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MRKT10028 Week13
MRKT10028 Week13
Fall 2009
Week #13
Capturing & Keeping an Audience
Traffic Analysis & Measuring
Success (ROI)
E-Commerce Environments
Days to Purchase: the number of days that pass from a users first
site visit to when they actually make a purchase
Visits To Purchase: the number of site visits a user makes before
they make a purchase
Obviously, the larger the purchase, the more days/visits the user
will require
E.g., cost to acquire a new customer => $12; average sale per
% of Shoppers
92%
Order tracking
88%
25%
Privacy policies
83%
Free shipping
25%
76%
Online outlet
75%
Inventory/selection
18%
Customer reviews
74%
Brands
16%
Comparison capabilities
73%
63%
Live help
58%
In-store returns
58%
Express checkout
52%
How to guides
51%
50%
Exclusives
49%
Wish lists
48%
46%
In-store pickup
37%
FEATURE
% of Shoppers
Saving money
63%
Saving time
Customer service
15%
Past experience
11%
Rewards programs
11%
Ease of shopping
9%
Charts
developed) to map out the site, segment the content into categories
that make sense, and consider how the navigation elements will lead
visitors to find what they are looking for
This goes right back to information covered earlier in the course (Ch.
8)
It tells site visitors that that the brand is in constant evolution, rather
than growing stagnant.
It generates curiosity and encourages users to come back often to
see new changes.
It gives the marketer a chance to send new messages regularly to
repeat visitors.
change
Small updates are sometimes enough to get the point across
that something new is going on
Graphic design and artistic style evolve over time, and sites
need to reflect these changes
Blogs
conversational, relevant
Contests
Loyalty Programs
Wish lists
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Marketing Goals
Distribution of information
Percentage of click-throughs
Percentage of people who open an e-mail and click through to the Web site
or who click on a paid search ad or display ad
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Sales / Revenue
B2B sites requires visitors to take action (by calling or e-mailing the
company to request more information or to set up an exploratory
meeting)
Number of visitors
Pages visited
Similarly, Web sites want to keep people on their site as long as possible
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Visitor registration
Engagement
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Setting Goals
Check out the case studies provided on online LearningPlan and and/or
review the case studies at iMediaConnection.com
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Dashboard
provides an
overview of all
measurements
over a period (of
one month)
Free basic
analysis is
available; you
must pay if you
want your goals
measured against
metrics!
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Timeline
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Site Usage/Visitors
Unique visitors
New vs. Returning
Pageviews
Average Pageviews
Average Time on Site
Bounce Rate
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Map View
Based on IP addressing
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Traffic Sources
URL)
Referring sites (clicking
through from another site
or ad)
Search engine
Sites participating in
Googles AdWord
campaigns can also view
ROI information here
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E.g.,
*if a user only clicks through and takes no action, the Yield is $0.00
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Related Metrics
The
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Visits
Difference in Visits
Purchased
138
167
21.01%
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and recount them when they revisit a page, but not when they
come in via another method (a Google ad, for example).
PPC programs sometimes put a time limit on counting visitors
seconds may appear as one visit, not two. However, if the user
revisits later in the day it might be counted as multiple
users/unique visitors, where server logs may not associate it that
way.
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Don't rely only on metrics from a (single) PPC engine or any other
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Homework
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