Google Analytics iPhone App Review

I was asked to take part in the beta test of this a few weeks ago, and I’m so lame I just finally got aroud to mentioning it.

So if you’ve got an iPhone and you want to be able to check look at your analytics without firing up your laptop or netbook, this is actually a really really good app. On the initial screen it shows all the websites in your accounts, there’s no real limitation. If you do have client reports you should do the right thing an password protect your phone. Anywho once you get select your website you’ll  come to the dashboard for each website shown below:

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Hulu Owners Force Boxee to Take Down Their Content

Video aggregator phenom Boxee.tv (which counts me amongst its recent converts) was recently notified by Hulu that it must not include Hulu content on its platform.

At the source of the issue is NBC and Fox’s delicate but life-sustaining relationship with the major cable operators, who aren’t thrilled that the content for which they pay the networks hundreds of millions of dollars is, courtesy of Boxee, showing up on people’s TV screens for free, and in a much more usable and intuitive interface at that.  And so, as Hulu CEO Jason Kilar posted earlier, NBC and Fox forced Hulu to take this action in order to avoid disrupting their own negotiations with the likes of Comcast and Time Warner.

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Mint Now Tracks Home Values

We know you’re more than the sum of your financial accounts and that’s why we’ve just made it possible for you to add your personal assets to your Mint account.

See everything you own

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Success without failure is impossible. . .

The headlines today read, “GM needs billions to avoid failure.“  Isn’t it plainly obvious that GM has ALREADY failed?  When Congress agreed to inject $17.4 billion into the big three it threw a wrench in a system that had served our country well for decades.  The critics, including myself, suggested that without an orderly restructuring in bankruptcy it was a certainty that the car companies would be back for more money.  Yesterday GM suggested they would need more than $30 billion in government aid – if they don’t get another $2 billion next month they will run out of money in March – and if they don’t get another 2.6 the month after that they will run out of money in April.  Do you see the pattern?  GM HAS failed.

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Actively Avoid Insights: 4 Useful KPI Measurement Techniques

Above AverageYes. I noticed the slightest hint of sarcasm in the title of this post.

This post covers four commonly used measurement techniques that 9 times out of 10 work against the evolution of Reporting Squirrels into Analysis Ninjas.

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Sorry, you can't be our customer

There are interactions marketers have with prospects where the prospect wants something and the marketer or organization just isn’t interested in delivering it. These interactions almost always end badly.

I visited a Blockbuster store in London, hoping to rent an appropriately Royal-family focused DVD. After a bit of search, I found it. Would they sell it to me? No, it’s rental only. Oh, can I rent it? (I asked with my full US accent). Sure, fill out this form.

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Social silly season

I’m often asked whether getting into the fashion for all things social is something enterprises should contemplate. Given the volume of noise coming from the likes of Jeremiah Owyang, Forrester analyst and other social media/brand mavens, it’s hardly a surprise. Enterprise reality though is an altogether different thing from the consumer led web.

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