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A New Direction for Marketing (and Two Octobers)
And additional focus on an old direction. When Kris Skavish and I started Two Octobers in 2010, we shared a vision of a collaborative team of smart, analytical marketers who
How to Use the Jobs to Be Done Framework to Improve Your Marketing Messaging
By Jaimee LaTorra and Rachel Zinanti Have you ever looked at a marketing persona and wondered what to do with the information? We love personas when it comes to ad
8 Data Storytelling Concepts (with Examples!)
By: Maggie Castle and Jaimee LaTorra Storytelling transcends industries and is often a focus in business books, conferences, sales trainings, and much more. Storytelling, specifically as it relates to data
3 Ways to Reach Your Target Audience Before They Visit Your Site
With advancements in machine learning, the growth of attribution modeling, and digital marketing as a whole becoming more user-focused, keyword-only strategies for paid search are no longer going to cut
2018 Content Marketing Predictions Broken-Down
By: Amanda Carroo & Alli Berry Dissecting the state of Content Marketing is no small chore. The beginning of a new year is always so refreshing. A new start.
Top 5 Local Citations for 2018
This list is very helpful for businesses in 2018, but just like everything technology related…things evolve. Check out our blog post Top 10 Free Places to List Your Business to see
Setting Up SEO Reporting in Google Analytics
This post is a write-up from the Google Analytics December 2017 Meetup. It is intended for Google Analytics users who do not have much experience with SEO. How to Set
SEO Analyst Archetypes Encountered When Hiring: Finding SEO-Squatch
We’ve been growing our SEO team here at Two Octobers, and we’ve been spending a lot of time discussing what make a great SEO analyst. Some traits are extremely helpful,
Six Great Google Analytics Dashboards
I’m leading the Denver Google Analytics Meetup tonight, and we’re going to be talking about dashboards. Sharing a summary here for the Meetup, and anyone else who wants to get
How to get the most out of Google Analytics 2017
Thank you to everyone who attended my Denver Startup Week presentation on How to get the most out of Google Analytics! Here is a PDF of the presentation: DSW-GA-2017 Drop
Google Tag Manager Event Tracking Cheat Sheet
I’m presenting at the Denver Google Analytics Meetup tonight, and put together this cheat sheet on setting up Google Analytics event tracking in Google Tag Manager. Here’s a PDF version, and the
Google Tag Manager and Duplicate Google Analytics Tags
If you work with Google Analytics (GA), Google Tag Manager (GTM), and have lots of clients, you have probably run into this problem: you manage tags with GTM, but the
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