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• 9 – 9:15: Eat, sip and mingle
Icebreaker topic:
If you could do anything, and money and safety weren’t a concern, what would you do?• 9:15 – 9:50: Google Analytics Basics• 9:50 – 10: Wrap-up and Goodbyes
Next Session: June 18th“Drive Marketing Results with User Experience”
Dan Lovejoy, Senior User Experience Architect, OG&E
Google Analytics Basics
Ruth Burr Reedy
Lift Digital Marketing Sessions
May 21st, 2015
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INSTALLING GOOGLE ANALYTICS
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Sign Up
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http://www.google.com/analytics
Could be “My Websites,” your company name, anything that
encompasses all the sites you’ll track
Make this the name of the site, not the URL
Here’s the URL!
Google wants to know Make sure you do this! Because, midnight.
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On Data Sharing
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Get the Code
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Put It in the <head> Section
• Add directly to the header template• WordPress Plugins:
– Google Analytics by Yoast – WP Google Analytics– Google Analytics Dashboard for
WordPress
• Or use Google Tag Manager
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Need it Later?
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WHAT TO TRACKAND HOW TO TRACK IT
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How to Speak GA• Session: Basically, a visit.• Source: A specific site sending traffic.
– Example: Google, Facebook, espn.com
• Medium: A specific kind of traffic.– Example: Organic, referral
• Channel: A traffic source.– Very similar to “medium”
• Metric: A quantitative measurement.• Dimension: A category that can apply to metrics.
Conversions
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What is a Conversion?
• Purchase• Request for more information• Signup for an event or newsletter• Click to email• View of a certain page
WHATEVER IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
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Tracking Goals
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Event Tracking
http://www.optimizesmart.com/event-tracking-guide-google-analytics-simplified-version
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What Else Should I Track?
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Fundamentals of Site Traffic
• How many people came to your site?• Where did they come from?• What did they do once they got there?• Did they convert?• How can we do that, more?
Traffic
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Add annotations to note important events in the
life of your site.
Channels
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ChannelsHow many visits (sessions) were there?
What percentage of your traffic was that?
How many of those visits converted?
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Default Channels
• Organic search: Non-paid, “organic” search engine results
• Paid search: Paid ads in search engine results
• Direct traffic: People typing in your site’s address directly
• Referrals: Links to your site• Social: Referrals from social media sites
such as Facebook and Twitter@BigWingAgency
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Top Content
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A Word on Bounce Rate
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HOW TO BUILD A DASHBOARD
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Dashboards
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Ruth’s Tracking Dashboard
• Timelines:– Sessions– Sessions Filter: Only
show medium containing organic
• Pie chart:– Sessions grouped
by Default Channel Grouping
• Metrics:– Sessions– Sessions Filter: Only
show medium containing organic
– New users– Goal completions
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Get That Data!
BOOM.
FINAL THOUGHTS
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Compare the Right Dates
Correlation Isn’t Causation
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Don’t Forget Seasonality
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Thank You!
Next Session: June 18th, 9 - 10
“Drive Marketing Results with User Experience”
Dan LovejoySenior User Experience Architect, OG&E
http://bigwing.com/event/drive-marketing-results-with-user-experience
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