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WebTrends WebResults October 2007
Check Out the WebTrends Engage '07 Customer Conference Highlights

What was your favorite part of the WebTrends customer event of the year? Was it the new ideas you gained during the keynote addresses and expert panel? The explosive poolside display created by those viral marketing scientists, from Eepybird? The in-depth breakout sessions and hands-on demos? Or (be honest) was it the fact that we "tore the roof off" the Moon Nightclub on Tuesday night?

Refresh your memory... See the highlights.

Whatever it was, we hope you gained valuable information from the WebTrends Engage '07 Conference in Las Vegas, and that you returned home ready to put those customer engagement insights into action. If you weren't able to join us, read on to find out what you missed!

If there's one theme that resonated throughout the event, it was the fact that the future of consumer engagement is happening right now.

We heard from Paul Woolmington from Naked Communications, who showed how this is re-energizing some of the biggest brands in the world. We saw an in-depth example from Julian Brewer of Barclays, demonstrating the real-world business value of consumer engagement, and we also learned from the forward-looking breakout sessions about what it means to actually engage customers.

People are still talking about this groundbreaking conference... check it out:

"Julian Brewer's keynote about consumer engagement in action was a good end-to-end overview of site optimization with results." —Enlighten

"The Measuring Visitor Engagement with WebTrends Score session was very useful, and Jim Sterne's keynote was fabulous!" —Inetium

Thanks to everyone who attended, this was one of the most memorable events WebTrends has ever hosted. We really appreciate the great response to the conference, especially to the demonstrations of WebTrends Score and WebTrends Visitor Intelligence. So experience the event all over again and share those fantastic memories with friends and colleagues: check out the conference highlights to see a photo slideshow.

Conference Highlights

And if you weren't able to attend, be sure to visit so you can see what you missed. You can always join us next year—stay tuned for details!


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Headlines

WebTrends Engage '07: What Happened in Vegas
June Dershewitz, (Semphonic)
As the name of the conference suggests, WebTrends is pushing the concept of engagement. One of their new products, Score, makes it easier for marketers to create custom engagement metrics and then assign a score to every single visitor. How cool is that?! On Tuesday there was a panel discussion on engagement involving a great cast of thought leaders in our field, including Semphonic's own Gary Angel.

Ten Steps for Optimizing Digital Ad Reporting and Measurement
Alan Osetek, (Adotas)
As a business intelligence solutions provider to agencies and advertisers, it's interesting to watch the fast-paced changes occurring in digital media and web analytics today. A perfect storm is powering the transformation: the digitization of media and data, faster and cheaper computing, and the explosion of online networks and data collection.

Improve Your Homepage Performance Significantly
Anne Holland, (Chief Marketer)
If you're in the middle of a homepage design review like we are here at MarketingSherpa, you know there's a lot to consider. Here's a handy checklist of eight improvements worth testing.

New Data: Six Actions to Lift Open, Clickthrough Rates
Marketing Sherpa
Do you know what day of the week is best to send your email? Is Saturday a no-no day? What about subject lines—how many characters can you use and still get the highest open rate? Read exclusive new data on industry averages for click rates and best practices:
How personalization affects open and click rates
How to include product information and pricing in tags
Bounce rates by industry


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