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Geolocation and mobile computing are trends that are now in the mainstream so it’s about time to examine what kind of analytics we can get and what we can do with it. For one thing, Geolocation and Foursquare can be your best friend, especially if your business is brick and mortar, like a restaurant or [...]

Tags: blog, facebook, marketing, metrics, omniture, social, twitter, unica, webtrends
Posted in: Online Analytics, Social Media Monitoring, Web Analytics Rock Stars by Marshall Sponder
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In this episode, the Beyond Web Analytics team talks with Justin Kistner, Sr. Manager Social Media Marketing at Webtrends, about the ever changing challenges of taking the craft of web analytics and applying that to Facebook.  The group explores what exactly is Facebook measurement, how the technical aspects differ from traditional web analytics tagging, privacy [...]

Tags: beyond web analytics, facebook, marketing, social media, web analytics, webtrends
Posted in: Online Analytics, Web Analytics Rock Stars by Rudi Shumpert
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Stéphane Hamel is a freelance consultant with over 20 years of experience. Based in Québec, Canada, he is the creator of the popular Web Analytics Solution Profiler tool which he recently sold to iPerceptions, long time tutor of the UBC Award of Achievement in Web Analytics program and teacher of a graduate-level, full semester course [...]

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Posted in: Interviews, Online Analytics, Web Analytics Rock Stars by Corry Prohens
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Aaron Gray spent the last eight years as a consultant and executive at two of the top web analytics vendors (Webtrends and Coremetrics). Like many web analytics practitioners, Aaron recently left his job and started a career as an independent web analytics consultant. Since many people in the space seem to be interested in this [...]

Tags: Aaron Gray, analytics consulting, coremetrics, web analytics, webtrends
Posted in: Interviews, Online Analytics, Web Analytics Rock Stars by Corry Prohens
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Vendors can be a great training ground for new entrants in the field. They offer a variety of positions, locations, and technologies that make for a good jumping-off point. If you are looking to break into the field or to move up in the field, my first advice would be to read Judah’s post about [...]

Tags: Analytics Career, analytics vendor, career advice, carerr, ComScore, eMetrics, Interwoven, networking, omniture, SiteSpect, web analytics wednesday, webtrends, WideMile
Posted in: Online Analytics, Web Analytics Rock Stars by Elizabeth Robillard
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If you’re not aware of some of Indeed’s (www.indeed.com) job trend analysis, you should check it out – it is really interesting. You can search for any word or phrase to see what the trend has been over the last couple of years in terms of the number of online job postings that the term [...]

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Posted in: Web & Marketing Analytics by Corry Prohens
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I have read a few articles about how the traditional online job/resume boards are being threatened by social media sites like LinkedIn.  As a recruiting professional that uses all channels for sourcing candidates I think this argument is a bit overdone.  Corporate HR departments are the lion’s share of the job boards’ revenue and there [...]

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Posted in: Recruiting by Corry Prohens
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I grew up in the era before email, when recruiters bothered people the old fashioned way – by calling them on the phone.  Junior recruiters, eager to make their first placements were handed corporate directories or lists of names and told to keep dialing until someone says yes.  We would rehearse our pitches and get [...]

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Posted in: Recruiting by Corry Prohens
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We have had some situations with candidates recently that have raised this issue in our office.  I think there are certain privacy rights that are a given in the executive search business: 1.        You never submit a candidate for a position without their approval 2.       You never change a person’s resume without their permission What [...]

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Posted in: Recruiting by Corry Prohens
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In web 2.0 era I have noticed that some very astute online marketers can use some help marketing themselves.  Investing a couple of hours per month in raising your career profile can yield big returns down the line.  Companies want to hire “leaders” in the space that are branded and can bring street cred to [...]

Tags: "IQ Workforce", blog, blogging, careerbuilder, consulting, coremetrics, email marketing, email recruiting, facebook, forrester, google analytics, hbx, hiring, hitbox, hotjobs, indeed, job board, job boards, job postings, job trend analysis, linkedin, marketing analytics, monster, monster.com, omniture, online communities, online community, online marketing, online recruiting, recruiters, Recruiting, rpo, social media, social networking, spam, survey, visual sciences, web 2.0, web analytics, webtrends, www.indeed.com
Posted in: Web & Marketing Analytics by Corry Prohens
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