Walker: Return visitors is always the true north metric in content
Tommy Walker · He Built Shopify's Content Machine, Now Working With SaaS Founders · Sep 25, 2021 · at 7:15
Tommy Walker, former content lead at Shopify Plus and QuickBooks, discusses how he measures the effectiveness of content marketing assets.
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“Return visitors is always my true North metric.”
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