is measured, improves. But it’s tough to know exactly what to measure, especially as your web site becomes just one part in a much larger campaign. And it’s even tougher to know how to measure. I always say internet marketing isn’t about the tech stuff. That’s true. But the tech… Read More

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