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Preparing for a site re-design: don’t forget analysis

Posted on June 19th, 2008   4 Comments

I’ve had to hone my persuasion skills lately, in trying to convince clients that performing quantitative site analysis before a re-design is a must-do activity.

Much to my dismay, I’ve discovered that once a client gets it into their head that they want to re-design their website, it’s ‘out with the old, in with the new’. Their customers have told them that the existing site doesn’t work, so they think there’s no point in analysing it. Instead, they want to toss the old site in the cyber-dustbin, and start coding again from scratch.

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Book review: Akin Arikan’s Multichannel Marketing

Posted on June 19th, 2008   1 Comment

It’s so refreshing when you find people who ‘get it’.

Multichannel Marketing: Metrics and Methods for On and Offline Success, the new book by Akin Arikan, is a thorough and practical exploration of the topic, with enough how-to’s and advice for all on and offline marketers to reap the benefits of multichannel marketing.

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Vendor news: Slice and dice with Affinium NetInsights

Posted on June 19th, 2008   Comment

Affinium NetInsights (NI) is a key component of the Affinium Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) software suite by Unica. This web analytics tool allows you to investigate web traffic and customer behaviour, offering both page tagging and log file analysis.

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