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Goodbye WebShare, Hello Cardinal Path!

Cardinal Path blog post

Six years ago we started WebShare with the singular goal of passing on the knowledge and skills we had acquired in Internet marketing to our clients and partnering with them to take their digital strategy to the next level. Over … Read Full Post

Category: Conversion Marketing, Google Analytics, Google Website Optimizer, Local Search / Google Places, Pay Per Click Marketing, Social Media, Website Design, Website Promotion & LinkBuilding

Online Marketing: How to Prevent Your Own Biases From Leading You Astray

Cardinal Path blog post

“Nobody would actually BUY this stuff… right??” Not long ago, I wrote some posts on psychological biases. The crux: knowing your customers' biases can help you create messages that truly resonate. But there's an interesting flip side. Because as marketers, … Read Full Post

Category: Google Website Optimizer, Marketing Optimization, Usability

Google Website Optimizer and Google Analytics – Interpreting the Data

Cardinal Path blog post

Previously, I wrote a blog post on how to integrate GWO data with GA using custom variables. The ultimate goal of the integration was to look at metrics other than just conversion rate. For example, using the e-commerce reports you … Read Full Post

Category: Google Website Optimizer, Web Analytics

Why I'm No Longer a "User Advocate"

Cardinal Path blog post

For years, I believed my mission as a usability professional was to act as a user advocate. In fact, “User Champion” was once part of my official job title. At the risk of sounding sacrilegious, I now believe this concept … Read Full Post

Category: Google Website Optimizer, Marketing Optimization, Usability, Web Development

An Update to the Erik Vasilik's "Poor Man's GWO/Analytics Integration": Using Custom Variables

Cardinal Path blog post

GWO and GA, together at last Here's an update to Erik Vasilik's “Poor Man's GWO/Analytics Integration” technique. The latest iteration of the technique used GA's user-defined variable to store the combination the visitor saw. Here's an update to that technique, … Read Full Post

Category: Google Website Optimizer, Web Analytics

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