Tag Archives: metrics

2018: The Year Excel (and PowerPoint) Reporting Goes to Bed

In marketing agencies, there are two kinds of numbers people: those who make reports, and those who ask for them. Regardless of which group you belong to, 2018 will be a year where you should start feeling the impact of cloud-based business intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Power BI, Qlik Sense and the now-free Google Data Studio. I say “should” because your organisation may not yet be willing to take the BI plunge next year. I get it — coming […]

More Errors Announced on Facebook Reporting: What it Means for Brands

In its third admission since September, Facebook announced it has realised more errors in the way it measures engagement with video ads and links to external sites. 2016 has not been a banner year for accuracy at the internet’s second-biggest advertising player – so what does this mean for brands? More and more, agencies and […]

Is Google the 500 Pound Gorilla in Social?

Measuring the return on investment (ROI) of social media advertising activities has always presented an issue for marketers. How do you prove to your client or company that all those hours spent chatting online with fans and followers will lead to money back in their pocket? That’s what the new features in Google Analytics are […]