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Here you'll find all my blog posts categorized into a structure that will hopefully make it easy for you to discover new content, find answers to your questions, or simply wallow in some excellent analytics narratives.

To assist with that process everything's organized into these sections:

    ~ Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? How can my company become great?"

    ~ Digital Analytics: "Am I thinking right? How do I crush tough problems? Be data driven?"

    ~ Practical Analysis: "How do I become an Analysis Ninja?"
            + Strategic Analysis Articles
            + Tactical Analysis Articles

    ~ Qualitative Analysis: "What's Voice of Customer? Why care about "the why?" Surveys?"

    ~ Competitive Intelligence Analysis: "What can I learn from my others / my industry?"

    ~ Excellent Analytics Tips Series: "What is the best possible advice advice you can give me?"

    ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? How do I choose well? How to focus?"
            + Standard Metrics Revisited Series

    ~ Tools, Tools, Tools!: "How to pick? What's the best out there? How can I be smart?"

    ~ Digital Careers: "How can I get a bigger salary? How do I learn? Find people?"

    ~ Compiled Knowledge: "Why does that happen? How can I make this work? I wonder…"

    ~ Grab bag: Life lessons, observations, advice, and more
            + Blogging Experience Articles
            + I. Me. Myself.
            + Book Articles
            + Interviews
            + Misc Articles

In each section the listing is from the latest article to the earliest. Let's go and and have some fun!

Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? How can my company become great?"

Digital Analytics: "Am I thinking right? How do I crush tough problems? Be data driven?"

Measuring Incrementality: Controlled Experiments to the Rescue!

10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths: Embrace 'Em & Win Big

Who Owns Web Analytics? A Framework For Critical Thinking

Barriers To An Effective Web Measurement Strategy [+ Solutions!]

Slay The Analytics Data Quality Dragon & Win Your HiPPO's Love!

Web Data Quality: A 6 Step Process To Evolve Your Mental Model

Multichannel Analytics- Tracking Online Impact Of Offline Campaigns

Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. 7 Best Practices

The Ultimate Web Analytics Data Reconciliation Checklist

Evolve Intelligently: Achieve Web Analytics Nirvana, Successfully

A Primer On Web Analytics Visitor Tracking Cookies

The "Action Dashboard" (An Alternative To Crappy Dashboards)

In Web Analytics Context Is King Baby! Go Get Your Own

Measuring Online Engagement: What Role Does Web Analytics Play?

"Engagement" Is Not A Metric, It's An Excuse

History Is Overrated. (Atleast For Us, Atleast For Now.)

Is Conversion Rate Enough? It's A Good Start, Now Do More!

Accuracy, Precision & Predictive Analytics

Multiplicity: Succeed Awesomely At Web Analytics 2.0!

Convert Data Skeptics: Document, Educate & Pick Your Poison

Rethink Web Analytics: Introducing Web Analytics 2.0

Data Mining And Predictive Analytics On Web Data Works? Nyet!

Offsite and Onsite Resourcing, Behavioral Targeting Variables

I Got No Ecommerce. How Do I Measure Success?

Web Analytics Data Sampling 411

Podcast: Being Data-Driven, Exploiting the Long Tail, Analyst Skills

Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics

Redefining Conventional Wisdom On "Enterprise Class" Web Analytics

Delibrate Your Data, Dig Into Your Data, Reimagine Content Reporting

Podcast: Google, Evangelism, Data Privacy, Analytics, Yahoo! & Getting The "Web"

Perfection: Perfection Is Dead, Long Live Perfection

Triggers, Benchmarking, Identifying Goals & KPI Cards

Five Rules for High Impact Web Analytics Dashboards

Web Analytics: A Puzzle or A Mystery?

Podcast: Measuring Rich Media (Ajax, Flash / Flex, RSS & Blogs)

Customer Personas, Customer Value, Customer Retention and Non-line Marketing

Web Analysis: In-house or Out-sourced or Something Else?

Five "Ecosystem" Challenges for Web Analytics Practitioners

Is Real-Time Analytics Really Relevant?

Seven Steps to Creating a Data Driven Decision Making Culture

Customer Lifetime Value ROI, Buzz Monitoring, Click Fraud

Measuring Success for a Support Website: A Point of View

Video: Google Tech Talks: Avinash Kaushik

Tips for Web Analytics Success for Small Businesses

Data Quality Sucks, Let's Just Get Over It

Traditional Web Analytics is Dead

Practical Analysis: "How do I become an Analysis Ninja?"

Strategic Analysis Articles

The Difference Between Web Reporting And Web Analysis

Beginner's Guide To Web Data Analysis: Ten Steps To Love & Success

Rebel! Refuse Report Requests. Only Answer Business Questions, FTW.

Best Web Analysis Tip: Eliminate Data & Eschew Fake Proxies

5 + 4 Actionable Tips To Kick Web Data Analysis Up A Notch, Or Two

Web Analytics Segmentation: Do Or Die, There Is No Try!

Analyze This: 5 Rules For Awesome Impromptu Web Analysis

Web Analytics Success Measurement For Government Websites

Aggregation of Marginal Gains: Recession Busting Analytics!

Paid Search Analytics: Measuring Value of "Upper Funnel" Keywords

Videos: Actionable Web Analytics Tips

Consultants, Analysts: Present Impactful Analysis, Insightful Reports

Web Analytics Demystified

Six Data Visualizations That Rock!

Getting Started With Web Analytics: Step One – Glean Macro Insights

The Awesome Power of Visualization 2 -> Death and Taxes 2007

Stop Obsessing About Conversion Rate

The Awesome Power of Data Visualization

Path Analysis: A Good Use of Time?

Tactical Analysis Articles

Produce Actionable Insights: Mate Custom Reports With Adv Segments!

Three Amazing Web Data Analyses Techniques For Analysis Ninjas

3 Advanced Web Analytics Visitor Segments: Non-Flirts, Social, Long Tail

3 Awesome, Downloadable, Custom Web Analytics Reports

End of Dumb Tables in Web Analytics Tools! Hello: Weighted Sort

Identify The Known Unknowns: Leverage Analytics Custom Alerts

Leverage Custom Reports For Better Insights!

Awesome Analysis Tip: Move Beyond The Top Ten. Find Love (/Insights)

Google Analytics Becomes Intelligent. Hello Insights!

PPC / SEM Analytics: 5 Actionable Tips To Improve ROI

Google Analytics Maximized: Deeper Analysis, Higher ROI & You

Google Analytics Releases Advanced Segmentation: Now Be A Ninja!

Be Awesome At Comparing KPI Trends Over Time

The Best Web Analytics Report

Pick One, Just One Web Analytics Report, Go!

Make Web Analytics Actionable: Focus On "What's Changed"

Kick Butt With Internal Site Search Analytics

Tips For Measuring Success Of Your Blog (365 Days In Numbers)

Google Analytics Is Re-Launched: Do These Five Things First

Are You Into Internal Site Search Analysis? You Should Be

Qualitative Analysis: "What's Voice of Customer? Why care about "the why?" Surveys?"

Competitive Intelligence Analysis: "What can I learn from my others / my industry?"

Excellent Analytics Tips Series: "What is the best possible advice advice you can give me?"

Tip #19: Identify Website Goal [Economic] Values

Tip #18: Make Love To Your Direct Traffic

Tip #17: Calculate Customer Lifetime Value

Tip #16: Brand Evangelists Index

Tip #15: Measure Latent Conversions & Visitor Behavior

Tip #14: Measuring Value of Ecommerce Sales Tools

Tip #13: Measure Macro AND Micro Conversions

Tip #12: Unsuspected Correlations Are Sweet!

Tip #11: Measure Effectiveness Of Your Web Pages

Tip #10: How Thick is Your Head and How Long is Your Tail?

Tip #9: Leverage Statistical Control Limits

Tip #8: Measure the Real Conversion Rate & "Opportunity Pie"

Tip #7: The Adorable Site Abandonment Rate Metric

Tip#6: Measure Days & Visits to Purchase

Tip#5: Conversion Rate Basics & Best Practices

Tip#4: Make Your Analysis/Reports "Connectable"

Tip#3: Turbocharge Your SEM/PPC Analysis

Tip#2: Segment Absolutely Everything

Tip#1: Statistical Significance

Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? How do I choose well? How to focus?"

Best Social Media Metrics: Conversation, Amplification, Applause, Economic Value.

Google Analytics Visits Metric: Change. Implications. Opportunities.

Email Marketing: Campaign Analysis, Metrics, Best Practices

Your Web Metrics: Super Lame or Super Awesome?

Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Kill Useless Web Metrics: Apply The "Three Layers Of So What" Test

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Metrics & Analytics

Social Media Analytics: Twitter: Quantitative & Qualitative Metrics

Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

Actively Avoid Insights: 4 Useful KPI Measurement Techniques

Six Web Metrics / Key Performance Indicators To Die For

Web Metrics Demystified

Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success

Web Analytics Standards: 26 New Metrics Definitions

How To Measure Success of a Blog (120 Days in Numbers)

Standard Web Metrics Definitions from the Web Analytics Association

Thirty Days In Numbers (how to measure blog success)

Standard Metrics Revisited Series

#6: Daily, Weekly, Monthly Unique Visitors

#5 : Conversion / ROI Attribution

#4 : Time on Page & Time on Site

#3: Bounce Rate

#2: Top Exit Pages

#1: Visitors

Tools, Tools, Tools!: "How to pick? What's the best out there? How can I be smart?"

Best Web Analytics 2.0 Tools: Quantitative, Qualitative, Life Saving!

Viral, Social, Sentiment, Mobile: 4 Delightful Web Analytics Solutions

Analytics Tools Comparison: Coradiant vs. Tealeaf

Negotiating A Web Analytics Vendor Contract? Check SLA's

Web Analytics Vendor Tools Comparison (And One Challenge)

Find You Web Analytics Soul Mate (How To Run An Effective Tool Pilot)

Web Analytics Tools Comparison: A Recommendation

Web Analytics Tools: Does User Interface (UI) Matter?

Web Analytics Tool Selection: Three Questions to ask Yourself

Web Analytics Tool Selection: 10 Questions to ask Vendors

Web Analytics Technical Implementation Best Practices. (JavaScript Tags)

The Great Web Data Capture Debate: Web Logs or JavaScript Tags?

All Web Analytics Tools Should Be Free! Not.

How to Choose a Web Analytics Tool: A Radical Alternative

Five "Ecosystem" Challenges for Web Analytics Vendors

Digital Careers: "How can I get a bigger salary? How do I learn? Find people?"

Web Analytics Career Guide: From Zero To Hero In Five Steps!

The Market Motive Master Certification Manifesto: Web Analytics

I Wish I'd Known That. [Digital Analytics Edition.]

Five Sweet Web Analytics Resolutions To Kick It Up A Notch

Checklist for a Comprehensive Web Analytics Education

Analytics Career: Job Titles, Salaries, Technical & Business Roles

Interviewing Tip: Stress Test Critical Thinking. Please.

Hiring? What Works: Fresh blood or old hands? Experience or Novicity?

Market Motive: Internet Marketing Knowledge On Tap

How Should Web Analysts Spend Their Day?

Web Analytics Career Advice: Statistics, Business, IT & Mushrooms

Seven Skills to Look for in a Web Analytics Manager

Hiring a Senior Web Analyst? Here's a Suggested Job Requisition / Description

Make a Great Vendor / Agency / Consulting Pitch – Win Big Contracts

Top Ten: Signs You Are A Great Analyst

Compiled Knowledge: "Why does that happen? How can I make this work? I wonder…"

Grab bag: Life lessons, observations, advice, and more

Blogging Experience Articles

An Incredible Analytics Experience: 5 Years of Occam’s Razor

Benefits Of Blogging – A Practitioner's Perspective

Web Analytics Blog: Reflections

Ten More Blogging Tips From A Novice Blogger

Top Ten Web Analytics Blogs

Top Ten Blogging Tips & Insights from a Novice Blogger

I. Me. Myself.

This I Believe [A Manifesto for Web Marketers & Analysts]

Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness

Social Objects and doing the Stupid Passion Thing

The Burmese Satyagraha

My Friend John

Web Analytics Demystified: Revisited

10 Insights From 11 Months Of Working At Google

Next Stop, Wonderland

Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI

Nine Rules To Work / Live By

Three "Spire's" of Great Leadership

Book Articles

Web Analytics 2.0 Book: In Stores Now!!

Web Analytics Books!

Web Analytics: An Hour A Day – Book Update

Five Thousand Times Two Translates Into Goodness

The People Of Web Analytics: An Hour A Day

Web Analytics: An Hour A Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Interviews

Ten Minutes With… Mike Moran, IBM

Ten Minutes With… Jason Burby, ZAAZ

Ten Minutes With… Brett Crosby, Google Analytics

Ten Minutes With… Dr. Stephen Turner

Ten Minutes With… Matt Belkin

Misc Articles

What Makes A Great Conference? Lessons From Shop.Org

Microsoft Gatineau: My Wish-list for the Web Analytics Application

Celebrating Two One Thousands

2007 Predictions: Web Analytics

Hello, My Name is Avinash. Vendors What is Unique About You?

Google AdWords plus Google Analytics: Market Manipulation and Possibility of Mischief?

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