Presented by Jeff Sauer at the Now What? 2014 conference on April 23, 2014 in Sioux Falls, SD.
While over 75% of all websites have Google Analytics installed, most site owners don’t get beyond the first page when measuring their website performance. They are missing out on a wealth of information for how to draw in more visitors, reach your goals and improve your results. This workshop will help you go beyond the first page of reports and learn how get more from your analytics. Learn how to set goals, mine insights, and many more practical tips to improve your results.
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Your Guide
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Jeff
Sauer
Marketer
and
Entrepreneur
Knowledge
Land
Minneapolis,
MN,
USA
Email:
jeff@jeffaly5cs.com
google.com/+JeffSauer
Newsle*er:
bit.ly/jeffaly5cs
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About Jeff Sauer
• Google
AdWords
Cer5fied
Partner
since
2006
• Google
Analy5cs
Cer5fied
Partner
since
2009
• Named
2012
CIO
of
the
Year
• Adjunct
Professor
at
St.
Thomas
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I LOVE Google Analytics!
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Remember the Scientific Method?
Report
Your
Results
(Was
Your
Hypothesis
Correct?)
Ask
a
Ques5on
Do
Background
Research
Construct
a
Hypothesis
Test
Your
Hypothesis
By
Doing
an
Experiment
Analyze
Your
Data
and
Draw
a
Conclusion
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Where We Need to Improve
Analyze
Your
Data
and
Draw
a
Conclusion
Report
Your
Results
(Was
Your
Hypothesis
Correct?)
We
Fail
to
Analyze
and
Reflect!
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What Can Analysis Do For Us?
To
Understand
What
is
Working
To
Fix
Things
that
Are
not
Working
To
Improve
our
Results
To
Calculate
our
Value
To
Jus5fy
and
Encourage
Investment
To
Tell
our
Visitor
Story
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Google Analytics is Like Othello
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A Mile Wide, a Mile Deep
A Second to Learn
A Lifetime to Master
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A Tool to Help You Find Answers
Not the Answer itself
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What You Will Experience Today
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My Attempt to Simplify the Complex
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Each Element Means Something
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Each Element Means Something
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Each Element Means Something
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Analytics is Turning Data into Information and
Ultimately Knowledge
Data
vs.
Informa5on
vs.
Knowledge:
hip://www.infogineering.net/data-‐informa5on-‐knowledge.htm
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Use Data to Tell a Story
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Discover Your IP
Go
To
h*p://www.wha:smyip.com
to
learn
Your
IP
Address
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Filter Your IP in Google Analytics
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Create a New Filter
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Enter Your IP Address
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Filtering Rules
Always
create
a
back
up
profile
with
raw
data
Large
organiza5ons
can
filter
ISP
or
IP
ranges
If
more
than
10%
of
traffic,
we
have
a
problem
Use
advanced
segments
on
historical
data
Some
paierns
aren’t
obvious
Annota5ons
help
share
knowledge
between
teams
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Use Annotations to Share Knowledge
Annota5ons
help
explain
why
things
happened
that
way
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Set Strategic Goals
Macro
Goals
(Affiliate
Clicks,
AdSense,
Sales)
Macro
Goals
=
Top
Line
Revenue
Micro
Goals
(Downloads,
Time
on
Site,
Video
Views,
etc.)
Micro
Goals
=
Engaged
Visitors
Configure
your
goals
in
Google
Analy5cs
sepngs
You
can
set
up
to
20
goals!
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Goals in Google Analytics
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Choose How to Track Goal
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Caution with Goals
Assigning
a
Goal
Value
to
Revenue
Related
Goals
is
Highly
Recommended
Mul5ple
Goals
May
Create
Unrealis5c
Revenue
$
in
Reports
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What Content is Performing Best?
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Average Time on Page
Average
Time
on
Page
Indicates
How
Long
Visitors
are
Engaging
with
Content
Generally,
more
5me
is
beier
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Bounce Rate
Bounce
Rate
Shows
the
Percentage
of
Visitors
That
Leave
Your
Site
Having
Only
Viewed
This
One
Page
Lower
is
beier
(but
can
be
misleading)
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Page Value
Page
Value
Indicates
the
Rela5ve
Value
This
Page
Contributed
to
Your
Goals
Goals
Must
be
Configured
to
Work
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Content Performance Ideas
Find
out
which
content
is
under-‐promoted
in
social
media
Time
spent
on
content
<
5me
spent
viewing
content
Feature
downloadable
content
or
calls
to
ac5on
in
each
piece
Use
events
to
lower
bounce
rate
for
engaged
users
Advanced
content
tracking
Content
marke5ng
dashboards
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Organic Search Still a Channel/Medium
Organic
Search
Traffic
is
S5ll
Available
as
a
Channel
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Organic Search Still a Channel/Medium
Organic
Search
Traffic
is
S5ll
Available
as
a
Channel
Organic
S5ll
Available
as
a
Medium
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You Can Still Measure Traffic Trends
Traffic
Comparison
by
Date
S5ll
Works
Great!
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Ugly Not Provided Keywords
What
Does
it
Mean?
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Filter Data to Include Landing Page
How
to
steal
some
'not
provided'
data
back
from
Google:
h*p://econsultancy.com/blog/8342-‐how-‐to-‐steal-‐some-‐not-‐provided-‐data-‐back-‐from-‐google
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Landing Page As Keyword Proxy
Not
Perfect,
but
Much
Beier!
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Social Reports = Well Guarded Secret
“The
Social
Reports
in
Google
Analy5cs
are
the
Best
Thing
Nobody
is
Talking
About”
Jeff
Sauer,
2012
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Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Traffic
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Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Plugins
Social
Traffic
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Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Plugins
Social
Traffic
Social
Data
Hub
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Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Plugins
Social
Conversa5ons
Social
Traffic
Social
Data
Hub
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Track Interaction With Social Buttons
Select
Plugins
Under
Social
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Track Interaction With Social Buttons
Select
Plugins
Under
Social
Then
Select
Social
Source
and
Ac5on
Track
Social
Interac:ons:
h*ps://developers.google.com/analy:cs/devguides/collec:on/gajs/gaTrackingSocial
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Information from Data Hub Partners
Gain
Access
to
a
Wealth
of
Informa5on
from
Several
Social
Networks
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Learn About New Social Networks
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Dark Social is a Monster
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Add Hash to URL
Direcmonster.js
Adds
Source
as
a
Hash
Code
to
URL
Directmonster
for
Dark
Social
by
Dan
Wilkerson/LunaMetrics:
h*p://bit.ly/1dtw9GC
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Reduce Direct Percentage
Directmonster
for
Dark
Social
by
Dan
Wilkerson/LunaMetrics:
h*p://bit.ly/1dtw9GC
Reduce
Direct
Percentage
by
over
50%!
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Dashboards Pull it All Together
Great
Dashboard
for
Bloggers:
h*p://www.portent.com/blog/analy:cs/the-‐blogger-‐dashboard-‐google-‐analy:cs-‐for-‐writers.htm
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Do It Yourself Dashboards
Select
New
Dashboard
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Do It Yourself Dashboards
Blank
or
Pre-‐Made
Op5ons
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Do It Yourself Dashboards
View
Your
Dashboard
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Even Better: Trust the Experts
Google
Analy:cs
Solu:ons
Gallery:
h*ps://www.google.com/analy:cs/gallery/
135. Proving value to your
organization
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