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How to take the headache out of headlines

By Edward Solomon | 25 August 2016
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Mention writing blog post, email newsletter, or marketing automation email headlines to many people and they’ll tell you they simply aren’t marketers or salespeople and can’t do it for love or money. The truth is that it really doesn’t have to be hard. All you need is the right tools and a little inspiration. As […]

At last, the secret to Google Analytics is revealed

By Edward Solomon | 18 August 2016
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The secret is using reports to get the best out of Google Analytics, so you can better understand how well your site is optimised for mobile, identify referring sites that provide the most value, and which content delivers business or non-profit value. Google Analytics provides some excellent preconfigured default reports to work with out of the box. However, […]

How to use newsletters to increase leads

By Edward Solomon | 23 June 2016
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Most companies set out intending to use their newsletter for lead generation. Working out exactly how to do that can be a challenge. What’s involved with using your newsletter to generate leads? Three things: Qualifying Serving Engaging A scenario we’re all familiar with Let me preface what I’m going to tell you by describing a scenario […]

How you can get traffic, leads and sales almost instantly

By Mike Killen | 9 June 2016
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A website without a funnel is like a car without an engine Traffic, leads, sales and customers are all we want from a website, right? Well, much like our metaphorical car, no matter how well designed, how shiny and how large it is, we’re not going to gain any traction or momentum without an engine. […]

You don’t have to be an expert to understand Google Analytics (Part III)

By Edward Solomon | 5 May 2016
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Time to start digging deep and using knowledge gained in Understanding Google Analytics Part 2. For advanced hacking around in Google Analytics, we’ll be building on the use of Profile Filters and Advanced Segments. Tracking Google Referral Strings The Google referral string is the “href” value assigned to each URL in a set of search […]

You don’t have to be an expert to understand Google Analytics (Part II)

By Edward Solomon | 25 April 2016
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Analytics may not be the first thing that comes to mind when building a website, but over time it will tell you what’s working and what’s not. Think of the website as the house and analytics as the wiring. Once you’ve grasped the basics of Google Analytics (which we covered in Understanding Google Analytics Part […]

You don’t have to be an expert to understand Google Analytics (Part I)

By Edward Solomon | 21 April 2016
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The beauty of Google Analytics is that it makes it easy to understand how your website is performing, collating information over time and presenting it in a multitude of reports that you can customise and drill down to provide all the detail you need. Here are the essential parts of Google Analytics you need to focus on initially […]

Improve your mobile performance in 2016

By Edward Solomon | 3 March 2016
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I started using the World Wide Web around 1995. Back then, we used to think that downloading a 1MB file over a 14400 modem connection in about an hour was acceptable. Today, however, speed matters. Most people simply don’t have the time or patience to wait for websites to load in anything more than a few seconds. Speed, […]