How to Optimize Your Mobile Landing Page for Conversions: Hulu.com Example

A couple of weeks ago, I asked readers how they would optimize the following Hulu.com mobile landing page that I saw when I searched for Hulu on my iPhone's browser. Obviously, there was an issue with the image loading, but that might not be … [Continue reading]

Marketing Analyst, You Better Up Your Game

Last week, I explained how 80% of PPC professionals will be replaced by an algorithm. However, deeper in to my article I also mentioned that "many of the “web analysts” who only function as data reporters without adding much business … [Continue reading]

PPC Pro – You’re Being Replaced

You’re fired, laid-off, downsized, terminated, made redundant, rightsized, pursuing other opportunities, discharged, dismissed, pink-slipped. Search Engine Marketing professionals are becoming redundant, replaced by technology, so they should … [Continue reading]

Can You Optimize This? A Mobile Landing Page

My cable contract just ended, so I have been thinking about how little actual cable TV my family watches. I was wondering if we could do with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. I had some time waiting to pickup my kids from school, so while I was … [Continue reading]

Why You Won’t Crush It This Year!

I began writing this column on marketing optimization in 2001; yet this morning, 12 years later, I find myself in LA to train a well-known company that wants to start "crushing it" by developing an optimization culture, rarer than running a few … [Continue reading]

Fanning the Flames of Big Data

Last week, an article in TechCrunch offered an opinion on "Why We Need to Kill Big Data." Perhaps it was inspired by this tweet that was embedded in the article: "I hate the term 'big data'. Its all just data. Someday we'll all just call it data - … [Continue reading]

Google Plus Needs to Become Content Marketing Friendly

Google+ may be growing, but anyone who spends time on it wishes it had more engagement with their connections and more content being shared. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Why is this happening? It is not just lack of people, it is the lack of … [Continue reading]

Conversion Optimization 101: Planning Successful Social Media Landing Pages

In the last Conversion Optimization challenge I asked readers to review a series of promoted Tweets and the corresponding landing and thank you pages. The most important thing to consider for your ads or landing pages is the nature and context of … [Continue reading]

The CMO’s Marketing Analytics Optimization Framework

In my last column, I shared recent research about how CEOs have lost trust in CMOs' ability to be focused on business performance. Hopefully, when asked how your company currently measures its digital initiatives you don't get an answer like this … [Continue reading]

When Conversions Come Easily

When you consistently deliver a great customer experience, build a great product and develop a brand people trust you don't have to try as hard to convert your visitors. Check out an old version of the DropBox home page: Check out what … [Continue reading]