I did a Presentation and Talk in Boston not long along (Internet Retailer conference in June), about how e-commerce (store) owners could easily take advantage of their analytics package. It ended up being two simple and very actionable ideas (tricks), which I believe most folks should be able to take advantage of. BUT I just made the effort (it is summer after all) in uploading the actual presentation to slideshare; a presentation which you can find embedded.

Optimizing for better online conversion is, for the most part, something we do by examining our content and its layout, such as landing pages and immediate pages in our funnels – and hopefully applying some sort of testing methodology. This is a standard practice I most certainly agree upon, but I also believe that one needs to look outside this, sometimes, closed loop of pages. I suggest that you try using a Page Revenue Participation metric for your next Optimization routine.

This is fairly mundane task that all of us should do once in a while – making sure that one of the most important site utilities are optimized for optimal user experience (usability) and thus in the end optimal site success; as in MORE money! And the search utility can easily be concluded being among [...]