{"id":3044,"date":"2020-07-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffgreenfield.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2020-07-26T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T13:00:33","slug":"nathan-gorenflo-director-of-digital-strategy-marketing-operations-at-franklin-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffgreenfield.com\/nathan-gorenflo-director-of-digital-strategy-marketing-operations-at-franklin-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Gorenflo – Director of Digital Strategy & Marketing Operations at Franklin University"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nathan Gorenflo is an expert in EDU lead generation.<\/p>\n
He comes on the show and shares his experience with operationalizing attribution at Franklin University.<\/p>\n
A case study in technology adoption and a lesson on why you should not attempt to swallow the entire attribution camel all at once.<\/p>\n
About Nathan:<\/b><\/p>\n
Nathan Gorenflo is the Director of Digital Strategy and Marketing Operations at Franklin University.<\/p>\n
A computer scientist by training, Nathan became the digital expert at an agency during the birth of the digital era in 1999.<\/p>\n
After three years on the agency side, Nathan moved to the brand side, spending time with Mountain Top Conferences, Wells Fargo, and Cardinal Health.<\/p>\n
An experienced digital marketer, Nathan was initially attracted to attribution\u2019s ability to provide a viewable conversion where credit was only provided to digital ads that were seen.<\/p>\n
Key takeaways<\/strong>:<\/p>\n [1:34]<\/span> I introduce today\u2019s guest, Nathan Gorenflo, and ask him to walk us through his measurement career trajectory from being a programmer in an agency before the birth of digital marketing to today.<\/p>\n [3:32]<\/span> Nathan recounts how he started at Franklin University and what the priorities were nine years ago, and how they have embraced digital as a whole.<\/p>\n [7:58]<\/span> Before the advent of attribution, Nathan\u2019s department was focused primarily on Google Analytics and though they still use it, it\u2019s a fairly limited tool.<\/p>\n [11:23]<\/span> Jeff and Nathan talk about the importance of filling your sales funnel, which touchpoints are responsible, and thoroughly understanding your customer journey in order to generate flow.<\/p>\n [13:37]<\/span> Nathan shares his biggest attribution Aha!<\/p>\n [17:16]<\/span> So you trust your vendor reporting? Nathan encourages you to have multiple independent resources if you want to have any kind of confidence in the picture you\u2019re looking at.<\/p>\n [19:40]<\/span> New tech can be a challenge to operationalize, Nathan speaks to how Franklin managed this new tech adoption.<\/p>\n [23:08]<\/span> Five years in, Nathan talks about where he hopes attribution is heading in the coming years.<\/p>\n [25:20]<\/span> Nathan shares one thing that he knows that no one else knows: understanding how branding and direct response fit together. I thank him for coming on the podcast and sharing so much of his experience.<\/p>\n Be sure to tune in for the next episode and thanks for listening!<\/p>\n