Our Google Analytics 4 Journey: “Your Menu Options May Have Changed”

Back in March 2022, Google shook the marketing world with the news that Universal Analytics (UA) would be phased out and replaced by Google Analytics 4 (GA4). That’s when the DeanHouston team quickly went to work. We ensured our clients had a full year of historical reporting data by front-loading setup efforts and fine-tuning GA4…

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Feel the Power of AI-Powered Automation

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), algorithms and datasets: I know, it all sounds like it belongs in a sci-fi TV show, but it’s all very real. When these things come together, it creates something called AI-powered automation, which has the potential to help us all … live long and prosper. AI-powered automation can be…

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Google Analytics 4: the What, Why & How

In today’s ever-changing digital environment, it is more important than ever for your organization to be up to date on the latest in digital analytics while also understanding how changes in user privacy settings can affect these results. Traditionally, this is where Google Analytics has shined as one of the premier platforms in terms of…

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The Ballad of “Always On” Marketing Campaigns

When it comes to executing a marketing campaign, there’s not always a good time to pause, or to shoo away customer acquisition at any stage. Unlike traditional, linear marketing campaigns which tend to focus on awareness, the intent of an “always on” (also known as “evergreen”) campaign is continually optimized to build engagement and retention….

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The What, Why and How of Customer Journey Mapping

Ah, the customer journey – that coveted path to purchase that every business wants to know about their buyers. How did your customers discover your business? How long did it take for them to sign up for something or purchase from you? What content did they consume along the way? These questions seem simple enough,…

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The Rise of Automation

You may be thinking that headline sounds like a discarded subtitle from one of the Terminator movies, and that’s not too far off-base. There can be an uneasy, even scary feeling about delegating tasks to a machine. After all, that’s how it starts, isn’t it? You give a machine some simple tasks, it masters them,…

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3 Steps to Developing Keywords for Better SEO Results

When it comes to optimizing your website to develop better search engine optimization (SEO) results, the key to success might come down to making a few small modifications to your website’s content. While these changes might seem like incremental improvements, when combined with other optimizations, they can have a noticeable impact on your website’s performance…

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Why Do I Need a Marketing Automation Service?

You’ve been convinced that a marketing automation service will make life easier and produce better results. So, you start looking for a suitable program, but you keep coming back to the same question: why? Why should I spend the money on a program that does many of the same things I already do? Let’s take…

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