tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685831715952306172011-07-31T04:11:05.519-07:00Sports, Business, Technology, Religion, & PoliticsNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703503467798166478noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868583171595230617.post-46305946430299030382009-07-30T13:23:00.001-07:002009-07-30T13:23:55.389-07:00

This is my first posterous post.  I think Posterous will become pretty popular.-- Sent from my Palm Pre Posted via email from nateskousen's posterous

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My blog has turned into a journal of technical accomplishments. Some of my posts probably don't apply to many people. But I have written them because they were things that I wished people had blogged about so that I wouldn't have to spend so much time figuring it out. So, ultimately, I hope they can help someone wanting to do similar things. As the title of this post indicates, I have started

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Let me just tell you that I love my job. I work at The Generations Network in the Business Intelligence Team. We manage the data warehouse for the company and I develop reports in ProClarity Analytics and in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). We recently purchased Dundas Charts which adds some nice functionality to SSRS charting. One of the features is the ability to add annotations.

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Here are some more sample headers with some different color schemes. Tell me which one you like. Leave some comments.

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As part of my web analytics course we are re-designing the website www.ChoiceSkills.com and making improvements aimed at increasing traffic, increasing conversion, and increasing revenue. Here is a mockup header that could be implemented on the new site:

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This last week I have been searching the internet for a solution on how to create a Reporting Services Report Execution Snapshot with SQL Server Integration Services. SQL Server Reporting Services mainly runs on XML and SOAP methods. So calling a RS function or method is relatively simple. SSIS even has a web service task that theoretically would work perfect for this situation. I tried

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So I'm a little disappointed with this year's NCAA tournament. There just weren't enough upsets and I'm sick of seeing Florida win everything. I hope UCLA creams Florida. Besides, Ohio State should have lost to Xavier in the 2nd round. Had only Xavier made that last free throw, Ohio State would not be in the final four. Needless to say, my bracket is full of red font and slashes. Maybe next

Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703503467798166478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868583171595230617.post-68468279529487240852007-03-22T12:32:00.000-07:002007-04-03T14:45:09.004-07:00

So I launched a free marketing campaign yesterday for OneStopGPS.com. I tested this tactic out last week and with in seven days I increased my visits by 18 with just one ad. I even got a sale (my second) and made $18.80. All very exciting. In fact this campaign is much better then the pay-per-click campaign that I ran a month ago. First of all it is very targeted, and it is free.So what will

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So in my web analytics class we are beginning a new and exciting project. We will be analyzing and making changes to www.choiceskills.com. This is a small commerce site that sells 3-5 products and generates about $12,000 a year in revenue. Our task is to anlalyze the site and make recommendations on how to improve the site's performance.Just by initially evaluating the site I have a few ideas

Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703503467798166478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868583171595230617.post-15526147000186362572007-02-27T14:33:00.000-08:002007-04-03T14:45:24.364-07:00

How did the Omniture Web Analytics Competition Go?GreatAsked good questionsNot a lot of time to present (only 6 minutes)Should a written deliverable be turned in along with your presentation?We are not meeting for class on Thursday... go to the Web Analytics Competition on Friday.Any Recent Readings:Mod_Rewrite - Nate Skousen's BlogPage View Metrics - Ben RobinsonWrap up on WebLogs and AW Stats:-

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So the battle continues with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Why? Because it is a constant, bloody, nasty, frustrating, ambiguous battle. I have learned a ton in the past 2 months about how to rank high in search engines but actually seeing the results is a different story.There are many tutorials online about SEO but uderstanding SEO involves more than just tutorials. It requires staying

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I have officially made my first sale on OneStopGPS.com. Thank you for whoever purchased The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching. I made a huge $0.39 in referral fees. I am seriously grateful for your purchase. It has given me a sense of satisfaction, even though it is only $0.39. It is a small start that at least paid for that person's click. As I have been battling SEO and my recent

Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703503467798166478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868583171595230617.post-60530946353471395532007-02-07T20:48:00.000-08:002007-02-07T21:01:03.774-08:00

So I really enjoy watching, playing, and talking about sports. There is something about competition that motivates me. I love watching a good game of college football, professional football, baseball, basketball, and even golf. However, in a way it is kind of ridiculous how much money is spent on sporting events and how much time people devote to watching and playing sports. Aren't sports

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So I am really trying to drive traffic to my Amazon.com's associate website www.onestopgps.com. It really is a challenging thing to do and it seems like it will be an uphill battle. In an effort to maximize my chances of showing up in the search results I used Google's site map generator to create a site map for my website. Having a sitemap seems to be like a key ingredient for SEO. In the

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I have been contributing to the BYU e-Business Wiki for the past couple of weeks. I have mainly been adding content to the e-Business Marketing section of the wiki. Here are the pages I contributed to:- The main E-Business Marketing page. I added the overiew section, and broke the page into internet marketing and e-Business marketing. Yes, I think there is a difference.- Under internet

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A year and half ago I took an e-Business lecture series course at BYU. We had several e-Business professionals come and speak to us. One particular lecture that I remember was given by Jeff Barr from Amazon.com. He spoke about affiliate programs and highlighted Amazon.com's web services. He said that hundreds of thousands of people have websites that uses their affiliate programs, but that

Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703503467798166478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-868583171595230617.post-67914312275825983872007-01-11T14:41:00.000-08:002007-01-11T14:43:01.704-08:00

So this semester (Winter 2007) I'm registered in a Web Analytics course. This is my most anticipated class this semester and I'm very excited about it. I think there may be a vast difference between what I expect from this class and what will actually be taught and covered. I don't think this is the professor's problem but my own. I have a weird desire to learn and become an expert in web design

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