An Introduction to Web Analytics

Web analytics enables you to measure your site’s performance, see where people are coming from to view it and see what they are actually doing on your site when they are there. There are a number of tools, both free and paid, that can give your this option but they usually need some sort of …

Measure What Matters

Data, data, data. Your business, no matter what it is, should be driven by data. Quite simply it allows you to make fact based decisions, essential to running your operations as effectively as possible. You can plan future efforts based on your results of the past be it doing something because you have been successful …

What is Social Media?

Social Media: A term used to describe a variety of web-based platforms, applications and technologies that enable people to socially interact with one another online. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/social_media.html To me its a place to share and interact with others. Social media is a great resource for learning and finding out things that previously that would have difficult …

Facebook Like – Really?

What is the obsession with Likes? Many brands look at the number of likes they have on their pages. To me, this is an almost totally useless metric. Think of a “like” as a “visit” to your website. Of course you want as many people coming to your site as your servers can handle but …

Seeing ROE In Facebook

Following on from “An Introduction to Return on Engagement” I decided to elaborate a bit on ROE. With the marketing channel shift your brand has a great opportunity to be part of the ongoing monitization of Social Media. Brands have to figure out what is the best way to “influence” the consumers in a way …

Hello World

Welcome (again) to the EzyInsights blog. Here you will find a ton of information about social analytics, web analytics, digital marketing and Social Media in general. Ranging from such hot topics as return on (engagement/investment) in Social Media, finding the right channel for your business or just getting the most out of Social Media for your brand. …