We at SpinSix love numbers, and love breaking down and studying numbers. You could call us analytic junkies, and we would take the title with pride.
After having the pleasure of seeing Avinash Kaushik speak at the Google Affiliate Conference in July, Eric and I recommended that others at SpinSix read his amazing book, “Web Analytics: An Hour a Day”, and it has had a substantial impact on how we look numbers.
For all you other analytic junkies, Avinash and Nick Mihailovski have a web show on the Google Analytics blog page. I highly recommend if you have a chance, just watch one episode. I think you’ll be amazed.
This Sunday in The New York Times posted a great article about how affiliates are driving interest with coupons, not only online but in-store. With this new technology, will we see more tradition brick and mortar retailers start to use the online channel to drive customers in store? Will we see affiliates get paid on Cost-Per-Redemption model?
We in the affiliate space have heard a shift will be coming in the online marketing space, could this be the model that pushes affiliate and partnership marketing to the next step? We shall see.
Congratulations to everyone in the article, especially to Don Batsford and all the guys at 31 Media.
As a first hand observer of the floods here in Rhode Island, I am amazed of the damage done and the clean up effort that stands before us.
I am also amazed that not one life was lost due to the flooding.
The reason? Social media.
The state of RI and the various media outlets here have been updating MySpace, Facebook and Twitter on a regular basis on updated road closures and any news on when the rain would stop.
For many, social media was the main way of communication as electricity was knocked out and people had to rely on their smartphones for updates.
Video posted to YouTube and Vimeo has spread, showing the destruction of the storms, and …
From BusinessInsider.com: For the full year, online advertising fell 3.4%. However, the last quarter’s improvement shows “the worst of the economic impact on internet advertising is over and that the seeds of growth have been planted,” David Silverman of PricewaterhouseCoopers says in the IAB’s report.