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Researchers and statistical software packages classify variables into four main types: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio. In this post, we describe each type of variable to help you understand how they should be used, let you know how…

In response to a reader question, Paul Cheney takes our exploration of the most effective use of pay-per-click advertising one level deeper today. Read how ad relevance can increase conversion rates …

In Wednesday’s Web clinic – "Rapidly Maximizing Conversion: How one company quickly achieved a 53.9% lift with a radical redesign" – MECLABS Managing Director Flint McGlaughlin will share our top discoveries around how to quickly improve…

When you make your offer sound like it’s too good to be true, no one believes you and you’re only shooting yourself in the foot. Today's consumers don't believe the hype, and neither should you. Transparent marketing will help you avoid…

After our recent Web clinic, How to Increase Conversion in 2012: The last 20,000 hours of marketing research distilled into 60 minutes, we received this question from Veronica Cisneros about the true goal behind PPC ads. Daniel Burstein…

As a marketer, you’re probably one of the busiest people alive and you probably missed a few posts this year. So we sorted our posts by how valuable they were to you (as you and your peers communicated to us via the Twitter button) and…

Writing an effective headline takes time. So how can you (a time-strapped marketer) write effective headlines in a relatively short amount of time? The first part of "Headlines on Deadlines" showed you a methodology for crafting and…

When working on a project or a campaign, you need to be able to write headlines (and copy for that matter) quickly and efficiently. Here is the four-step process laid out by Flint McGlaughlin, based on the discoveries we’ve made through…