An open is not an open… 6 email analytics myths busted

One of the most common questions I get from small business owners trying to optimize these days is why so many people “open” their emails yet so few respond. But of course an email open isn’t necessarily an open. Unfortunately from open rates to click rates to text, email analytics are often labeled in ways that just doesn’t make it clear what they really do. So I’m here to clear up a few simple misconceptions and bad ideas.
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Web Analytics – Why you need to pull in net cost, promotions & all the other hidden “goodies”

Every day you’re measuring your ecommerce sales, optimizing campaigns and getting just the right offers in place to beat this economic gloom. Things seem good, the boss is and all is going well until the end of the quarter hits and John finance comes running into your office screaming about how you’ve sunk the company with horrible bottom line sales? Ok, that may be a bit of a stretch but the issue is no laughing matter – analytics are something almost every ecommerce site has learned to take seriously and for good reason yet many marketers still look at the top level only leaving a great many unknowns until the books are closed hours, days or even weeks later.
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