There is a lot happening in New Zealand’s economy currently. New Zealand is officially in a recession with new GDP figures that came out yesterday, a monetary policy update is due next week and an election is taking place mid next month. Thursday’s numbers from Statistics New Zealand represented a -12.2% reduction in GDP for the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in GDP on record. Which, unlike the previous quarter’s figures only captured a week or two of New Zealand’s nationwide 4-week lock down, June 2020 figures captures the lion’s share of the lock down....

In email marketing, there are a lot of metrics that can potentially be tracked - it’s hard to tell the wood from the trees. When it comes to tracking it’s important to know what metrics to track, what these metrics mean, and most importantly how the metrics can be influenced. In this post, I’m going to break down the ‘vanity’ metrics in email marketing, more specifically: Open Rate Click through rate....

In one of my recent posts on creating a lead score model, I mentioned that lead scoring can decrease Account Value. Whilst lead scoring can bring in higher Sales Volume it may do this at the cost of Account Value. I want to quickly explore this idea a bit more today. What is a valued lead? For this, we want need to define value. For all businesses, this will be a combination of:...

Recently, I’ve been involved in experiment design and measurement - specifically AB Testing. This experience has encouraged me to learn more about experimentation because of unique challenges faced with conversion optimisation. This post, goes hand in hand with lead score experimentation. In brief, the unique challenges posed were: Dealing with largely a non-technical audience Low sample sizes Costly human interventions as a variant. Because of this, I chose Bayesian AB Testing as a measurement framework....

In TV shows that focus on home design, designers often place seemingly a large amount of importance on the entry of the house. Why? Well, it’s the place where you first show your home and create an impression. Sales teams are often the entrance way into their company. Creating an excellent sales experience will lead to higher conversions and generate loyal customers. Because companies are always trying to become more efficient, efficiency within sales can be increased by the use of a key tool – lead scoring....