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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. 

RDV Media – A busy day and some heated debates

RDV Media – A busy day and some heated debates

Yesterday was the first Infopresse media day. I reached about 750 people from all types of media (TV …

September 15, 2009 4 min read
Visits, sessions and page views in Google Analytics

Visits, sessions and page views in Google Analytics

First of all, let's start with a brief reminder of the definitions of the expressions used above. On …

August 16, 2009 5 min read
The brainstorm or the attack of a problem in commando mode

The brainstorm or the attack of a problem in commando mode

From one to many

August 11, 2009 3 min read
Ergonomic best practices for newsletters – 2 of 2

Ergonomic best practices for newsletters – 2 of 2

The third edition of the E-mail Newsletter Usability study , by Amy Schade and Jakob Nielsen of the …

June 30, 2009 6 min read
Google Adwords: what kind of auction is it?

Google Adwords: what kind of auction is it?

The release of Dr. Hal Varian’s video about the AdWords auction a few weeks ago generated a little b …

June 6, 2009 4 min read
10 best practices to adopt during web strategic planning

10 best practices to adopt during web strategic planning

Strategic web planning is vital to the sustainability and profitability of a website. It must be a c …

May 30, 2009 5 min read
The 5 levels of site optimization (part 2 of 3)

The 5 levels of site optimization (part 2 of 3)

In this second part, we will review the first two levels of the optimization pyramid, proposed by Br …

May 26, 2009 2 min read
The 5 levels of website optimization (part 1 of 3)

The 5 levels of website optimization (part 1 of 3)

This weekend, I took advantage of the rain to help my wife book an opera ticket for her next trip to …

May 19, 2009 3 min read
The account manager's dilemma...

The account manager's dilemma...

… or how to manage both client and team expectations.

April 16, 2009 3 min read
Monitoring and strategic planning: a summary

Monitoring and strategic planning: a summary

It was on March 26 that I gave a conference at Infopresse on monitoring and strategic planning, so h …

March 30, 2009 3 min read
The 10 tips to make your project a real disaster!

The 10 tips to make your project a real disaster!

At Adviso, we have ergonomists, SEO experts, SME experts, SMO experts, performance measurement exper …

February 22, 2009 2 min read
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
Internet: the lifeline of advertising in this time of recession

Internet: the lifeline of advertising in this time of recession

There are times when companies have no choice but to rationalize in order to successfully keep the s …

October 28, 2008 4 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
 

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