Measurement of a brand’s blog and what to do with that data is a difficult challenge for many new to content marketing. In this webinar, learn how to capture the following data and the actionable changes you can make to an established business blog:
- Determine what types of posts are drawing the most page views
- Evaluate referral and social sources to measure distribution success
- Measure distribution channels and fine tune social sharing
2. What You’ll Learn
• Measure blog performance against your overall website
• Determine what types of posts are drawing the most
pageviews
• Evaluate referral and social sources to measure distribution
success
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3. First, what do you want to achieve?
• Drive traffic?
• Optimize for search engine ranking?
• Feed your social media accounts?
• Make company announcements?
• Provide valuable content to current clients?
• Aid the sales process?
All are possible, but prioritize your goals!
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4. Second, think of the types of blog posts
that will achieve those goals
• Subject matter expertise and education
• Your industry outlook
• Product and service reviews
• Solutions to common client problems
• How-to’s and lists
• News updates
• Commentary / Op-Ed
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5. The Blog vs. The Website
Examine how your blog post performs against other popular
pages on your website across sessions, pages/session and
average session duration.
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Accessing General Blog Data
Advance search for “blog” or keyword that is the beginning
of your URL path to filter out any other pages (e.g.
homepage, service pages, contact us page)
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General Blog Data – What To Measure
1. Unique Pageviews – total number of times a blog post
has been viewed in a time frame
2. Average time on page – good indicator of full page
reads
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Advance search for “blog” or keyword that is the beginning
of your URL path to filter out any other pages (e.g.
homepage, service pages, contact us page)
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General Blog Data – What To Measure,
cont.
1. Pages/Session – how many visitors go to other pages
after reading a blog post
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Measuring Social Referrals
Select a specific social network to see what links are being
shared.
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Measuring Social Referrals
See your most shared social media links in a specific
social platform (this example: Twitter). Compare what
posts are most shared across platforms and determine if
there are topics/themes that align better depending on the
social network.
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