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Tracking the economic value of micro and macro conversions

Tracking the economic value of micro and macro conversions

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Tracking the economic value of micro and macro conversions

- [Instructor] Most of your website visitors won't purchase right away, so how do we measure how much such traffic is worth? There are actions a visitor might take on your website or in your app that correlate with purchases: visiting the pricing page, signing up for the newsletter, or adding to cart. All have some incremental value. These are called indicator metrics or micro conversions, as opposed to the macro conversion of actually purchasing the product. So for example, if I'm browsing the Allbirds website, and I'm looking for a nice pair of running shoes, and I find the one that I like, then I choose my size and add to cart. This proves that I'm a valuable visitor. I have some purchase intent. I might not purchase right away. In fact, the vast majority of the people who add to cart don't purchase right there and then. They usually come back later. Now, does this mean that I'm worth nothing? The marketing…

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