By Jodi Harris published April 23, 2018

Road Map to Success: Monitoring and Measuring Your Content’s Performance

It’s never too late to implement sound content tracking, measurement, and evaluation practices to prove the value of your content marketing program. The road to better content marketing measurement starts here. Continue reading

By Marcia Riefer Johnston published November 16, 2017

Why Marketers Need to Think Like Data Scientists (and How to Do It)

If your marketing team is not working with a data scientist or at least thinking like one, you’re missing the ability to say “I know” instead of “I think.” The distinction matters to data-driven organizations – and budget approval. Continue reading

By Daniel Hochuli published October 16, 2017

The Smart (and Not-So-Smart) Ways to Use Vanity Metrics

Vanity metrics are helpful when they’re seen as optimization metrics. They are bellwethers for what your target audience finds valuable on that channel. Learn how to maximize their use and why they should not measure business goals. Continue reading

By Marcia Riefer Johnston published September 21, 2017

A Step-by-Step Process for Scoring Your Content

Think of a piece of content your team published recently. On a scale of 0 to 100, how would you rate it? And how would your rating help your company? Consider the method that Red Hat devised for scoring content performance.
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By Cameron Conaway published September 17, 2017

How to Establish the Best Social Media KPIs for Your Content Marketing Goals

Invest in creating a social media strategy tailored to your content goals. And that begins with establishing the right social media KPIs. To help get started, read what the author of Going Social and Getting to Like has to say. Continue reading

By Marcia Riefer Johnston published August 28, 2017

Designing for Better Analytics: 5 Decisions Web Designers Fail to Make

The bad news: If you fail to make an analytics-friendly website design, you won’t get the best analytics insight. The good news: It’s easy to make analytics-friendly design decisions. Here are five tips on how to do it. Continue reading

By Robert Rose published August 18, 2017

The Audience Valuation Engine: A New Model for Calculating the Value Per Subscriber

If audiences are the asset – how should we value them? Robert Rose shares an overview of a new framework – the audience valuation engine – that offers an asset-based approach to calculating the value per subscriber. Continue reading

By Mike Murray published June 25, 2017

101+ Key Performance Indicators – Pick the Best KPI Options

If you’re not actively measuring your KPI, you’re missing opportunities to improve your business’s bottom line. Carefully selected KPIs also can be a useful reporting metric for marketers wanting to strengthen support for their work. Continue reading

By Sujan Patel published April 19, 2017

4 Brand Awareness Metrics to Track the Impact of Content Marketing

If you want to measure the impact of your content marketing on brand awareness, first think about the type of content. Next, think about the most helpful metrics and tools – start with these four measurement areas Continue reading

By Dave Anthony published November 1, 2014

Analytics and Data

Learn which content marketing metrics to track, how to analyze performance data, and effective ways to turn your audience insights into increased marketing ROI.

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