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Adam Egbert

Adam is a Technical Consultant at Adobe Consulting focusing on Omniture technology. He has been an essential contributor on a number of cutting-edge projects with enterprise retailers. His clients include many of the top internet retail companies. His focus has been providing innovative technical solutions for optimization and analysis.

15 for 15: A Stitch in Time Saves… Visitors

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 @ 17:14, by Adam Egbert

With this post, we will be concluding this series of blog posts specifically around SiteCatalyst 15. (If you haven’t been counting, this one is number 15!)  We hope you have found some great information here.  We will continue to provide updates and tips for SiteCatalyst and the Digital Marketing Suite in various blog posts in … Read more »

15 for 15: Your Kiss is on my List (Var)!

Thursday, 8 September 2011 @ 11:40, by Adam Egbert

It’s not just a great 80’s song from a great 80’s band with great 80’s hair. We use lists for all sorts of things on a day-to-day basis. Birthday Lists. To-do Lists. Grocery Lists. Even Jolly Ole St. Nick makes his list and checks it twice. Is it any wonder that we do the same … Read more »

15 for 15: Processing Rules and Context Data Variables

Wednesday, 1 June 2011 @ 7:17, by Adam Egbert

My sister had an experience while raising her three-year-old son that has given me some perspective. She was trying to explain the importance of rules in the household and said, “These are the rules! Do you understand the rules?” My nephew looked back at her with a sideways glance and said, “Rules? I like Cinnamon … Read more »

SiteCatalyst Implementations – Give ‘em props! (or eVars) [Inside Adobe SiteCatalyst]

Thursday, 31 March 2011 @ 4:01, by Adam Egbert

If you have had any experience with Adobe SiteCatalyst implementations, you have had the pleasure of getting to know the SiteCatalyst variables. There are two basic types of variables used in SiteCatalyst: Traffic Variables and Conversion Variables. (Known to their friends as “props” and “eVars” respectively :) One of the most basic yet perplexing questions … Read more »

Becoming Spider-Man:Testing Search Engine Traffic [Inside Adobe SiteCatalyst]

Thursday, 3 March 2011 @ 15:30, by Adam Egbert

One of the cool out-of-the-box features of Adobe’s SiteCatalyst is the ability to track how visitors are finding your site. There are numerous methods by which visitors might come to your site. Some know your site’s domain or have your site bookmarked. Some come to your site via links from other sites. One of the … Read more »

Fashionably Late – The Retail Adoption Life Cycle [Retail Web Analytics]

Thursday, 24 February 2011 @ 1:01, by Adam Egbert

As indicated in my previous retail blog post, there are a number of differences between retail websites and other websites. Technology adoption is one area that is especially poignant. Consider the exhibit on the right.
Does this graph indicate that users have a little desire to purchase on their web-enabled phones? Probably not. … Read more »

Retail Web Analytics – What’s the hype all about? [Retail Web Analytics]

Wednesday, 2 February 2011 @ 14:34, by Adam Egbert

The Online Retail industry is a $135 billion behemoth that will grow to $234 billion by 2014 in the US. E-commerce represents 3.7% of all retail sales in the US and is expected to increase to 5.5% in 2014. It is one of the few segments that enjoyed a positive growth rate in … Read more »