eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit will be taking place in Stockholm September 19–20, together with Search Marketing Expo (SMX) and Internet Marketing Conference (IMC).

The agenda for eMetrics Stockholm has been released and you can get the super early bird rate until July 15.

Read about pricing or register. You can buy a combined ticket if you want to attend more than one conference.

Expect presentations from the following people on this year’s agenda:

• Jim Sterne
• Brian Clifton
• Steve Jackson
• Jiri Brazda
• Mia Jung
• Predrag Nikolic
• and many more

You’ll also find case studies from Hurtigruten, FINN.no, SoundCloud, Yle.fi, Hi3G, Operation Smile, Doctors Without Borders, Web Guide Partner, and more.

eMetrics Stockholm is held entirely in English and is focused around web analytics, testing, marketing optimization, and continuous digital improvements. Its target audience consists of web analysts, CMOs, marketing managers, sales managers, CEOs, etc.

I’ve spoken at eMetrics Stockholm 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. There will be a presentation by my company inUse Insights this year as well, but it’ll be held by Antoaneta Nikolaeva (Web Analyst, inUse Insights) instead. inUse Insights has done some great work for several organizations. It’ll be great!

I’m also Chair of the advisory board, gold sponsor, and blog partner.

You can watch a video from previous eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summits below.

>> Buy your ticket now to get the lowest price possible! <<

(the discount code INUSEINSIGHTS011 will get you a 15% discount)

Don't miss Web Analytics Wednesday after eMetrics.

The rumours about my demise are grossly exaggerated. No, wait, there are no such claims. But maybe there should be? This blog has been painfully dead compared to previous years.

At one point this blog was one of the voices of the industry, now others have surpassed it. This blog was born roughly at the same time as Avinash’s blog. Needless to say his blog has been a resounding success, and maintains its focus to date. Mine has room for improvement!

I would like to apologize to you, dear reader, for the low activity rate on this blog. I still enjoy going back to it though.

Web Analytics Wednesday Stockholm 2007

This blog is somewhat of a museum of web analytics. You’ll find web analytics memorabilia, old web analytics vendor comparisons (find interviews, screenshots, facts, and comparisons of tools that no longer exist as well as ones that are still going strong—I challenge you to search for any tool on this blog), the first eight Web Analytics Wednesdays in Stockholm (2006-2007), information about web analytics around the world (Australia, China, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, India, Brazil, Japan, etc.), countless of interviews with the CEOs and rock stars of our industry (including Avinash Kaushik, Eric T. Peterson, Dennis Mortensen, Bob Page, Jim Novo, Jim Sterne, and Seth Godin), old predictions (including my own crazy predictions and dubious observations), early mobile analytics, and more.

Other posts have ranged from free KPI development for a specific website to more hardcore GA API stuff to vendor research to broader concepts to comparing you to monkeys and my mom, and a lot more.

I’m particularly fond of some of the podcasts that I’ve made, like Web Analytics in Europe 2007 (widely appreciated), and the Roundtable Podcast on Testing.

eMetrics Stockholm 2007

If tools like Offermatica, Visual Sciences, ClickTracks, ClientStep, Optimost, and Widemile sound familiar to you, then you’ve probably been around the block for some time as well.

Over the years I’ve been instrumental in the release of a free Google Analytics addin for Excel, and the free code for a GA app for iPhone.

I’ve worked for Satama, started Digital Days Stockholm, and helped organize Internet Marketing Conference in Stockholm, Vancouver, and New York.

I’ve written articles about web analytics for several large Swedish publications as well as for the American Website Magazine (10 Terrific Testing Tips and Evaluate Editorial Impact Using Google Analytics), and been interviewed on WebmasterRadio.FM.

I’ve also spoken at numerous conferences, and helped make the program for eMetrics Stockholm 2010 and 2011. I took Web Analytics Wednesday and Web Analytics Association to Sweden.

What I’m most happy about though is taking the step I did last year. I had been thinking about what to focus on, how great team members are found, and how to build something where I can give something back. Well, in 2010 I was instrumental in founding two new web analytics companies: inUse Insights and Ampliofy. The former is a web analytics services company, and the latter is a product company working on four products based on Google Analytics. Being based in Sweden seemed like a good idea.

I’ve always wanted to build a company the way it should be built. It should consist of skilled, fun, helpful, and innovative people. If you think you can do things better, give it a shot. If you never try to do it, don’t comment on what others do. My goal is not only to grow the business, but to do so with generous employee benefits, and the ability to contribute to the community (both to the web analytics community and to greater good).

Ampliofy’s (the name is a combination of the Latin word amplio and the English word amplify) products will add data to Google Analytics, and show data in new ways. We have also developed a better, more advanced, professional version of Excellent Analytics. It has been coded from scratch to be more efficient. Keep an eye out for it! The open source version will still exist, but the pro version will add more power to businesses and organizations.

inUse Insights has been profitable from day one, we’ve recruited several people, and we have given away hours of work to charities.

If you e-mail me I always try my best to take my time to respond. I have never said no to meeting students interested in web analytics, I’ve found many people work (not only for my own company), and I’ve given plenty of free support for Excellent Analytics. Don’t hesitate to ask anything. I’m very busy, but I try my best to help. Just don’t take advantage of it by trying to get free consulting for your business.

See, I’m not dead. I’m just very busy! Once again, my sincere apologies for this blog being so dead. I hope to find time to change that!

Though I have that book I’ve promised to write too..

In the meanwhile, check out the Swedish blogs I’m a frequent contributor to:
Webbanalys.nu
inUse Insights’s blog

The first Web Analytics Wednesday in Sweden was held in Stockholm, May 10, 2006.

The idea was born during a one-day web analytics conference organized by Lennart Svanberg. Rickard Hedenius asked whether there were any regular get-togethers for web analysts. There were none. I thought “what the heck, why wait for someone else to do it when I can do it?”

That’s how the first WAW in Stockholm was born. I coordinated the first eight, or so, WAWs before passing on the torch to Mattias Malmnäs. The last couple of years have been handled by Rickard Hedenius.

With the five-year celebration, we’re bringing WAW back to its roots, a pub-like setting. In honour of five great years, it’s a joint effort by Rickard Hedenius and me, Lars Johansson. For the first time ever, we’re going for an outdoor setting. It’s about time. No PowerPoint presentations, no demanding sponsors, and no suits required.

Come chat, have a brew, and bask in the evening sun while you discuss your favourite topic with peers. All you need to sign up is an interest in web analytics.

Sign up now!