Posts by Dave Chaffey
Digital strategist Dr Dave Chaffey is co-founder and Content Director of online marketing training platform and publisher Smart Insights. 'Dr Dave' is known for his strategic, but practical, data-driven advice. He has trained and consulted with many business of all sizes in most sectors. These include large international B2B and B2C brands including 3M, BP, Barclaycard, Dell, Confused.com, HSBC, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, M&G Investment, Rentokil Initial, O2, Royal Canin (Mars Group) plus many smaller businesses. Dave is editor of the templates, guides and courses in our digital marketing resource library used by our Business members to plan, manage and optimize their marketing. Free members can access our free sample templates here. Dave is also keynote speaker, trainer and consultant who is author of 5 bestselling books on digital marketing including Digital Marketing Excellence and Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice. In 2004 he was recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 marketing ‘gurus’ worldwide who have helped shape the future of marketing. My personal site, DaveChaffey.com, lists my latest Digital marketing and E-commerce books and support materials including a digital marketing glossary. Please connect on LinkedIn to receive updates or ask me a question.
Mining search keyphrases, entry pages and top content for nuggets of insight Value: [rating=4] Our commentary: In this post I share a quick tip that often crops up on Google Analytics courses. It is relevant mainly to larger sites with …..
A how-to guide for setting up goals in Google Analytics In another post, I’ve written about how to set high-level goals for digital marketing, this post shows how best to set them up within Google Analytics. What is a goal …..
Examples of using vision statements to give focus to your digital marketing I believe that developing a specific vision or mission statement for your digital channels can really help explain the need for sufficient investment in digital marketing within a …..
Applying the crowdsourcing approach to improve content quality I’ve written before about I like the forward-thinking approach to involving customers used by Penguin in Spinebreakers, a new site created separate from the main Penguin domain to engage teenagers.I think it’s a …..
What do you think are the worst mistakes in website design today? I’m a firm believer that one of the best ways to learn effective digital marketing is to review examples of good practice in digital marketing from other companies …..
5 B2B Social CRM case studies to learn from Value: [rating=4] Our commentary : The hunger for information on how to apply social CRM in 2009 and 2010 is shown at the start of this post. It’s helpful since it …..
How important is it and how well are you using it? Marketing impact: [rating=5] Our commentary: Now well into its third year, blended (or Universal) search is now a widely accepted & expected part of search result pages. But is …..
Making analytics make a difference – our interview with David Sealey How do you try to make use of your analytics? We all know that in theory web analytics tools give us fantastic insight to help us improve results for …..
How should marketers respond to the new Facebook webmail service? Marketing impact: [rating=5] Our commentary : Wow, we should have seen this one coming! This is a very logical and very sound move from Facebook. It’s no surprise really since …..
Four options for tracking offline marketing campaigns showing the method for Google Analytics To track offline campaign effectiveness requires use of a campaign URL within offline communications like Print or TV ads. There are several choices with which URL to …..
