We have some new things in place like the sapphire glass, because we monitor a lot
of metrics like failure rates, customer support etc..
The app actually penalizes you a monetary amount if you fail to meet the fitness goals you've set for yourself, in terms
of metrics like steps per week, miles walked, or calories burned, for example.
Developers can target (and thus, exclude) devices based on a number
of metrics like screen size or display ratio, Android version, CPU architecture, region, and others.
A current example is the use
of metrics like «price per eyeball» to justify the valuations of internet focused companies and divert attention from the fact that on traditional valuation metric these companies can look very expensive.
He suggested that the Obama administration's NCLB waivers balance accountability with well - rounded education by providing states and districts with flexibility to include subjects other than reading and math in their accountability systems and encouraging their development
of metrics like portfolios, essays, and oral exams to reflect student mastery of critical - thinking skills.
Being able to search by a number
of metrics like age, income, education and geographic locations ensure the best possible matches.
* I'm thinking
of metrics like voter participation, party membership, candidate recruitment, donations, willingness to work in civil service or the legal profession, etc., but I'm not sure what metrics are actually relevant or are used by experts, so I defer to the answers and their references for how to measure this.
Not exact matches
Whenever Tencent sees a game they
like — based on specific
metrics,
of course — it decides to either build it itself and improve on it, or invest and acquire the firm behind it.»
Therefore, today's marketing efforts should focus on
metrics like customer satisfaction, customer retention and employee engagement — efforts that often feel distant from ROI but are highly relevant from the standpoint
of long - term performance.
Now, media entities
like BuzzFeed have to track dozens
of different
metrics across a vast universe
of content and platforms.
Currently, this algorithm optimizes for time spent onsite and looks at other engagement
metrics such as «
likes,» clicks, comments, and shares
of posts.
The goal
of any marketing promotion — for large companies or small — should not be participation in the contest, number
of «
likes» or some other advertising
metric.
For the average user, the addition
of public video view totals might not sound
like anything to write home about, but it's welcome news for
metrics - happy, ROI - obsessed brands and marketers.
You can measure this through traditional
metrics, such as the size
of your email list or your Facebook audience, but approaching your audience purely as clicks,
likes, or views can quickly alienate them.
Harris is an outspoken critic
of using engagement — as measured by screen time, click - throughs,
likes, and other actions — as a
metric of success.
Although he concedes that certain types
of meetings do warrant strict schedules —
like weekly business reviews where a team runs through a slide deck
of different
metrics — most don't.
This means targeting particular
metrics,
like level
of revenue increase, decrease in costs and new customer visits.
Trader David Seaburg said he
likes Royal Dutch Shell because
of the company's high dividend yield and good technical
metrics.
The pay services will aggregate thousands
of mentions according to
metrics like «sentiment» (whether people are mentioning you in a negative or positive light).
That's why I consistently monitor our company's performance on our key performance
metrics like gross revenue, the number
of customers that purchase new products, total marketing expense, and cost
of goods.
When you measure the success
of your MVP, focusing on generic vanity
metrics (things
like time on site, conversion rate, revenue per user, etc.) will get you nowhere.
We
like metrics, tons
of numbers.»
This obsession with
metrics has led to initiatives
like affirmative action hiring programs set up by some
of the biggest names in tech, which, unfortunately, have failed to perform as hoped.
Vendors claim that gamification can lead to a 100 to 150 percent pickup in engagement
metrics including unique views, page views, community activities and time on site, according to M2 Research, and 63 percent
of American adults agree that making everyday activities more
like a game would make them more fun and rewarding, JW Intelligence reports.
One
of the easiest ways to keep track
of key
metrics for your company is by creating business intelligence dashboards, which track
metrics like revenues, expenses, website performance and customer satisfaction in real - time.
a) The growth
of your important
metrics —
like revenue and usage — have little to do with the bubble.
Of course, it is best to measure on - platform
metrics like follower growth, engagement and distribution.
Alidina says that many companies have developed their own
metrics for social media, but Crowdbabble is banking on the fact that much in - house data analysis
of social media won't be able to dig down as deep as specialist analytics firms can, especially as sites
like Instagram and Pinterest become data - mining sites for marketers.
In the past, companies
like Dropbox could point to growth
metrics — unpaid users or eyeballs — as predictors
of success.
According to a new Bankrate survey out Monday, the Grand Canyon state is home to three
of the country's best cities for retirees, ranked by
metrics like cost
of living, weather, crime rate, health care, taxes, walkability and the well - being
of seniors living in the area.
Moskovitz thinks we can, provided we start looking at the real costs
of our work — that is, the long - term impact on employees and their ability to contribute meaningfully — rather than just doing the math on short - term
metrics like revenue per man - hour, etc..
«You must first set marketing goals for your current content that are aligned with your business objectives, understand your target audience including what types
of content they
like and where they look for content, and develop appropriate content marketing
metrics.»
Before hiring a PR firm, you need to know how it will measure success, says Joan Stewart, founder
of the Publicity Hound, a publicity firm in Port Washington, Wis. «
Likes» on your Facebook page and print media placements are common
metrics for success in the PR business.
That's why so much
of the floorplan, labor and customer interaction tended to be centered around the cash register and
metrics like sales per square foot and average transaction size were used to measure success.
Though this is only applicable to subscription - based businesses, the point is that buyers
like to see trends and patterns in the data, regardless
of what
metrics they are reviewing.
More than 320 million
metric tons
of plastic are produced every year — and a disturbing amount ends up in the ocean, with much
of it accumulating in places
like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Tools
like Close.io are excellent resources for optimizing steps
of the process,
like leaving pre-recorded voicemails to save time, setting API integrations, cold - calling funnel
metrics and benchmarks, complementary emailing and reporting and other methods.
How to find this for your profile: In the Analysis Report
of your Buffer Analytics tab, you can get graphs
of several
metrics such as clicks,
Likes, and followers.
While this might sound
like it wastes more time, it actually ends up focusing people by putting them into a positive frame
of mind to tackle issues and talk
metrics without turning into an unproductive, repetitious «round robin
of complaints.»
I
like this screener because it gives you a solid base
of criteria — allowing you to sort by sector, exchange, share price, market cap, earnings per share, annual income growth, institutional holdings, and other key
metrics — while also giving you access to all Canadian exchanges.
You can also sort by dividend rate, yield, and average if you're looking for a solid dividend - paying income stock, and make use
of advanced
metrics like EBITDA margin, 50 and 200 - day moving averages, and post-tax profit margin for continued operations.
When it comes to judging the success
of a piece
of content, many marketers will shrug off
metrics like social shares and comments because they consider them «vanity
metrics.»
Facebook clarified that it will still work with companies
like Experian and Acxiom in order to measure ad performance and provide
metrics, although it will also be conducting a review
of those ongoing relationships.
Despite the fact that one
of my best friends is a CPA and was regularly offering me accounting advice (some
of which I actually listened to),
like many business owners I know, I thought I had a better handle on the important small business financial
metrics than I really did.
Vanity
metrics can paint a false picture
of your company's progress and lead to an erroneous decision (
like focusing on pageviews or traffic and not revenue).
Digests can be a neat way to track your social media
metrics, and NutshellMail collects your activity on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (and even places
like Yelp and Foursquare) to provide an email overview
of your accounts.
Social media, until this point, has had success measured by vanity
metrics — size
of audience,
likes, etc..
While we would
like to see some
of the non-GAAP
metrics removed from short - term incentive pay, the large focus on ROIC is the best way to align the interests
of executives with the interests
of shareholders.
In the United States last year, close to 20 percent
of private - sector employees owned stock, and 7 percent held stock options, in the companies where they worked, while about one - third participated in some kind
of cash profit - sharing and one - fourth in gain - sharing (when workers get additional compensation based on improvement on a
metric other than profits,
like sales or customer satisfaction).
Equally stupid is that I'm using a passive income
metric even though most
of that passive income is accrued to retirement accounts, so it's not
like it's «cash in hand.»