WebTrends Engage 2007: Measuring Consumer Engagement


I have just arrived at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas and will be attending WebTrends’ Engage 2007 tomorrow. I am actually on an “expert panel” where we’ll be discussing different aspects of the buzz phrase: Consumer Engagement. The topics surrounding consumer engagement will include:

  • What consumer engagement actually means
  • Best Practices for measuring consumer engagement
  • The role of the marketer
  • Consumer Engagement: B2B vs. B2C

The panel consists of some very respected names in the search marketing/web analytics industry: Gary Angel, Andy Beal, Anil Batra, Jim Novo, Jim Sterne and myself. I am hoping I can add some value to the conversation because after reading Jim Novo’s Blog it appears he is quite the guru on the subject.


ShopVogue.TV Leverages Marketing Lab2

WebTrends Inc., announced that ShopVogue.TV, a broadband Internet channel that combines interactive shopping with an immersive video experience, has deployed the recently announced WebTrends Marketing Lab™ 2 to measure and interpret customer engagement with the site. As an integrated suite of enterprise-class solutions, WebTrends Marketing Lab™ 2 will provide ShopVogue.TV with the ability to track and interpret site visit information and score customer engagement to drive more effective and targeted marketing campaigns aimed to satisfy the specific needs of their audience.


Leveraging the interactive nature of emerging Web 2.0 features, ShopVogue.TV features multiple channels of streaming video showcasing the best of fashion, beauty and culture that consumers are able to shop for as they watch. Building on the power of social media trends, viewers are also able to create and share with others their own fashion choices through a new, interactive user-generated feature. By providing compelling programming, rich images and detailed product information, ShopVogue.TV directly connects advertisers with consumers looking for entertainment and inspiration for shopping – both online and off. The site will feature original programming, including “60 Seconds to Chic,” “Behind the Lens”, and the previously syndicated “Trend Watch.”

“ShopVogue.TV is an innovative concept and will change the face of online shopping as we know it,” said Greg Drew, CEO and president, WebTrends. “The unique design provides consumers with an opportunity to further engage with advertised brands, explore new product offerings, interact with other passionate consumers to learn about fashion trends and ultimately move from shopper to buyer. WebTrends provides ShopVogue.TV with the intelligence needed to effectively understand the consumers buying habits and improve advertisers’ retail campaign performance.”

WebTrends Invites HBX Users

WebTrends Inc., “Move to ML2” program* for current HBX Analytics customers who may be uncertain about future support for their existing investment. Under the program, WebTrends is offering current HBX Analytics customers up to a 100% license credit to switch from HBX Analytics to the newly announced WebTrends Marketing Lab™ 2 solution suite (ML2). “Move to ML2” offers existing HBX Analytics customers an enterprise-class solution that provides the intelligence to deliver unique marketing to unique individuals. The program includes a discovery workshop that details the process and benefits of moving to ML2.

“When we started LegalZoom, we never imagined the day that we’d be large enough to launch a major national television campaign,” said Eddie Hartman, chief of
strategy and co-founder, LegalZoom. “Fortunately, we switched to WebTrends
Marketing Lab just in time. Integrating WebTrends throughout our entire site has
given us insight into our customers’ specific behavioral patterns that we couldn’t get from other companies. The reliability and speed of their systems is head and shoulders above everyone else we’d tried. With the price of advertising rising every day, it’s an investment that has already paid off considerably.”

WebTrends Marketing Lab 2 an integrated suite of business solutions that optimize site performance, build customer engagement and drive more effective and targeted marketing. Available through on demand hosted and software options, WebTrends Marketing Lab 2 delivers enterprise-class solutions that can be tailored to the needs of an individual site or line of business with industry-leading reporting, automatic optimization, and marketing intelligence that can grow as customer requirements demand. These solutions include:

  • WebTrends Score™, a patented methodology for evaluating visitors’ online behavior by quantifiably measuring the level of engagement or interest they have in content, products and services.
  • WebTrends Visitor Intelligence™, a full-featured, multi-dimensional (OLAP) reporting and analysis solution providing deep insight into the person behind the visitor to drive micro-targeted marketing and online experiences that increase engagement and build loyalty.
  • WebTrends Dynamic Search™, the solution that leverages True Optimization™ to automatically monitor, measure, and tune the variables impacting the success of paid search advertising.
  • WebTrends Analytics™, analytics solution with collaboration tools and performance dashboards that deliver insight across organizations to understand and improve how visitors interact with web sites and marketing initiatives.

“LegalZoom joins other customers adopting WebTrends Marketing Lab 2 including
leading financial services, retailers, and media companies seeking to take advantage of the solution suite that provides marketers with the insight to optimize online marketing and increase consumer engagement,” said Greg Drew, CEO and president, WebTrends. “These customers provide testament to the depth and performance of the ML2 solutions suite and our ability to offer a secure future in delivering business value across their organizations.”

WebTrends Releases Marketing Lab 2 – ad:tech 2007

Reporting Live from ad:tech Chicago: WebTrends Inc., unveiled WebTrends Marketing Lab™ 2, an integrated suite of business solutions that optimize site performance, build customer engagement and drive more effective and targeted marketing. Joining an award-winning lineup of solutions including WebTrends Analytics™ and WebTrends Dynamic Search™, WebTrends introduces two new solutions that are powered by its open, enterprise-class data warehouse: WebTrends Score™, a patented technology that improves the way marketers quantify visitor engagement and measure the value and interests of customers, and WebTrends Visitor Intelligence™, a full-featured, multi-dimensional reporting and analysis solution for enterprise organizations that require deep visitor and marketing intelligence.

WebTrends Score is a patented technology solution that evaluates visitors’ online behavior by quantifiably measuring the level of engagement or interest they have in content, products and services. By establishing rules that assign values to specific visit and visitor activities, marketers can go beyond conversion to evaluate the success of their efforts using realized and potential customer value. Score values can then be applied to consumer targeting activities, such as email, site personalization, offline direct marketing, as well as to campaign enhancement such as automated paid search optimization. This allows marketers to effectively target consumers and improve campaign performance.”

With WebTrends Visitor Intelligence, you can:

  • Identify, target and engage the people behind your web site visits.
  • Combine online behavior with existing offline customer data, such as CRM or demographics, to build a comprehensive Interest Profile that builds over time.
  • Replace mass marketing with relevant conversations that are based on the interests of your visitors, and keep them continually engaged.
  • Quickly identify and target groups of individuals with the most value to your business and highest potential to act.
  • Fuel email, behavioral targeting, and CRM solutions with richer online visitor data and set up triggered follow-up based on the actions a person takes on your site.
  • Incorporate critical online consumer insight into corporate dashboards and enterprise systems, such as CRM or a customer data warehouse, to provide a complete view of your customers.

I will get some further insight on Marketing Lab 2 from WebTrends’ CMO Tim Kopp, so stay tuned.

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Web Analytics Costs

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WebTrends Integrates with Microsoft CRM

WebTrends Inc., unveiled a new technology integration that combines WebTrends Marketing Lab™ with Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM to provide online marketers a consolidated, real-time view into both online visitor activity and offline customer information. This visibility enables meaningful, targeted marketing initiatives to optimize customer engagement and enhance customer lifetime value.

“This solution takes the strengths of both WebTrends and Microsoft Dynamics CRM and creates something that is truly compelling for customers,” said Brad Wilson, General Manager, Microsoft CRM. “The ability to directly tie marketing campaign spending to lead conversions allows organizations to measure the return on marketing investments in a very precise manner. This combination is something that every organization needs in place today.”

The new integrated marketing environment, developed by WebTrends with direct feedback from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM product team and customers, delivers a complete view of customer data across all channels. WebTrends Marketing Lab offers marketers an easy-to-use integrated solution that combines real-time segmentation, comprehensive performance metrics and targeting capabilities, and unique visitor-centric insight. This holistic view gives marketers the power to make informed business decisions to drive higher revenue and margin growth. Reducing the complexity of multi-channel initiatives, this new technology integration between WebTrends and Microsoft provides highly targeted, actionable marketing and, ultimately, an enriched customer experience.

“We’re fostering a tighter relationship between marketing, sales and service departments within an organization by integrating clickstream behavior with offline activity and then converting that insight into actionable information,” said Greg Drew, Chief Executive Officer, WebTrends. “Organizations are now able to create and react to campaigns based on implicit and explicit behavioral cues from the most authoritative source available — the customer.”

In addition, sales and services professionals will benefit from access to rich behavioral information, combined with account and customer histories, to proactively identify opportunities and engage customers with highly relevant information.

An organization’s success depends on its ability to connect directly with its customers and build relationships that create a valuable strategic advantage. Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides the tools and capabilities needed to create and easily maintain a clear picture of customers, from first contact through to purchase and post-sales. With online visitor data from WebTrends integrated directly into the workflow of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, data becomes valuable, actionable information that is presented in the context of individuals’ roles throughout organizations.