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Welcome to Perspective, a space for knowledge sharing that goes beyond trends to help you sharpen your strategic thinking and deepen your expertise. Here, our experts share practical perspectives grounded in real-world experience, along with proven techniques ready to be put into action. 

The importance of user-generated content

The importance of user-generated content

According to a study carried out by Rubicon Consulting on 3000 US Internet users, the use of social …

February 10, 2009 2 min read
Custom variables in Google Analytics

Custom variables in Google Analytics

Opening my email inbox this morning, I find the following message from the Google Analytics team:

January 26, 2009 3 min read
When Changing a Button Gets You $300 Million

When Changing a Button Gets You $300 Million

It was in the middle of a brainstorm with Vigeant and LD that we debated on the optimal process in t …

January 19, 2009 2 min read
Innovation at Adviso

Innovation at Adviso

Last month was the Infopresse 360 innovations day with guest star Malcolm Gladwell.

January 11, 2009 3 min read
Christmas Turkey Recipe Adviso

Christmas Turkey Recipe Adviso

Well it's the holidays and today is the day after a party here at the office, so it's perfect for a …

December 10, 2008 2 min read
Webcom 2008 | Report of the moijezap.org case study

Webcom 2008 | Report of the moijezap.org case study

Isabelle Lopez presents the case study of moijezap.org , the site of ZapQuebec osbl of Quebec whose …

November 10, 2008 2 min read
(Almost) liveblogging of the Infopresse day on retail: the impact of web marketing on offline sales methods

(Almost) liveblogging of the Infopresse day on retail: the impact of web marketing on offline sales methods

Here are my notes from the conference by Stéphane Drouin, founder and partner, SVM

November 4, 2008 3 min read
Google Analytics rolls out Enterprise Class Features

Google Analytics rolls out Enterprise Class Features

October 21, 2008 4 min read
Virtual pageviews in Google Analytics

Virtual pageviews in Google Analytics

It happens that for a technical reason, two pages of our site have the same URL. This is often the c …

August 14, 2008 2 min read
5 Approaches to Reduce Your Shopping Cart Abandonment

5 Approaches to Reduce Your Shopping Cart Abandonment

Jean-Sébastien just spoke in his post on performance indicators for e-commerce about the importance …

August 13, 2008 3 min read
The 5 main performance indicators for an e-commerce site (2 of 2)

The 5 main performance indicators for an e-commerce site (2 of 2)

Today I am completing the second and last part of the performance indicators part of my series. I in …

August 6, 2008 2 min read
Tool – ‘window resizer’ for Firefox

Tool – ‘window resizer’ for Firefox

What is the resolution of your screen or screens if you are lucky? Designers and site developers ver …

July 30, 2008 1 min read
Is e-commerce in Quebec profitable or not?

Is e-commerce in Quebec profitable or not?

Following the CEFRIO conference I attended and the many e-commerce strategic planning projects under …

July 16, 2008 2 min read
Pushing the Limits of Google Analytics: Regular Expressions – Part 1

Pushing the Limits of Google Analytics: Regular Expressions – Part 1

Using Google Analytics without taking advantage of regular expressions is a bit like listening to a …

June 29, 2008 2 min read
The 5 main performance indicators for a site intended for lead generation (1 of 2)

The 5 main performance indicators for a site intended for lead generation (1 of 2)

We are often asked THE question by our clients/partners/colleagues/bosses: What are the main perform …

June 12, 2008 2 min read
Infopresse 360 ​​Day on Web Analytics: WA Hard by Stéphane Hamel?

Infopresse 360 ​​Day on Web Analytics: WA Hard by Stéphane Hamel?

As part of the infopresse conference on Web Analytics, Stéphane Hamel gave us a presentation that fi …

April 15, 2008 3 min read
Performance measurement 2.0

Performance measurement 2.0

For many, web performance measurement means “clicks” and “page views”. This data, although useful, g …

April 14, 2008 3 min read
Infopresse360 Day on Web Analytics: Summary of Jacques Warren's conference

Infopresse360 Day on Web Analytics: Summary of Jacques Warren's conference

Jacques Warren was commissioned to introduce Web analytics (WA) to the people in the room. He asks v …

April 14, 2008 3 min read
Infopresse360 Day on Web Analytics: Summary of Avinash Kaushik's conference

Infopresse360 Day on Web Analytics: Summary of Avinash Kaushik's conference

Avinash Kaushik presents his vision of web analytics. In fact, for his die-hard fans of his blog, of …

April 14, 2008 2 min read
27 practical tips on web ergonomics: a summary

27 practical tips on web ergonomics: a summary

When web ergonomics is discussed, web usability is often mentioned. Web usability is the notion of d …

March 20, 2008 3 min read
The Benchmark: a key step towards a winning strategic plan

The Benchmark: a key step towards a winning strategic plan

For the past 5 years, we’ve been working on polishing our strategic planning methodology in order to …

March 19, 2008 2 min read
Iraq, Tibet and Activism 2.0

Iraq, Tibet and Activism 2.0

We sadly commemorated the 5th anniversary of the illegal US invasion of Iraq. According to the Nobel …

March 19, 2008 2 min read
AdWords vs Google Analytics: Clicks vs Visits

AdWords vs Google Analytics: Clicks vs Visits

When we try to compare the data collected by AdWords with those of Google Analytics , we arrive at d …

February 24, 2008 2 min read
SEO: Top 4 technical requirements for your CMS

SEO: Top 4 technical requirements for your CMS

Here are -in a simplified way- 4 SEO requirements for a content management system (CMS) (in order of …

February 23, 2008 1 min read
 

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