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At Analytics Demystified we have been blogging and contributing to the global analytics community for nearly twenty years. We don’t write as much these days — mostly because we stay pretty busy with our clients — our analytics tell us that the content contained herein is still valuable.

  • How to Build a Cohort Analysis in Adobe ReportBuilder

    As a follow-up to Adam’s Cohort Analysis post for SiteCatalyst I wanted to provide an example of how you can easily translate a standard output from Adobe ReportBuilder into the cohort view. I have seen some other posts on how to create a cohort analysis in Adobe ReportBuilder but they all seem to require a…

  • New White Paper on Tag Management from Demystified!

    Lately it seems like nearly every conversation I have with a client or prospect touches on Tag Management Systems (TMS). If it’s not a client or prospect, it’s a Venture Capitalist asking who they should throw money at, or it’s a new TMS firm pitching us on why they are the “easiest, fastest, most best-est…

  • Getting comfortable with data sampling in the growing data world

    “Big data” is today’s buzz word, just the latest of many. However, I think analytics professionals will agree: “Big data” is not necessarily better than “small data” unless you use it to make better decisions. At a recent conference, I heard it proposed that “Real data is better than a representative sample.” With all due…

  • Inside Adobe Summit 2013

    What else is in-flight wifi for, if not for reflecting on another awesome #AdobeSummit? This year, I was lucky enough to return as a “Summit Insider“, together with Tim “Gilligan” Wilson. What is a Summit Insider? We’re there to give attendees (and those who can’t make it) an “inside look” at Summit through tweets, blogs…

  • #AdobeSummit Takeaways: My Regrets

    I’ve written several posts with different reflections on my Adobe Summit 2013 experience. You can see a list of all of them by going to my Adobe Summit tag. Just like the old adage that, if a vacation doesn’t end before you wish it did, then you stayed too long, one of my measures for a conference is…

  • #AdobeSummit Takeaways: My Favorite Tips

    I’ve written several posts with different reflections on my Adobe Summit 2013 experience. You can see a list of all of them by going to my Adobe Summit tag. This post isn’t long, but I picked up a few real nuggets of brilliance that were very tactical tips that I’ll be exploring further in my day…

  • #AdobeSummit Takeaways: Adobe Puts on a GREAT Event

    I’ve written several posts with different reflections on my Adobe Summit 2013 experience. You can see a list of all of them by going to my Adobe Summit tag. This was my first Summit. I’ve wanted to attend for years, but the stars never quite managed to align to get me there. And…this experience had me…

  • #AdobeSummit Takeaways: Adobe Marketing Cloud

    I’ve written several posts with different reflections on my Adobe Summit 2013 experience. You can see a list of all of them by going to my Adobe Summit tag. Summit was Adobe’s opportunity to tell the Adobe Marketing Cloud story in multiple ways to a large and captive audience. They did a good job, including…

  • #AdobeSummit Top 5 (or 6) Tweets from Tuesday, March 5th

    Summary: real-time marketing stat, tag management throwdown challenge, keynote livestream info, short people (tweeter and target), Adobe announcements. Wait a Minute: Top 5 by WHAT? Presumably, most people reading this are analysts, so there will be questions about the data itself. I kept it simple: Data source: TweetReach by UnionMetrics  (bonus: they just rolled out the beta…

  • Badgeville Integration with SiteCatalyst – The New Engagement Score

    Engagement scoring has been around in the web analytics industry for a long time. The idea behind this kind of score is to give visitors points based on actions they perform that are positive for the business. If a visitor does something important (like viewing certain content) then you give a few points. If a…