Brittany Leaning says, “Analytics can be a huge opportunity for both the growth of your business and of your career. According to a recent CMO Survey, CMOs report they spend 8% of their marketing budgets on marketing analytics, and spending on marketing analytics is expected to increase 60% by 2015. With bigger budgets for marketing analytics come bigger and more notable opportunities for people that know how to use them. Want to take advantage of those opportunities, but not sure your marketing analytics skills are up to snuff? Catch up on what you need to know in our ebook, How to... [...]

Chris Abraham says, “Looking for an alternative to Google Analytics? Want to understand your traffic, get a deeper view? Open source contender Piwik Analytics may be your answer. Piwik is the leading open source web analytics software, used by almost half a million websites (est. 460,000). It gives interesting reports on your website visitors, your popular pages, the search engines keywords they used, the languages they speak and so much more. Piwik is an open source alternative to Google Analytics“. Take Charge Of Your Stats: Piwik Analytics Vs. Google Analytics Business2Community.com  [...]

Kohki Yamaguchi says, “As the saying goes, the only thing that is constant is change. But in digital marketing today, change is not only constant but also rapid and all-inclusive, and applies not only to marketing practice but also the practitioners. The past few years have given rise to marketing technologists: those who are equally adept at marketing and technology. A recent study by Forrester profiled the “modern marketer” as a marketer who develops data-driven personas, employs intelligent targeting, understands the customer journey, leverages cross-channel measurement solutions,... [...]

Angela Hausman says, “Business is tough and competition can be brutal. With many economies still sluggish after the financial Armageddon that caused a mortgage meltdown and the stock market to experience the biggest losses since the Great Depression, it’s never been harder to make a buck. Businesses trying to gain whatever competitive edge they can turned to big data and predictive analytics hoping to “exploit new opportunities and gain the upper hand over competitors” according to TechRadar. In their interview with James Fisher, SAP’s VP of Marketing and Analytics, Fisher talks about... [...]

Andrew Bartels says, “We published today our fall update to Forrester’s US tech market outlook for 2014 and 2015 (see “US Tech Market Growth Remains Solid For 2014 And 2015: The BT Agenda Will Be The Main Driver of 5% To 6% Growth“), as well as our forecast for US tech market growth by industry (see “US Tech Spending By Industry, 2014 To 2015 — Which Industries Will Lead The BT Charge?“)“. US Tech Market Will Rise By Around 6% In 2014 And 2015, Led By Software And Services In Support Of The BT Agenda The Forrester Blog  [...]

Corinne Munchbach says, “Today, my co-author Rusty Warner and I published the first-ever Forrester Wave: Enterprise Marketing Software Suites, Q4 2014. Or, as they are popularly referred to, the “marketing clouds.” The evaluation looked at the eight vendors vying to convince marketers of their ability to provide an integrated portfolio of products that span all of marketing’s needs. Integration is increasingly important to marketers in their efforts to understand the full customer life-cycle and be able to execute across all interactions“. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About... [...]

Daniel Burstein says, “Analytics. Big data. Accountability. Are these just buzzwords, or are they part of an advanced measurement program worth investing in? To help answer that question and give you the information to help secure a budget to make your own measurement investments, we explore data from 2,472 marketers in this ecommerce chart“. The value of analytics and data MarketingSherpa  [...]

Zia Daniell Wigder says, “In August and September of this year, we fielded a survey of online retailers in Brazil together with partner e-Commerce Brasil, an established industry organization. The goal was to better understand key performance indicators (KPIs) in Brazil as well as retailers’ priorities, challenges and the size and composition of eCommerce teams. We received over 300 responses to our survey and have just published the first in our three-report series based on the survey. Retail eCommerce In Brazil: Key Metrics provides a look at over a dozen KPIs such as conversion rates,... [...]

Kevin Webster says, “If you’re a one-person company, or have a team of just two or three people, it may seem that using web analytics to fuel your business is a time consuming distraction rather than a sound use of valuable hours. However, if you have invested significant time and money in your website, and in online or offline advertising, you should track results to maximize your return on investment. For certain, you need to be smart about how you go about using web analytics. Like anything else involving data, charts, and graphs, it can be very time consuming. Cutting the wheat from... [...]

Satish Meena says, “India’s online retail market is on the radar of global investors and eCommerce players, which have announced investments topping $3.6 billion in the past three months, including $2 billion in Amazon, $1 billion in Flipkart, and potentially $650 million in Snapdeal. Growth in India’s online retail market is powered by its fast-growing smartphone penetration, as customers are increasingly using their mobile phones to buy products online. More than half of Snapdeal’s and Flipkart’s sales and nearly 35% of“. Indian mCommerce Will Reach $19 Billion By 2019 The... [...]