Articles By:
Lee Goldberg
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Google Analytics 4: Waiting Is No Longer an Option
Let’s face it: change is always hard. It typically requires time, resources, and effort. It will also generally include a learning curve, as well as paying off technical debt – particularly when it comes to web technologies and software. In the web analytics space, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) represents a major change to the class-leading tool that so many of us are familiar with.
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Unlocking Value: Tips for Nonprofits to Maximize Value from Web Analytics Data
Now more than ever, understanding the effectiveness of your online properties and identifying deficiencies is absolutely key towards building better and deeper engagement for your nonprofit organization. Especially with budgets being impacted by the novel coronavirus, understanding what’s happening and then optimizing your user experience based on the data can have a major impact on overall financial performance.
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Speeding Up During a Slowdown
It’s no surprise or secret that businesses and people are struggling right now. Thanks to the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, companies are seeing major drops in revenue, site traffic, and of course, overall profitability. While economists debate how long the slowdown will last, now is the time to start planning for a recovery as we begin a return to normalcy over the weeks and months ahead. For businesses that have had budgets cut and initiatives stalled, thinking about a brighter future is welcomed news, but it won’t be easy getting there. So it begs the question: What can businesses be doing now? Moreover, is it possible to take advantage of the current situation to prepare for what’s ahead?
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3 Weeks In: What We’re Seeing in Terms of Shifts in Consumer Behavior
Let’s face it: life has undergone a significant change for virtually everyone around the world, as the novel coronavirus has forced us to morph from a world of togetherness to a world of social distancing. This has led to a shift in consumer behavior and Internet usage. After evaluating data across our portfolio of clients, we’ve noticed a few significant shifts and trends that are worth highlighting:
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Lead Generation for Law Firms
Stereotypes are often associated with law firms – That they can be aggressive, sharp, and cutthroat, amongst other characteristics. The competitive nature of successfully practicing law directly parallels the level of competition found online as law firms attempt to build brand awareness and garner qualified leads that have the potential to develop into actual clients and cases.
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4 Ways to Make Your Holiday Strategy Even Merrier This Year
If you’re an online retailer, Q4 ‘tis the season to be jolly. You’ve likely already started to prepare your strategy for making the holiday shopping season as successful as possible, which is great. Based on our experience working with a variety of online retailers over the years, we’re highlighting some best practices and effective optimization tips to make this year be the best one yet.
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Humans vs Machines: When to Automate Your Paid Media Campaigns
Claude Shannon, the late American Mathematician, largely known as the ‘father of information theory,’ once remarked that he can “visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans.” Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are no longer mere buzzwords. They’ve evolved to be an integral part of society, powering everything from self-driving cars to Amazon’s Alexa. Within the MarTech space, it’s now hard to find a software package or technology that doesn’t tout its use of machine learning. Indeed, machine learning and AI have been incredibly powerful in the paid media space, automating tasks that practitioners could do, but would rather not. This is especially true for tasks that take a disproportionate amount of time relative to the benefit earned.
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Art + Science: Creating a Comprehensive SEO Strategy That Complements a Beautiful Design
Let’s face it – SEO and UX design don’t have the greatest history together. In the early, nascent days of the web, designers used to joke that if you talked to an SEO professional, they’d advise that your website should include nothing more than a white background with black text, lots of hyperlinks, and repetitive, monotonous copy, all in the name of “keyword density.” Indeed, in the early days of search (going back to the era of Yahoo!, Excite, Hotbot, and Dogpile – before Google was even a public company), simplicity was key — and search engines could do little beyond scanning text on a page.