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7 February
2013
Those thousand painted words could be lies
Consumed => “How Graphics Can Save Lives” by Martin Krzywinski on Businessweek.
Wednesday
2 January
2013
The Top 10 standard reports in Google Analytics that matter most
Consumed => “Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big” by Avinash Kaushik on (his blog) Occam’s Razor.
Monday
17 December
2012
DMAIC: Define Measure Analyze Improve Control
Consumed => “Lean Six Sigma for the Digital Analyst” by Stephane Hamel on Online Behavior.
Wednesday
14 November
2012
Web analytics click data can be bad for your health
Consumed => “Don’t Let Click Candy Ruin your Analytics Appetite — Part 1″ by David Woolsey on Adobe.com.
Thursday
18 October
2012
Apple’s Tim Cook and the magic spin machine
Consumed => “Mapping a Path Out of Steve Jobs’s Shadow” by Brad Stone, Adam Satariano, and Peter Burrows on Businessweek.
Monday
8 October
2012
Getting your idea off the ground
Consumed => “Building a Business: Marketing and Product Development” by Patrick Mawhood on University of Oxford (podcast).
Thursday
30 August
2012
The hammer works but what about the hand that holds it?
Answered => “How can Google Analytics be improved?” on Quora.
Thursday
23 August
2012
If you’re not talking to them then they aren’t your customers
Consumed => “Steve Blank Introduces Scientists To A New Variable: Customers” by J.J. Colao on Forbes.
Sunday
19 August
2012
Google Analytics custom reports for SEO
Consumed => “SEO Customizations for Google Analytics” by Justin Cutroni on Analytics Talk.
Wednesday
15 August
2012
A/B testing WordPress themes?
Answered => “Is there a plugin that makes the A/B testing of two WordPress theme possible?” on Quora.
Monday
13 August
2012
What do the Serenity Prayer and web analytics have in common?
Consumed => “Dear Avinash: Attribution Modeling, Org Culture, Deeper Analysis” by Avinash Kaushik on Occam’s Razor.
Wednesday
8 August
2012
Google Panda…deal with it
Consumed => “Investigating Panda & Duplicate Content Issues” by Daniel Bianchini on SEOptimise.
Friday
3 August
2012
The context of the data matters
Answered => “Online Surveys: What is the major challenge for people running online surveys?” on Quora.
Thursday
19 July
2012
Social media marketing and the easy way out
Answered => “Why is social media measurement still so hard?” on Quora.
Sunday
27 May
2012
The secret of start-up success
Consumed => “Never Take Your Eyes Off This Hacker Metric” by Nir Eyal on TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/26/never-take-your-eyes-off-this-hacker-metric => My value add (i.e., left a comment)… Interesting. That said, I think a better question(s) might be: 1) Which begs the question: is there some wisdom here regarding this ratio as a predictor of Internet failure? My point [...]
Monday
7 May
2012
1 in 5,000 is not a trend
Consumed => “Study: Our Smartphones Are Turning Us Into ‘Real-Time Information Seekers And Problem Solvers’” by Frederic Lardinois on TechCrunch.
Thursday
3 May
2012
There are two sides to every Facebook revenue story
Consumed => “Stats: Facebook Made $9.51 in Ad Revenue Per User Last Year In The U.S. and Canada” by Kim-Mai Cutler on TechCrunch.
Monday
16 April
2012
Web Analytics (An Hour A Day) – Chapter 15 by Avinash Kaushik
Consumed => Web Analytics (An Hour A Day) – Chapter 15 (Creating a Data Driven Culture – Practical Steps and Best Practices)” by Avinash Kaushik.
Wednesday
11 April
2012
The unreasonable necessity of subject experts
Consumed => “Subject Matter Experts Uncover the Stories Data Wants to Tell” by O’Reilly Media on Forbes.
Tuesday
10 April
2012
Web Analytics (An Hour A Day) – Chapter 14 by Avinash Kaushik
Consumed => “Web Analytics (An Hour A Day) – Chapter 14 (Advanced Analytics Concepts – Turbocharge Your Web Analytics)” by Avinash Kaushik.
